The method of oil refining

Have you ever tried to understand the process of oil refining? If not here is a basic idea of oil refining processes.
After drilling we get a thick sticky substance called crude oil. Crude oil is refined and made to a more usable form, and used to make plastics, gasoline, carpet fibers, etc. Hence the process of refining is highly complex.
Crude oil contains many hydrocarbons. Each one among them can be used to make different products. When it’s in the form of crude oil, all these are mixed up and will be in the form of a thick and sticky substance. To use these hydrocarbons we have to make separate it in to different levels. The basic principle used here is heating and separation. Crude oil is separated to different levels or different states, so as to use it effectively.
The boiling process of crude oil is called distillation. Crude oil is heated with the help of a boiler, and the products are transferred to a distillation column which is a metal container shaped in a cylindrical form. Then it’s heated to about six hundred degree Celsius.
Once the individual products get filled column wise they become cooler. Different products are collected later, at different temperature.
Many thick residual products, layered in various columns, can be obtained during the refining of crude oil. Heavy oil also known as, in a thick liquid form, is the used more, as we make fuels from it.
Going up the level we can get lubricating oil; which is used to make motor oil, grease and certain lubricants used in heavy machineries and various other products. Diesel, kerosene and gasoline are the main products obtained from distillation process.
Gasses come at the top, with petroleum gas in the thinnest section.
This is just a basic idea of the process of oil refining. To know more you can conduct a detailed web search. To know about the latest technological advancements in oil refining refer the latest oil refinery news (http://www.worldenergymedia.com/).

Nice to read out how actually the oil is refining.I have question how do they turn oil into gasoline?

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Offshore oil platforms, offshore platforms or offshore oil rigs are used to drill large oil wells. Crude oil is extracted in plenty from these wells, and are shipped or piped to the countries which do not have oil reserves. The production of crude oil in US was 9.5 million barrels /day in 2005.I have a cold pressed oil from Kremer that's just mechanically filtered and I must say it yellows just the same as some alkali refined linseed oil..

Input prices and availability play an important role because they contribute significantly to the operating costs of a refinery. High quality crude oil is increasingly harder to find. While I believe there are limits to our oil supply, I also believe there are emerging technologies that can help stave off the "end days". Combine those new technologies with alternative sources of energy and things might not crash like I think they will without any work in those areas. I still think nuke palnts are tha electrical answer, even breeder reactors.