Petroleum product

A petroleum product is an organic compound made in oil refineries. They result from refining (changing) crude oil (also called Petroleum) into more useful products.

Well-known petroleum products include:

• fuels
  • Gasoline
  • Diesel fuel
  • Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
  • fuel oil
  • Kerosene
• Asphalt (mainly used in asphalt concrete)
• Paraffin wax
• Tar

In addition, oil-refineries also sell other things that come from the refining process, most notably

• Propane and other gases
• Sulfur (and Sulfuric acid)
• Lubricants for machines with moving parts
• Different kind of industrial waxes

Some Petrochemicals, including plastics, are made from petroleum products.