What is the use of crude oil? What does this mean?

Crude oil is oil, also called black gold, which is a thick dark brown (sometimes a little green) liquid. It is a substance that has just been refined from oil and has not been refined or processed. There are oil reserves in some parts of the upper crust. It is composed of different hydrocarbons, and the main component is alkanes. In addition, petroleum also contains sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, vanadium and other elements. However, the oil composition and appearance of different oil fields may be very different.

Crude oil products can be divided into six categories: petroleum fuels, petroleum solvents and chemical raw materials, lubricants, paraffin, petroleum asphalt and petroleum coke. Among them, the output of various fuels is the largest, close to 90% of the total output; There are the most varieties of lubricants, and the output accounts for about 5%.

Crude oil products have a very wide range of functions and functions in social and economic development.

Crude oil products are the main suppliers of energy.

Crude oil products, mainly gasoline, kerosene, diesel, heavy oil and natural gas produced by crude oil refining, are the main suppliers of major energy sources at present. The energy provided by crude oil products is mainly used as fuel for automobiles, tractors, airplanes, ships and boilers, and a small amount is used as civil fuel.

Crude oil products are one of the pillars of material industry.

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Metal, inorganic nonmetallic materials and polymer synthetic materials are called three major materials. At present, the global output of polymer synthetic materials provided by crude oil chemical industry is about 654.38+0.45 billion tons. In addition to synthetic materials, petroleum products also provide most organic chemical raw materials. In the field of chemical industry, in addition to chemical products provided by chemical minerals, raw materials for petroleum products are displayed in various departments.

All industrial sectors are inseparable from crude oil products.

The development of modern transportation industry is closely related to fuel supply. It is no exaggeration to say that without fuel, there would be no modern transportation industry. Metal processing and all kinds of machinery need all kinds of lubricating materials and other supporting materials without exception, which consumes a lot of crude oil products. Building materials industry is a new field of crude oil products, such as plastic pipes, doors and windows, floor materials, coatings, etc., which are called chemical building materials. Light industry and textile industry are traditional users of petroleum products, and the development and promotion of new materials, new processes and new products are all crude oil products.