Petroleum is refined by:

fractional distillation

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destructive distillation

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distillation

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all of these

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Solution

The correct option is A fractional distillation
Crude oil is separated into fractions by fractional distillation. The fractions at the top of the fractionating column have lower boiling points than the fractions at the bottom. All of the fractions are processed further in other refining units.
Thus Option A is correct.

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