petroleum
Also known as crude oil, black gold, oil, raw oil, pampetro, petrol oil, fossil-oil, conventional oil
tunnflytande mörk vätska som naturligt förekommer i delar av berggrunden
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Petroleum is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid found underground that is made up mainly of chemical compounds called hydrocarbons. It's important because it can be refined into many different products that people use, and the term "petroleum" refers to both the raw crude oil as it comes from the ground and the useful products made from refining it.
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Research
536,555 papers- Petroleum Intoxication: Literature Review and Case Report on Poisoning by Gasoline.ReviewSoudni lekarstvi · 2020Maria-Valeria K, Stylianos T, Vasiliki P et al.
- Diesel-degradation by indigenous bacteria of petroleum-contaminated soils.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025Pakdel S, Agha ABA, Sharifi R et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10123-024-00616-5
- Ecosystem effects and the management of petroleum-contaminated soils on subantarctic islands.ReviewChemosphere · 2018Errington I, King CK, Wilkins D et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.11.157
- Potential hazards associated with combustion of bio-derived versus petroleum-derived diesel fuel.ReviewCritical reviews in toxicology · 2012Bünger J, Krahl J, Schröder O et al.
Article · Svenska
Petroleum (av grekiskans petra, 'klippa', och oleum, 'olja'), även kallat mineralolja, bergolja, råolja och ibland nafta (från arabiskan och persiskan naft eller på arabiska نفط), är en tunnflytande mörk vätska som naturligt förekommer i delar av berggrunden. Denna vätska är en blandning av hundratals olika kolväten, som bildas av växter och djur som inte hinner förmultna, i en process som antas ta ungefär 100 000 år under naturliga förhållanden. Utvinning av stora mängder petroleum sker främst genom oljeborrning i oljefält.
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