The diagram depicts only one of the literally hundreds of different oil refinery configurations. The diagram also does not include any of the usual refinery facilities providing utilities such as steam, cooling water, and electric power as well as storage tanks for crude oil feedstock and for intermediate products and end products.
Refining end-products
The primary end-products produced in petroleum refining may be grouped into four categories: light distillates, middle distillates, heavy distillates and others.
Light distillates
- Liquid petroleum gas (LPG)
- Gasoline (petrol).
- Heavy Naphtha.
Middle distillates
- Kerosene
- Automotive and rail-road diesel fuels
- Residential heating fuel
- Other light fuel oils
Heavy distillates
- Heavy fuel oils
- Wax
- Lubricating oils
- Asphalt
Others
- Coke (similar to coal)
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