Learn how crude oil is heated to condense into gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, bitumen, and other products
Distillation is a refining process used to separate petroleum into its various components
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NARRATOR: Distillation, the basic petroleum-refining process, separates the various constituents of petroleum. To accomplish this, crude oil is heated, and the resultant vapors are condensed into liquids of differing volatility. These materials are then tapped off from various levels of this distillation column for different uses, which include gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, heating oil, bitumen, and chemical products.