Petroleum Byproducts

Democrats want to do away with OIL and by default, these products below would go away as well...

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This is a list of products produced from petroleum. Types of unrefined petroleum include asphalt, bitumen, crude oil, and natural gas. (See also fossil fuel; hydrocarbon; oil; petrochemical; petroleum production; petroleum refining; pitch lake; tar sand.)

Fuels

1. butane
2. diesel fuel
3. fuel oil
4. gasoline
5. kerosene
6. liquefied natural gas
7. liquefied petroleum gas
8. propane

Other Products

1. microcrystalline wax
2. napalm
3. naphtha
4. naphthalene
5. paraffin wax
6. petroleum jelly
7. petroleum wax
8. refined asphalt
9. refined bitumen

This article was most recently revised and updated by Richard Pallardy, Research Editor.

Although crude oil is a source of raw material (feedstock) for making plastics, it is not the major source of feedstock for plastics production in the United States. Plastics are produced from natural gas, feedstocks derived from natural gas processing, and feedstocks derived from crude oil refining.