Overview
-The origin and state the composition of crude oil (petroleum) -The exploration of and drilling for crude oil in Nigeria -The fractional distillation of petroleum and list the major fractions (products). -The location of Nigerian refineries -The terms cracking and reforming -Discuss the use of petrochemicals as starting materials of organic synthesis leading to organic compounds like plastics, synthetic rubber, drugs, insecticides, detergents, fibres, etc -Explain the use of octane numbers in determining the quality of petrol -Explain the occurrence, packaging and uses of natural gases. State the economic importance of petroleum
What you'll learn
- -Origin and composition of petroleum (crude oil)
- -Nigerian and world crude oil reserves
- -Exploration and drilling of crude oil
- -Fractional distillation and major products
- -Location of Nigerian refineries
- -Cracking and reforming
- -Petrochemical as starting materials of organic synthesis
- -Quality of petrol meaning of octane number
- -Natural gas: occurrence packaging as liquefied natural gas (LNG) uses
- economic importance of petrol