PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY- Part I

TERMINOLOGY & CLASSIFICATION OF PETROLEUM

Table for division of Petroleum & Related materials into various classes:
Natural materials

Manufactured materials

Derived materials

Petroleum
Mineral wax
Asphalt or bitumen
Asphaltite
Asphaltoid
Bituminous rock

Wax
Asphalt
Tar
Pitch
Synthetic crude oil

Oils
Resins
Asphaltenes
Carbenes
Carboids

Natural materials:
Petroleum & the equivalent term crude oil cover a wide assortment of materials consisting of
- mixtures of hydrocarbons
- other compounds containing variable amounts of sulfur, nitrogen & oxygen with varying
volatility, specific gravity, & viscosity.
- organically combined metals in heavier oils such as vanadium & nickel in amounts upto
thousands of ppm.

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