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• Total petroleum hydrocarbon — (TPH) is a term used to denote a large family of several hundred chemical compounds that originally come from crude oil. Crude oil is used to make petroleum products which can contaminate the environment. Because there are so many different… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum geology — refers to the specific set of geological disciplines that are applied to the search for hydrocarbons (oil exploration). edimentary basin analysisPetroleum geology is principally concerned with the evaluation of seven key elements in sedimentary… …   Wikipedia

• Hydrocarbon mixtures — are a group of various volatile, highly flammable, mixtures used chiefly as nonpolar solvents.CompositionHydrocarbon mixtures are composed of hydrocarbons, benzine, and petroleum ethers.A hydrocarbon is any chemical compound that consists only of …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum jelly — Petroleum jelly, petrolatum or soft paraffin [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/healthfitness/health advice/netdoctor/archive/100004783.html] is a semi solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), [http://www.inchem …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum engineering — refers to the subsurface engineering activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or gas. These activities are deemed to fall within the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry which are the activities… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum Development Oman — Petroleum Development of Oman PDO شركة تنمية نفط عمان Type Government owned corporation Industry Oil Gas Founded 1925 (as Petroleum Development of Oman and Dhofar ) 1967 (as Petroleum Development Oman ) Headquarters …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum (disambiguation) — Petroleum is a naturally occurring, flammable hydrocarbon.The term may also refer to:*Petroleum coke *Petroleum engineering *Petroleum ether *Petroleum geochemistry *Petroleum geology *The petroleum industry *The Petroleum Institute *Petroleum… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum geochemistry — is the application of chemical principles to the study of the origin, migration, accumulation, and alteration of petroleum...(John M. Hunt, 1979). [Hunt, J.M., 1979. Petroleum Geochemistry and Geology . Freeman, San Francisco ISBN 0716710056]… …   Wikipedia

• Hydrocarbon oil duty — is the name given to the excise duty levied on oils (mainly road vehicle fuels) in the United Kingdom. It is also commonly known as fuel duty and fuel tax.The current rates payable for the various types of oil are available online [http://customs …   Wikipedia

• Hydrocarbon economy — is a term stressing that in the current world economy the energy used mostly comes from three hydrocarbons: petroleum, coal, and natural gas. Hydrocarbon economy is often used when talking about possible alternatives like the hydrogen economy.… …   Wikipedia

• Petroleum products —   Petroleum products are obtained from the processing of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas, and other hydrocarbon compounds. Petroleum products include unfinished oils, liquefied petroleum gases, pentanes plus, aviation gasoline …   Energy terms