It is recommended that this book be read in sequence first to absorb the full end-to-end story of petroleum, beginning with geology and ending with alternative energy sources. It can also be …

Of course you may have wondered how petroleum compositions and structures are determined. By far the most common method is gas chromatography, which, supplemented with mass …

Petroleum and the equivalent term crude oil, cover a wide assortment of materials consisting of mixtures of hydrocarbons and other compounds containing variable amounts of sulfur, …

Petroleum refining has been called one of the most heavily regulated industries in the United States. In addition to the environmental impacts of operations, refiner-ies must deal with the …

In 1847 a Scotish chemist discovered a way to distill a thick black liquid into useful products, including kerosene for lamps, parafin for candles and grease. The petroleum industry began. …

The United States didn’t have to worry about their dependence on other countries for petroleum because they could buy it from other countries at a low and stable price.

Petroleum is a mixture of several different hydrocarbons; the most commonly found molecules are alkanes (linear or branched), cycloalkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons, or more complicated …