A petroleum company has two different sources of crude oil. The first source provides crude oil that is 40% hydrocarbons, and the second one provides crude oil that is 65% hydrocarbons. In order to obtain gallons of crude oil that is 50% hydrocarbons, how many gallons of crude oil must be used from [...]
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I am a reservoir engineer/petroleum geologist engaged in locating oil and gas reserves before a drill bit ever hits the ground. A core role of my job is to track the flow of ancient rivers and basins back hundreds of millions of years to see where the basins would have been deposited during "hot [...]
A petroleum company has two different sources of crude oil. The first source provides crude oil that is 35% hydrocarbons, and the second one provides crude oil that is 85% hydrocarbons. In order to obtain 130 gallons of crude oil that is 55% hydrocarbons, how many gallons of crude oil must be used from each [...]
Keep in mind that OPEC and other oil-producing countries like Russia have all built refineries in order to sell oil products processed from their country’s secure supply of domestic crude oil. The exporters, OPEC and NON-OPEC all want and often insist that the Oil importing nations and Multinational OILCO’s buy their products rather than their [...]
the first source provides crude oil that is 55% hydrocarbons.
The second one provides oil that is 95% hydrocarbons. In order to obtain 40 gallons of crude oil that is 90% hydrocarbons, how many gallons of crude oil must be used from each of the two sources?
Is it possible to produce vinegar from the hydrocarbons found in crude oil? Is it a common practice? What is the process of producing vinegar from said hydrocarbons?
Existing petroleum exploration techniques of geochemical and geophysical surveys, analyses, correlations and interpretations lead an exploration geologist/geophysicist to identify and define a potential prospect of oil and/or gas. There is no sure way to confirm the presence of oil and/or gas in the prospect other than drilling a well. Drilling is an expensive undertaking and [...]