Petroleum Products
Introduction
Primary petroleum products derived from crude oil include:
- Liquified petroleum gas (LPG)
- Gasoline
- Naphtha
- Kerosene
- Jet aircraft fuels
- Diesel fuel
- Fuel oils
- Lubricating oils
- Paraffin wax
- Asphalt and tar
- Petroleum coke
In addition to the products listed above, a wide variety of other products can be extracted from crude oil. These consist of a very large number of commercial products, from chemicals for the chemical industry to the materials used to create the clothes we wear.