Petroleum refining is the:

Distillation of petroleum to get different fractions.

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Obtaining aromatic compounds from aliphatic compounds present in petroleum.

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Cracking of petroleum to get gaseous hydrocarbons.

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Purification of petroleum.

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The correct option is A Distillation of petroleum to get different fractions.
In petroleum refining, crude oil is passed into a distillation unit which has various fractions of different boiling ranges. Hence, these boiling ranges are used to extract the different distillates of crude oil.

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