What are petroleum refineries termed as nodal industries?
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This is because they provide raw material for many industries.
They act as an very important raw material for fertiliser industry, paints and synthetic fibre industries, etc.
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Petroleum refineries act as a ‘nodal industry’ for synthetic textile, fertiliser and numerous chemical industries. During fractional distillation of mineral oil, apart from petrol, diesel and kerosene which act as fuel, a number of byproducts like naptha, phyneyl, paraffin wax, asphalt or tar and a number of petrochemicals are obtained. Chemicai fertilisers, insecticides and chemicais, artificiai fibres and artificial rubber are products of petrochemicals. Thus, petrochemicals, provide raw materials for fertilisers, numerous chemicals, synthetic textiles, synthetic rubber and plastic industries.
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