From Ancient Sea Life to the Petrol Pump
In short: How marine organisms became crude oil, and how a refinery separates, converts, treats and blends that oil into petrol.
A 2:01 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Oil and petroleum products explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Petroleum - Fossil Fuel, Hydrocarbons, Organic Compounds | Britannica”; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Publications Warehouse; chapter by C. Isaacs (1988), published by the Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, “Marine petroleum source rocks and reservoir rocks of the Miocene Monterey Formation, California, U.S.A”; BBC Bitesize (BBC), “Fractional distillation of crude oil - Fractional distillation of crude oil - 4th level Science Revision - BBC Bitesize”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Springer International Publishing (Handbook of Petroleum Processing, chapter by David S. Jones, 2014), “Atmospheric and Vacuum Crude Distillation Units in Petroleum Refineries”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Catalytic reforming boosts octane for gasoline blending - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Petroleum refining - Polymerization, Alkylation, Processes | Britannica”; BBC (BBC Bitesize, GCSE Chemistry revision guide for AQA), “Cracking and alkenes - Crude oil, hydrocarbons and alkanes - AQA - GCSE Chemistry (Single Science) Revision - AQA - BBC Bitesize”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “What are gasoline sulfur credits, and how do they work? - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Refining crude oil - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”.
Sources used in this film
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Oil and petroleum products explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Petroleum - Fossil Fuel, Hydrocarbons, Organic Compounds | Britannica · View →
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Publications Warehouse; chapter by C. Isaacs (1988), published by the Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources — Marine petroleum source rocks and reservoir rocks of the Miocene Monterey Formation, California, U.S.A · View →
- BBC Bitesize (BBC) — Fractional distillation of crude oil - Fractional distillation of crude oil - 4th level Science Revision - BBC Bitesize · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Springer International Publishing (Handbook of Petroleum Processing, chapter by David S. Jones, 2014) — Atmospheric and Vacuum Crude Distillation Units in Petroleum Refineries · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Catalytic reforming boosts octane for gasoline blending - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Petroleum refining - Polymerization, Alkylation, Processes | Britannica · View →
- BBC (BBC Bitesize, GCSE Chemistry revision guide for AQA) — Cracking and alkenes - Crude oil, hydrocarbons and alkanes - AQA - GCSE Chemistry (Single Science) Revision - AQA - BBC Bitesize · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — What are gasoline sulfur credits, and how do they work? - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Refining crude oil - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Oil and petroleum products explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Petroleum - Fossil Fuel, Hydrocarbons, Organic Compounds | Britannica
- Also: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Publications Warehouse; chapter by C. Isaacs (1988), published by the Circum-Pacific Counc: Marine petroleum source rocks and reservoir rocks of the Miocene Monterey Formation, California, U.S.A
- Also: BBC Bitesize (British Broadcasting Corporation): Fractional distillation of crude oil - Fractional distillation of crude oil - 4th level Science Revision - BBC Bitesize
- Also: www.eia.gov — Refining crude oil - the refining process - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Springer International Publishing (Handbook of Petroleum Processing, chapter by David S. Jones, 2014): Atmospheric and Vacuum Crude Distillation Units in Petroleum Refineries
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Catalytic reforming boosts octane for gasoline blending - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Petroleum refining - Polymerization, Alkylation, Processes | Britannica
- Also: BBC (BBC Bitesize, GCSE Chemistry revision guide for AQA): Cracking and alkenes - Crude oil, hydrocarbons and alkanes - AQA - GCSE Chemistry (Single Science) Revision - AQA - BBC Bitesize
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): What are gasoline sulfur credits, and how do they work? - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Refining crude oil - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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