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When did the petroleum industry began with first commercial drilling for oil in Titusville Pennsylvania?

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1859

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This year marked the start of modern oil

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1859

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The petroleum industry became a ______ shaping the global economy

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Multi-dollar sector

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Sourced from underground reservoirs in rock formations, found in both offshore drilling sites and onshore oil fields

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Crude oil

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Often extracted alongside crude oil from similar geological formations

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Natural Gas

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The first process and it breaks the products own into LPG, straight run gasoline, naphtha/kerosene/diesel, fuel oil and resid.

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Crude Oil

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LPG goes through

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Alkylation

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Straight run gasoline goes through

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Catalytic Reforming

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Naphtha, kerosene, and diesel all go through

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Hydrotreating

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Fuel oil goes through a

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Catalytic Cracker

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Residue goes through

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Thermal cracking

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12
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Combines light gaseous hydrocarbons (isobutane and
alkenes) to produce high-octane alkylate.

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Alkylation

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13
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Converts low-octane straight-run gasoline into high-
octane reformate.

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Catalytic reforming

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Hydrotreating removes impurities from naphtha, kerosene, and
diesel, while dewaxing improves low-temperature performance.

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Hydrotreating and dewaxing

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Breaks down heavy fractions like fuel oil into lighter
products, including gasoline.

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Catalytic cracking

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Uses heat to decompose heavy residues into lighter
products

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Thermal Cracking

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Involves the movement of oil through pipes and equipment.

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Fluid flow

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18
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Heat transfer is crucial in refining for heating and cooling
processes.

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Heat transfer

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19
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Separates crude oil components by heating it in a
furnace and using a fractionating column to condense
vapors at different heights for product collection.

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Distillation

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20
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Captures specific gases or vapors from mixtures, such as extracting natural
gasoline from well gas

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Absorption

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21
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Employs solid materials to remove unwanted substances, effectively eliminating
color impurities from lubricating oils.

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Adsorption

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22
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Removes solid impurities from liquids, such as wax from oil, by chilling
the mixture and allowing the oil to drain away from the solid wax.

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Filtration

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23
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Uses solvents to selectively remove specific components
from liquids

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Extraction

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24
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Types and amounts of hydrocarbons in crude oil
influence viscosity, density, and boiling points

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Chemical composition of crude oil

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High sulfur content complicates refining and can lead to environmental issue
Sulfur content
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Oils with lower viscosity flow more easily, facilitating processing and improving product yield
Viscosity
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The boiling point range of crude oil components affects how effectively different fractions can be separated during distillation Presence of Contamin
Distillation range
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Impurities such as nitrogen, metals, and salt can degrade product quality
Presence of contaminants
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Different refining methods yield varying product qualities
Processing techniques
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Temperature is Ranging from ~
300°C to 750°C
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Pressure from atmospheric or slightly elevated pressures to high pressure is
100 bar
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Distillation focuses on
Physical separation
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Chemical processes achieve
High conversion rates of heavy hydrocarbons
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A naturally occuring black liquid originated from ancient living matter
Crude oil and Petroleume
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Crude oil and petroleum are mixture of
Various hydrocarbon chains
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A raw and unprocessed oil upon extraction
Crude oil
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Refers to derivates of crude oil
Petroleum products
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Country with highest import volume of crude oil in the philippines in million liters
Saudi arabia
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Country with impor volume of finished petroleum products in the ph in million liters
South korea
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The process of separating the hydrocarbon chain in crude oil similar lengths to create products
Petroleum refining
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A process used in oil refineries to separate, join, or split hydrocarbon chains to produce different petroleum products
Fractional distillation
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The ____ are collected at different heights in the column based on their densities and boiling points.
Distillates
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Affects where the fluid goes out the column
Low density condense higher, high density condenses lower
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tall structures to accommodate the range of condensation zones.
Fractional columns
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Consists of an atmospheric distillation column, side strippers , heat exchanger network, feed desalter and furnace as main processes enabling the separation of crude into its various products
Crude oil distillation unit (physical)
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Consists of a main vacuum distillation unit supported with side stripper to produce desired products.
Vacuum distillation unit (physical)
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Involves a chemical cracking process followed by the separation using boiling point differences to yield the desired products.
Thermal cracker (chemical and physical)
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Used for removing the sulfur form the products produces from CDU and VDU which consist of significant amount of sulfur.
HYDROTREATER
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Used for removing the sulfur form the products produces from CDU and VDU which consist of significant amount of sulfur.
HYDROTREATER (Chemical)
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Used for removing the sulfur form the products produces from CDU and VDU which consist of significant amount of sulfur.
Hydrotreater
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Used to convert desulfurized HVGO into lighter products
Fluidizied catalytic cracker (chemical)
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Gas fractions require staged separation. saturated light ends ≥C4. The C4 separator isolates desulfurized naphtha from
Separators (physical)
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Gas fractions require staged separation. The C3 separator removes butanes for isomerization, LPG, and gasoline production.
Separators (physical)
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Gas fractions require staged separation. C2 separator extracts C3 for LPG and produces fuel gas + H₂S.
Separator (physical)
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Consisting of a series of distillation columns enables the successful separation of light naphtha and heavy naphtha
Naphtha splitter (physical)
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Splits the n-butane stream into butanes entering LPG pool, gasoline pool and isomerization unit
Butane splitter (physical)
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Used to split kerosene between the kerosene product and the stream that is sent to the gas oil pool
Kerosene splitter (physical)
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Heavy naphtha, with a low octane number, undergoes reforming to produce high-octane reformate, light ends, and hydrogen.
Reformer (Chemical)
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Unsaturated light ends from the FCC process are stabilized via alkylation using iC4 from the c4 separator
Alkylation splitter (chemical)
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Isomerization Units converts butane to supplement the alkylation unit. need for iC4
Isomerization splitter (chemical)
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The fuel gas and H₂S stream from the C2 separator, rich in sulfur, undergo gas treating to convert H₂S into sulfur and fuel gas.
Gas treating
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Blends saturated C3s and C4s to produce C3 and C4 LPG
Blending pools (physical)
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Blending n-butane, reformate, light naphtha, alkylate, and light cracked naphtha to produce premium and regular gasoline.
Blending pools (physical)
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Produces automotive diesel and heating oil from kerosene, LGO, LVGO, and slurry
Blending pools
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Produces marine diesel, heavy fuel oil, and bunker oil from LVGO, slurry, and cracked residue.
Blending pools (physical)
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The Philippines' largest oil company, supplying 40% of the nation's fuel needs while prioritizing sustainability, innovation, and quality.
Petron corporation
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A key player in the petroleum industry focuses on future- proofing the country’s energy needs by investing in innovation and renewable energy sources
Shell ph
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A contributor to the Philippine petroleum sector by offering a wide array of high-quality fuel products and lubricants.
Chevron Ph

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