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The 63 pages that link to Petroleum refining, each with the reason it gives.

• Internal combustion engineRelated: Engine fleets created major demand for refined gasoline and diesel.

• AlkeneRelated: Refining and associated cracking processes supply hydrocarbon streams from which alkenes are produced.

• DistillationRelated: Crude-oil fractions are separated chiefly in atmospheric and vacuum distillation units.

• Sulfuric acidRelated: Sulfuric acid is used in some refining operations, including alkylation and chemical treatment.

• AlkaneRelated: Refining separates alkane-rich fractions and converts some hydrocarbons into more valuable products.

• Sulfur dioxideRelated: Sulfur removed from petroleum streams can be converted into SO₂ during refining and fuel use.

• Flash pointRelated: Flash point helps assess kerosene, diesel, and other refined products for safe use and storage.

• Smoke pointRelated: Refining removes compounds that can make an oil smoke at lower temperatures.

• Fractional distillationRelated: Atmospheric and vacuum fractionation divide crude oil into boiling-range cuts.

• GasolineRelated: Refining supplies and upgrades the hydrocarbon streams blended into gasoline.

• NaphthaleneRelated: Modern naphthalene supply also comes from petroleum-derived aromatic streams.

• PetroleumRelated: Refining turns crude petroleum into products with different properties and uses.

• Port of RotterdamRelated: Refineries in the port’s industrial area process imported crude oil.

• Elimination reactionRelated: Catalytic cracking includes elimination pathways that generate light alkenes.

• Crude oilRelated: Refining turns crude oil’s complex mixture into products with specific uses.

• Venezuelan oil industryRelated: Venezuelan refineries process domestic crude into exportable and locally used products.

• Soybean oilRelated: Refining reduces free fatty acids, pigments, odors, and contaminants in crude soybean oil.

• Anglo-Persian Oil CompanyRelated: Refining at Abadan made the company’s Iranian crude commercially versatile.

• Canola oilRelated: Refining reduces canola oil’s color, odor, free fatty acids, and trace contaminants.

• ExxonMobilRelated: ExxonMobil refineries convert crude oil into products such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.

• Hydrogen productionRelated: Refineries consume hydrogen to remove sulfur and upgrade fuel molecules.

• Jet fuelRelated: Conventional jet fuel is produced through refinery processing of petroleum.

• Liquefied petroleum gasRelated: Refining produces propane and butane streams that can be blended into LPG.

• Paraffin waxRelated: Refining petroleum fractions provides the feedstock from which most paraffin wax is recovered.

• Oil sandsRelated: Bitumen-derived crude must be refined into fuels and other products.

• Molecular sieveRelated: Refineries use molecular sieves to dry streams and separate hydrocarbons by molecular dimensions.

• Royal Dutch ShellRelated: Refineries turned Shell’s crude supplies into products for markets worldwide.

• Sunflower oilRelated: Refining makes sunflower oil milder in flavor and suitable for high-heat cooking.

• Peanut oilRelated: Refining reduces peanut oil’s color, odor, free fatty acids, and residual proteins.

• Rapeseed oilRelated: Refining reduces rapeseed oil’s free fatty acids, pigments, odors, and contaminants.

• Separation processRelated: Refineries use distillation and other separations to divide complex hydrocarbon mixtures.

• Chevron CorporationRelated: Refining connects Chevron’s crude production with gasoline, diesel, and other products.

• TotalEnergiesRelated: Refining turns crude oil into products sold through the company's downstream businesses.

• Fuel oilRelated: Refining separates fuel-oil fractions and can convert heavier petroleum into lighter products.

• IsopentaneRelated: Refineries separate and blend light hydrocarbons, including isopentane.

• Petroleum jellyRelated: Refining and purification distinguish skin-grade jelly from unprocessed oil residues.

• China National Petroleum CorporationRelated: Refining turns CNPC’s crude supply into marketable products.

• Fractionating columnRelated: Refineries use large fractionating columns to separate crude-oil mixtures into boiling-range cuts.

• Houston Ship ChannelRelated: Ships deliver crude oil and transport refined products through channel terminals.

• Chemical engineerRelated: Refineries use process design, reaction engineering, and separation methods central to chemical engineering.

• Complex mixtureRelated: Refining separates broad component fractions from a complex feedstock.

• History of chemical engineeringRelated: Refining drove advances in large-scale separations, catalysis, and continuous processing.

• History of the petroleum industryRelated: Refining turned crude oil into transportable, commercially useful products.

• Ignacy ŁukasiewiczRelated: Łukasiewicz refined crude oil to produce kerosene suitable for illumination.

• MesityleneRelated: Mesitylene occurs among aromatic hydrocarbons in petroleum-derived streams.