Removal of light fractions from crude oil is called its _____________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. During electrical desalting of crude oil, the electrical conductivity of a mixture of crude oil and water (which ranges between 3 to 8% water) ________________ with increase in the amount of water?

   A. Decreases B. Increases C. Remains unchanged D. Decreases linearly...

2. Which of the following fractions of a crude oil will have the maximum gravity API (i.e. °API) ?

   A. Diesel B. Gasoline C. Atmospheric gas oil D. Vacuum gas oil...

3. Crude oil is transported inland from oil field to refineries, mainly by the _____________________?

   A. Road tankers B. Rail tankers C. Underground pipelines D. None of these...

4. _____________ base crude oil is also called asphaltic crude?

   A. Paraffinic B. Naphthenic C. Mixed D. Aromatic...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. Water content in the crude oil as it comes out of oil well may be upto ______________ percent?

   A. 2 B. 5 C. 10 D. 25...

8. Crude oil produced by Indian oil fields are predominantly _______________ in nature?

   A. Paraffinic B. Naphthenic C. Asphaltic D. Mixed base...

9. 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...

10. Sour crude means the ________________ bearing crude?

    A. Asphalt B. Sulphur compounds C. Wax D. Nitrogen compounds...