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| Fossil Fuels - Synthetic Petroleum and Synthetic Gas |
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| In countries, where coal is easily available as compared to the rapidly depleting petroleum and natural gas, it is possible to avert the energy crisis by preparing petroleum and natural gas artificially. |
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| Preparation can be represented as follows: |
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| Synthetic petroleum is also a mixture of several alkanes. It is fractionally distilled to obtain petrol, diesel etc. |
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| Heavy oil, a fraction of petroleum that is inexpensive is the solvent used. |
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| Preparation can be represented as follows: |
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