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Petroleum is the # 1 most important energy source in modern civilization. Without it, society stops. Petroleum means "rock oil" and refers to naturally-occurring, rock-derived hydrocarbons in either fluid form (crude oil) or gaseous form (natural gas).

Crude oil needs to be processed into various products that are useful in society. This includes diesel fuel, ordinary gasoline, tar for asphalt, and chemicals for making everything from medicine to plastic.

Crude oil processing is fairly complex and takes place at oil refineries. Seen here is the Sinclair Refinery in Wyoming.

Locality: Sinclair Refinery, northern side of Interstate 80 at the town of Sinclair, west-central Carbon County, southern Wyoming, USA
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Author James St. John

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by James St. John at https://flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/48917057811 (archive). It was reviewed on 4 November 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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