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What is a crude oil?

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Crude oil is oil as it comes out of the ground. it generally contains many different weights of oil compounds, sulphur, water and sediment. Crude ranges from heavy (lots of long chain molecules) to light (short chains) and sour (lots of sulphur) to sweet (little sulphur). Artificial crude many be made from very heavy oils or recovered from the liquids associated with natural gas production.

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Crude oil is a naturally occurring fossil fuel that is extracted from underground reservoirs. It is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons and other organic compounds, and is refined into various petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.

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