What is the main purpose of petroleum refining ?

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Petroleum refining is required to transform crude oil into useful products such as liquefied petroleum gas(LPG), gasoline or petrol, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel oil and fuel oils.Crude oil also has many impurities which need to be removed. Refining ensures that we get pure compounds.

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