Tag: gasoline
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Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Saudi Aramco is the state-owned oil company of Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest oil companies in the world and is responsible for the exploration, production, and export...
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Difference Between Octane Number and Cetane Number
Octane Number and the Cetane Number are used as reference points for determining the quality of gasoline and diesel fuel and how likely a fuel is to catch fire on...
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Polymerization Process to Produce Gasoline in Oil Refinery
In the petroleum refinery, the polymerization process converts light olefin gases such as ethylene, propylene, and butylene into hydrocarbons with a greater molecular weight and a more significant octane number...
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Alkylation Process In Petroleum Refinery
Alkylation is a chemical process in a petroleum oil refinery in which a high-quality gasoline component (alkylate) is produced by the reaction of low-value light hydrocarbons of the LPG range...
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Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process in Oil Refinery
Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) is the conversion process used in a petroleum oil refinery to convert the low-value heavier long-chain hydrocarbon refinery fractions such as heavy vacuum gas oils into...
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Isomerization Process in Oil Refinery
The Isomerization process in a petroleum refinery is the catalytic process that converts low octane number straight-chain hydrocarbon molecules (C4, C5, C6) into branched-chain hydrocarbons with the same carbon number...