Petroleum Products

One resource, thousands of uses.

   petrolium                 crude oil

One resource, thousands of uses
The vast majority of the crude oil that goes through refineries leaves a range of products produced and is much wider than automotive fuels. In fact, these products touch almost every aspect of modern life and here -as a brief description for the reader- are listed a few of them:

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)

Kerosene (paraffin)

Lubricating oils

Heavy fuel oils



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It is true that a range of petroleum products, under specific conditions, may cause serious environmental impacts. Many times in the storage tanks there is a variety of growing microbes which need special treatment. The Institute has already examined a series of treatments and keeps the necessary contacts to immediately attack such problems of industry.

Another category of oil products is the Petrochemicals industry. Petrochemicals are chemical products derived from petroleum. Some chemical compounds made from petroleum are also obtained from other fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas, or renewable sources sometimes, such as corn or sugar cane.

The two most common petrochemical classes are olefins (including ethylene and polypropylene) and aromatics (including benzene, toluene and xylene isomers). Oil refineries produce olefins and aromatics by fluid catalytic cracking of petroleum fractions. Aromatics are produced by catalytic reforming of naphtha. Olefins and aromatics are the building blocks for a wide range of materials such as solvents, detergents, and adhesives. Olefins are the basis for polymers and oligomers used in plastics, resins, fibers, elastomers, lubricants, and gels.

EETI is in close collaboration with refineries, chemical industry, other affiliated institutes and Universities may undertake any specific study of this market.