paraffin-base oil

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• paraffin-base crude — A type of crude oil containing predominantly paraffin hydrocarbons as distinguished from asphaltic and naphthenic base crudes. It is a source of high quality lubricating oils …   Petroleum refining glossary

• oil — Synonyms and related words: Barbados tar, Haliver Oil, Macassar oil, absinthe, adipose tissue, adulation, aid, alcohol, animal oils, anoint, anthracene oil, aquarelle, asphalt base oil, avocado oil, balm, balsam, bay oil, beechnut oil, beef… …   Moby Thesaurus

• paraffin wax — paraffin in its solid state. [1870 75] * * * ▪ chemical compound       colourless or white, somewhat translucent, hard wax consisting of a mixture of solid straight chain hydrocarbons ranging in melting point from about 48° to 66° C (120° to 150° …   Universalium

• Oil lamp — Neolithic stone lamps in Thousand Lamp Museum in Qiandeng town of Kunshan …   Wikipedia

• paraffin — 1. One of the methane series of acyclic hydrocarbons. 2. SYN: hard p.. [L. parum, little, + affinis, neighboring, akin, so called because of its slight tendency to chemical reaction] chlorinated p. a solvent for dichloramine T. hard p. a purified …   Medical dictionary

• Oil refinery — Anacortes Refinery (Tesoro), on the north end of March Point southeast of Anacortes, Washington An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products,… …   Wikipedia

• paraffin — n. one of a series of hydrocarbons derived from petroleum. Paraffin wax (hard paraffin), a whitish mixture of solid hydrocarbons melting at 45–60°C, is used in medicine mainly as a base for ointments; it is also used for embedding specimens for… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Oil industry in Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan produces about 800,000 barrels of oil per day and 1 bcma of gas a production that will grow to historical peak of 1.2 million bo/d by 2008 with an equally large amount of gas. Azerbaijan is one of the birthplaces of the oil industry,… …   Wikipedia

• Mid-Continent oil province — Map of the Mid continent Oil Field The Mid continent oil field is a broad area containing hundreds of oil fields in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. The area, which consists of various geological strata and diverse… …   Wikipedia

• fuel oil — Synonyms and related words: Barbados tar, anthracene oil, asphalt base oil, benzine, coal oil, creosote, furnace oil, gas oil, jet fuel, kerosene, lamp oil, mineral oil, mineral seal oil, mineral sperm oil, mineral spirits, naphthalene, naphthene …   Moby Thesaurus

• neutral oil — noun 1. : an oil that is neither acid nor alkaline 2. : a lubricating oil of low or medium viscosity (as prepared from paraffin base petroleum without chemical treatment) …   Useful english dictionary