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The import of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by
A term contracts
B term tenders
C monthly tenders
D All the above
Removal of light fractions from crude oil is called its
A Sweetening
B Dehydration
C Stabilisation
D Visbreaking
Paraffin base crude oil as compared to asphalt base crude gives
A Higher yield of straight run gasoline
B Higher octane number gasoline
C Lower viscosity index lube oil
D Poorer yield of lube oil
__________ base crude oil is also called asphaltic crude.
A Paraffinic
B Naphthenic
C Mixed
D Aromatic
In a refinery petroleum crude is fractionated into gas fraction, light ends, intermediate distillates, heavy distillates, residues and by products. The group of products including gas oil, diesel oil and heavy fuel oil belongs to the fraction
A Heavy distillates
B Intermediate distillates
C Light ends
D Residues
After the increase of price of oil by 40%, a family decided to reduce its oil consumption so that the expenditure for oil goes up by 26% only. If the total consumption of oil before the price rise was 10 kg per month, then what is the current consumption of oil per month (in kg)?
A 8
B 8.50
C 9
D None of these
Which of the following is used for pumping crude oil from oil well?
A Single stage centrifugal pump
B Gear pump
C Screw pump
D Duplex/triplex reciprocating pump
Natural gas recovered along with crude oil from oil wells is called wet natural gas which has a higher __________ compared to the dry natural gas.
A Unsaturated hydrocarbon content
B Calorific value
C Quantity of propane
D Quantity of butane
Sour crude means the __________ bearing crude.
A Asphalt
B Sulphur compounds
C Wax
D Nitrogen compounds
Crude oils containing more than __________ kg of total salts (expressed in terms of NaCl) per thousand barrel is called a 'salty crude'.
A 1
B 5
C 15
D 25

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