Petroleum is, and always has been, the primary source of energy on our planet. The shortage of oil reserves, combined with increasing energy demands has brought a surge of interest in revisiting petroleum processing technology in the quest for better performing and cheaper fuels. Oil companies are searching for alternative sources of carbonaceous fuels, such as biofuels and gas condensates, or are trying to improve the efficiency of heavy crude oil (and heavy distillation fractions') conversion to transportation fuels.
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