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  • Uses/Importance of Crude Oil

1. Petrol or gasoline: used to run engines such as cars and generators.

Petrol

2. Petroleum gas: used for cooking and for generating electricity. Examples of petroleum gas include methane, butane and ethane.

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3. Naphtha (Petrochemical feedstock): a clear colourless, flammable mixture of high hydrocarbons. It is one of the raw materials for many petrochemicals and plastics.

naphtha
Naphtha solvent.

4. Lubricating oil: used as grease for oiling movable joints or machines.

diesel
There are numerous different types of auto lubricants used in a car, including engine oil, gear oil, transmission oil, greases, and various fluids.

5. Bitumen: a sticky mixture of hydrocarbons found in substances such as asphalt and tar. It is used for road surfacing.

bitumen
Bitumen is used in road-making.

6. Diesel: Diesel oil is used for running engines, and to heat furnaces in industries.

diesel

7. Kerosene (paraffin oil): it is used for jet engines, heating, cooking and lighting.

kerosene jet engine

8. Petroleum jelly: it is used as an ointment base, lubricant, and protective covering.

petroleum jelly

9. Fuel oil: is used for powering marine engines, powering generators, and industrial and commercial equipment such as boilers and furnaces.

fuel oil
Fuel oil is used to power ships.

Reading Assignment: Success in Basic Science Book 2, pages 121 – 125.

Evaluation Questions On Crude Oil & Petrochemicals:

1. What is crude oil?

2. State the characteristics of crude oil.

3. Describe the formation of crude oil

4. List 4 examples of petrochemicals.

5. What are petrochemicals?

6. List 5 products of fractional distillation of crude oil.

7. State 5 uses of crude oil.

8. List 5 components of crude oil and their uses.

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