What is the process of refining oil?
I hope you’re ready for this. The following explanation is very basic as the Industry is very involved. *…Crude oil contains many hundreds of different Hydrocarbon Compounds and some unwanted material like Water, CO2 and Sulphur compounds which are removed before and during processing.. *…The Refining of Crude Oil is carried out by a process called ‘Fractional Distillation’. (Other process on the products are required to produce thousands of other products like, Gasolines, Diesels, Jet Fuels, Heating Oils, Lube Oils, Light and Heavy Fuels and Tar (Bitumen). *…The Crude Oil is heated to a high temperature and passed into a Distillation tower where it partially vaporises. *…The lighter components, as gases, rise up the tower through a series of Separator Trays where they cool and condense at different levels in the tower. *…The heavier, hot liquid fractions pass down the tower also passing over trays and the heavier Tars fall to the bottom. *…The bottom liquid is reheated by
