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• APG (Proper name) [English] Abbreviation of Associated Petroleum Gas.
• BTX (Noun) [English] Initialism of (mixture of) benzene, toluene, and xylenes.
• Benzin (Noun) [German] petrol, gasoline
• Brown HT (Noun) [English] A brown synthetic coal tar diazo dye.
• CDU (Noun) [English] Initialism of crude distillation unit.
• CNG (Noun) [English] Initialism of compressed natural gas.
• DAO (Noun) [English] Initialism of de-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream.
• GNC (Noun) [Spanish] CNG (compressed natural gas)
• GNV (Noun) [Portuguese] CNG; Abbreviation of gás natural veicular.
• LNG (Noun) [English] Initialism of liquefied natural gas.
• LPG (Noun) [English] Initialism of liquefied petroleum gas.
• NG (Noun) [English] Initialism of natural gas.
• PRMS (Proper name) [English] Initialism of Petroleum Resources Management System.
• Sprit (Noun) [German] petrol, gas (gasoline)
• aromatization (Noun) [English] The conversion of aliphatic components of petroleum into aromatic compounds as part of the refining process.
• asphaltane (Noun) [English] polyaromatic compounds left from distillation of crude oil that are insoluble in pentane.
• basetall (Noun) [Norwegian Bokmål] (total) base number (measure of a lubricant's alkalinity)
• bituminosulfonate (Noun) [English] An anion found in ammonium bituminosulfonate (ichthammol), obtained by dry distillation of oil shale and subsequent sulfonation.
• bunker fuel (Noun) [English] A type of extremely viscous, heavy fuel oil primarily used by large oceangoing ships.
• bunker oil (Noun) [English] Synonym of bunker fuel.
• carbon black (Noun) [English] A fine black powder of amorphous carbon manufactured by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or oil, and used as a pigment in the manufacture of ink and paint. Used as a filler in rubber and rubber-like polymers, it helps prevent deterioration by ultraviolet rays.
• coal gas (Noun) [English] The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking etc and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas.
• coal tar (Noun) [English] A black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicinal soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of many products.
• cosmoline (Noun) [English] A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffins.
• craca (Verb) [Romanian] to crack
• cracare (Noun) [Romanian] cracking
• cracking (Noun) [English] The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
• craquejar (Verb) [Catalan] to crack (organic molecules to obtain petroleum)
• crude oil (Noun) [English] Unrefined oil; as it is found underground, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
• cut (Noun) [English] The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
• cymogene (Noun) [English] A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; used for producing low temperatures.
• distillation (Noun) [English] The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.; Separation of petroleum into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation.
• dry (Adjective) [English] Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
• dyneme (Noun) [English] Polyethylene with a very high molecular weight.
• indane (Noun) [English] A bicyclic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of cyclopentane; it, and its derivatives, are found in petroleum
• light oil (Noun) [English] The oily product, lighter than water, forming the chief part of the first distillate of coal tar, and consisting largely of benzene and toluene.
• liquefied natural gas (Noun) [English] Natural gas that has been cooled and compressed to liquid form for transport and storage.
• liquefied petroleum gas (Noun) [English] A mixture of propane and butane with traces of some other gases, which is kept in a liquid state at high pressure in metal bottles, and used as a source of gas for cooking, heating and as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
• mazut (Noun) [English] A heavy, low-quality fuel oil, used in generating plants and similar applications, or broken down to produce diesel.
• mazut (Noun) [Polish] mazut (heavy, low-quality fuel oil, used in generating plants and similar applications, or broken down to produce diesel)
• muşamba (Noun) [Turkish] A piece of fabric waxed on one side to waterproof it; tarpaulin, tarp, oilcloth.
• muşamba (Adjective) [Turkish] That which is made of such fabric.
• nafta (Noun) [Czech] rock oil
• nafta (Noun) [Estonian] oil, petroleum
• nafta (Noun) [Finnish] naphtha (naturally occurring liquid crude oil)
• nafta (Noun) [Irish] naphtha
• nafta (Noun) [Italian] naphtha
• nafta (Noun) [Latvian] petroleum, oil (naturally occurring liquid petroleum)
• nafta (Noun) [Lithuanian] petroleum, oil
• nafta (Noun) [Serbo-Croatian] oil, petroleum, naphtha
• nafta (Noun) [Slovene] oil (petroleum-based liquid)
• nafta (Noun) [Spanish] petroleum ether
• naphtha (Noun) [English] Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.
• narrow-cut (Adjective) [English] Composed of moderately-heavy hydrocarbons with boiling points in the kerosene range, without a significant proportion of lighter, gasoline-type hydrocarbons; Jet A is an example of a fuel of this type.
• neft (Noun) [Turkish] naphtha
• nefti (Noun) [Ingrian] oil, petroleum
• oil company (Noun) [English] A company that is dedicated to trade or exploitation of petroleum/oil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
• paraffin (Noun) [English] Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.
• petrochemical (Noun) [English] Any compound derived from petroleum or natural gas.
• petrochemistry (Noun) [English] The branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum, natural gas and their derivatives.
• petroleum (Noun) [English] A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
• petróleo (Noun) [Galician] petroleum, oil
• petróleo (Noun) [Portuguese] oil; petroleum
• petróleo (Noun) [Spanish] petroleum, oil
• polyethylene (Noun) [English] A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.
• reformate (Noun) [English] The product of a hydrocarbon reforming process; an intermediate in the production of fuels such as gasoline.
• reformer (Noun) [English] A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high-octane liquid products called reformates.
• ropopochodny (Adjective) [Polish] derived from petroleum
• soot (Noun) [English] Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
• svítiplyn (Noun) [Czech] town gas, coal gas
• syngas (Noun) [English] Synthesis gas or coal gas.
• synthesis gas (Noun) [English] The gas obtained by heating coal and steam; coal gas.
• tarra guail (Noun) [Irish] coal tar
• wax point (Noun) [English] The temperature below which a hydrocarbon fuel such as kerosene ceases to flow freely due to components of the fuel freezing into solid waxes.
• wide-cut (Adjective) [English] Composed of a mixture of hydrocarbons with a wide range of boiling points, including both moderately-heavy, higher-boiling kerosene-type molecules and lighter, lower-boiling, more-volatile gasoline-type molecules; Jet B or JP-4 is a fuel of this type.
• ال‌ان‌جی (Noun) [Persian] LNG
• سی‌ان‌جی (Noun) [Persian] CNG
• نفت (Noun) [Ottoman Turkish] naphtha, petroleum, rock oil
• نفت (Noun) [Persian] petroleum, oil
• نفت (Noun) [Persian] kerosene (US), paraffin (UK)
• نفط (Noun) [Arabic] oil, petroleum, naphtha
• نېفىت (Noun) [Uyghur] petroleum
• նավթ (Noun) [Armenian] oil, petroleum
• 原油 (Noun) [Chinese] crude oil; crude
• 煤焦油 (Noun) [Chinese] coal tar
• 石油化学 (Noun) [Japanese] petrochemistry
• 石油化學 (Noun) [Chinese] petrochemistry
• нефть (Noun) [Komi-Zyrian] oil, petrol
• нефть (Noun) [Russian] oil, petroleum, mineral oil
• υγροποιημένο φυσικό αέριο (Noun) [Greek] liquid natural gas, liquefied natural gas
• 광물유 (Noun) [Korean] mineral oil
• ポリエチレン (Noun) [Japanese] polyethylene
• ܢܦܛܐ (Noun) [Classical Syriac] naphtha, petroleum

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