In this video, Fran Scott explains fractional distillation - the separation of crude oil into fractions. Crude oil is a finite resource; petrol and other fuels are produced from it using ...

US refiners in the Midwest are unlikely to reduce imports from Canada as the limited substitutability of Canadian crude with ...

The longest hydrocarbons have very high boiling points. They leave the column as a hot liquid called bitumen. Shorter hydrocarbon molecules have weaker intermolecular forces and lower boiling ...

U.S. gasoline prices have resumed their recent downtrend, with AAA reporting the national average at $3.098 per gallon of ...

Fiber-based Fourier-Transform Near-Infrared (FT-NIR) analyzers can be used for real-time crude oil composition analysis, ...

SINGAPORE, Jan 8 (Reuters) - China's Sinopec Zhenhai refinery said a fire that broke out on one of its crude distillation units (CDUs) late on Tuesday had been put out, with no casualties or ...

Government Raises Ethanol Procurement Price, Targets 18% Blending to Reduce Crude Oil Imports and Boost Farmer Income.