What are petroleum derivatives?

Petroleum derivatives or products are obtained from oil during the distillation process. In the separation of oil derivatives, many products are produced and some of the separated materials are used as feed for other industries. There are many industries that use crude oil-based materials to produce products, such as textile industries, agriculture, cosmetics, plastic containers, and petrochemical industries. Gas, gasoline and diesel are also important petroleum derivatives. Trade of fuel and oil derivatives plays a very important and fundamental role in the economy of a country.

What is fuel?

Any substance that burns can be called fuel. Wood and coal are fuels that were used before the discovery of oil and are still used today. In general, fuel is a substance that burns to create heat, light and produce energy. During the burning process, a substance combines with air oxygen and burns. Oil is one of the most important natural resources that is formed from the activity of living organisms such as plants and animals such as diatoms over millions of years. After extraction in the refinery, oil is separated into various petroleum derivatives such as fuels during the distillation process. Fuels such as gasoline, kerosene, natural gas and diesel are obtained from oil.

Types of fuel

Types of fuels can be divided into liquid, gas and solid fuels. Petroleum fuels include gas, kerosene, gasoline, diesel fuel, etc.