Definitions
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- noun The chemistry of petroleum and its derivatives.
- noun The branch of geochemistry that deals with the chemical composition of rocks.
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- noun petrochemistry The branch of
chemistry that deals withpetroleum ,natural gas and theirderivatives .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This fact has contributed to a better understanding of the most important reactions in petrochemistry.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994 - Presentation Speech 1997
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Life on Titan might have chemistry similar to petrochemistry.
Cassini Captures Sunshine Gleaming off Lake on Titan | Universe Today 2009
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One of the dominant activities, especially since the mid-twentieth century, is petrochemistry, which has been established in the Gulf Plain, mainly in Veracruz and Tabasco and the Sonda de Campeche.
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And we have a wonderful opportunity window, because there are a dozen nations out there who recognize that petrochemistry is value-added to their economy, and that because the United States has no policy around natural gas, their policy is very simple: Discount it to bring the petrochemical guys here.
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It has nitrogen from its abundant gasfields and, through petrochemistry using its own technology, it is converting a large part of that into nitrogen.
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Castro concluded that Argentina investments and programs in petrochemistry and steel mill -- on which be demonstrated great knowledge -- constituted the basic points for the consolidation of the industrial leadership of
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Bulgarian has accumulated further experience in electronics, automation of control processes, machine building, chemical industry, petrochemistry and
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It is carrying out an investment program to develop petrochemistry, to develop the utilization of these natural resources.
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And it is possible that petrochemistry will be developed in this region; it is an industry that should be located in several areas.
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The fundamental value of petroleum is already beginning to be its use in petrochemistry as a source or raw material for the production of most important products.
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