{"id":5902,"date":"2021-01-09T19:45:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T19:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=5902"},"modified":"2021-01-09T22:23:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T22:23:10","slug":"what-is-petroleum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-petroleum\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Petroleum?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5902\" class=\"elementor elementor-5902\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a33a65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a33a65\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4de3782\" 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jet-nav__item-5918 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-non-renewable-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is non-renewable energy?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5917 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-coal\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is coal?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5916 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-petroleum\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Petroleum?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5915 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-natural-gas\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is natural gas?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5914 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-propane\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is propane?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5913 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-uranium\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is uranium?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe74b2c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget 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It is a yellowish-black liquid and is composed mainly of hydrocarbons and organic compounds. They can be discovered by oil prospecting scientists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sometimes, petroleum and crude oil are used to mean the same thing, but petroleum itself is a broad range of petroleum products including crude oil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We use the term &#8216;petroleum products&#8217; after crude oil is refined in a factory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Crude oil can exist either deep down in the earth&#8217;s surface or deep below the ocean beds. Oil drills mounted in the oceans are known as&nbsp;<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">offshore drills.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In oil drilling, a structure called &#8216;derrick&#8217; is built, with pipes going down to the reservoir and bringing the oil to the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><i>Saudi Arabia, the USA, Russia, China, and Iran are among the top crude oil producers in the world, and the USA is the world&#8217;s biggest consumer of crude oil, followed by China. (source: USEIA)<\/i><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The process of generating electricity from crude oil is very similar to that of thermal coal, which we saw on the previous page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Below is a summary of the process that turns crude oil into electricity:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Oil is burnt in turbines in power stations to produce extreme heat which is used to create high-pressure steam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This steam is used to spin turbines or metal blades.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The blades turn a generator containing wires and magnets, and a magnetic field produces electricity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The electricity flows to a transformer, which changes it to very high voltage electricity. The transformer also regulates the amount of electricity that is produced and supplied.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Electricity is then sent to homes, factories, and other places in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Crude oil can be used for other things too:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A great chunk of all the total crude oil in the world is processed as gasoline, which we use for our cars. It can also be processed into liquid products such as rubbing alcohol and nail polish. It can be also be processed into solids such as water pipes, shoes, wax and crayons, roofing, vitamin capsules, and many other items.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Because crude oil is liquid, it can spill during drilling. 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