Carbon and Fossil Fuels

Oil refining (fractional distillation) separates crude oil into products like petrol, diesel, kerosene, and lubricants. Hydrogen gas is typically produced via steam reforming or other chemical processes, not directly from oil refining.

Petroleum is a fossil fuel and carbonaceous fuel. These are extracted from the earth and are formed by fossil decomposition and are hence called fossil fuels. These fuels form a major source of energy.

Petroleum is known as Liquid Gold because of its high value in the market. It also serves directly or indirectly as a source for many organic products which are useful to humans. Like gold, it is expensive and difficult to find.

The word petroleum is derived from Latin words –Petra meaning rock, oleum meaning oil. So, petroleum means rock oil.

Petroleum is often referred to as liquid gold due to its high economic value and its critical role in the global economy.

Petroleum is a fossil fuel formed from the remains of ancient marine plants and animals that were buried under layers of sediment and subjected to high heat and pressure over millions of years.

Historically, early records indicate that people in Japan used naturally occurring oil (seeping from the ground) as a fuel source for lighting and heating.

The word petroleum is derived from Latin words –Petra meaning rock, oleum meaning oil.

Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons, primarily coal, fuel oil or natural gas, formed from the remains of dead plants and animals.

The term "Petroleum" is derived from two Latin words "Petr" and"Oleum". Here "Petra" means "rock" and "Oleum" means "Oil". Thus the word petroleum means rock oil. Petroleum is a fossil fuel as it has been created by the decomposition of organic matter over millions of years. It is a mixture of petrol, diesel, wax, kerosene, plastic, and lubricants.

Petroleum is found between the layers of rocks and is drilled from oil fields located in off-shore and coastal areas. This is then sent to refineries which process the crude oil and produce a variety of products like diesel, petrol, kerosene, wax, plastics and lubricants.

crude oil is a naturally occurring, unrefined petroleum product composed of hydrocarbon deposits and other organic materials. A type of fossil fuel, crude oil can be refined to produce usable products such as gasoline, diesel and various forms of petrochemicals.

Petroleum products are materials derived from crude oil as it is processed in oil refineries. Petrol,Wax,Vaseline etc,are the products of the Crude oil.

Petroleum or mineral oil is the next major energy source in India after coal. It provides fuel for heat and lighting, lubricants for machinery and raw materials for a number of manufacturing industries. 

Dark zone is directly above the wick and wax gets vaporized at this region but does not undergo burning.