Question

Wht is the main purpose of petroleum refining

Answer 1

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Petroleum refining processes are the chemical engineering processes and other facilities used in petroleum refineries (also referred to as oil refineries) to transform crude oil into useful products such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline or petrol, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel oil and fuel oils.

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Answer 2

The main reason for refining petroleum is to convert crude oil into more lighter by products which have a higher value than crude oil. The refining process produces more useful by-products such as petroleum, naphtha, gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, kerosene which have a higher utility and market demand than crude oil.