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History of the petroleum industry

History of the petroleum industry

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  1. Kerosene

    Combustible hydrocarbon liquid.

    12%

  2. Bitumen

    Form of petroleum primarily used in road construction.

    9.8%

  3. Petroleum industry

    Extraction and sale of petroleum products.

    8.4%

  4. Abraham Pineo Gesner

    Inventor of kerosene (1797–1864).

    6.1%

  5. Petroleum

    Naturally occurring combustible liquid.

    5.5%

  6. James Young (chemist)

    Scottish chemist (1811–1883).

    5.3%

  7. Fracking

    Fracturing bedrock by pressurized liquid.

    3.6%

  8. Peak oil

    Point in time when the maximum rate of petroleum extraction is reached.

    3.2%

  9. Edwin Drake

    American businessman (1819–1880).

    3%

  10. Internal combustion engine

    Engine in which fuel combusts with an oxidizer.

    2.9%

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  1. Petroleum

    Naturally occurring combustible liquid.

    64%

  2. Petroleum industry

    Extraction and sale of petroleum products.

    23%

  3. Kuwaiti oil fires

    Oil wells burned by the Iraqi military during the Gulf War.

    1.3%

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