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Petroleum

Known as: Petroleums, Oils, Crude, Crude Oils 
Naturally occurring complex liquid hydrocarbons which, after distillation, yield combustible fuels, petrochemicals, and lubricants.
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2008
2008
Oil, grease and used petroleum oil management and environmental economic issues
Purpose: This paper undertakes to answer the question of how used petroleum oil and grease enter groundwater or to the drain… 
2001
2001
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AS A MAJOR NUCLEAR ENERGY APPLICATION
The industrial demand for hydrogen (H ) is growing very rapidly. Most of the growth in H demand is 2 2 used to convert heavy… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Cholesterol-Lowering Effects of Rice Bran and Rice Bran Oil Fractions in Hypercholesterolemic Hamsters
Cereal Chem. 69(5):485-489 The effects of temperature of extraction and fractionation of rice bran significantly lower plasma and… 
1983
1983
Microbial degradation of crude oil in sea water in continuous culture
SummaryThe degradation of crude oil in continuous culture of a mixed bacteria population has been studied. The degradation… 
1983
1983
Toxicology of chronic crude oil exposure: sublethal effects on aquatic organisms
1981
1981
Effects of Oiled Sediments on Mortality, Feeding and Growth of Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Winter flounder were exposed to sediments contaminated with Venezuelan crude oil in 3 laboratory experiments of 4-5 months… 
1976
1976
Long-chain n-alkanes occurring during microbial degradation of petroleum.
Five axenic cultures and a mixed culture were examined for ability to degrade South Louisiana, Brass River Nigerian, Anaco… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Sequential growth of bacteria on crude oil.
By modification of the enrichment culture procedure three bacterial strains capable of degrading crude oil in sea water were… 
1974
1974
Energy metabolism of oiled muskrats.
The heat production of muskrats (Ondatra zibethica), oiled with varying quantities of crude oil, was measured at three ambient… 
1963
1963
Composition of crude oils by gas chromatography : geological significance of hydrocarbon distribution