HOW/WHAT DO OIL REFINERIES WORK?Farzan, Mehdi, Ahmed

WHAT IS AN OIL REFINERY A Oil Refinery is an industrial plant.

Where crude oil is transformed or converted to gas/gasoline.

WHERE THEY CAN BE FOUND. Usually Oil Refineries are found on

the coastlineUsually next to some kind of water

resourceMost of the major oil refineries are

found in the Middle EastThere are some in North America

But they are trying to stop the creation of some of the oil

refineries in Canada and Alaska because of the animals and nature

PROCESS OF ACHIEVING CRUDE OIL First Oil rigs or pumps

gather the crude oil from the Earths crust.

Then the Crude oil is packaged and sent to the Oil Refineries.

Then at the Oil Refinery the Crude oil is burned or heated to create the new gases.

WHAT IS CRUDE OIL? Crude oil

Its mixture of different hydrocarbon Molecules.

Hydrogen and carbon, some of the molecules are very small , just a few atoms join together and its useful.

WHAT ARE THE STEPS

THE RESOURCES CREATED BY CRUDE OIL Resources: Gas Naptha Gasoline Kerosene Gas oil or Diesel Lubricating Oil Heavy gas oil Residual Also found in some plastics and metals

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