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Title: Petroleum: An energy profile. [CONTAINS GLOSSARY]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5297833

This publication is intended as a general reference about petroleum: its origins, production, refining, marketing, and use. This report presents an overview of refined petroleum products and their use, crude oil reserves and production, refining technology and US refining capacity, the development and operation of petroleum markets, and foreign trade. A statistical supplement, an appendix describing refining operations, a glossary, and bibliographic references for additional sources of information are also included. 36 figs., 4 tabs.

Research Organization:
USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Oil and Gas
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
5297833
Report Number(s):
DOE/EIA-0545(91); ON: DE91018630
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English