petroleum

As nouns the difference between petroleum and desander

is that petroleum is petroleum while desander is a piece of equipment used in the petroleum industry to remove sand (defined as particles greater than or equal to 74 microns) from the drilling fluid it is part of the solid control equipment designed to remove harmful solids from the fluid for trouble-free operations.

As nouns the difference between petroleum and petrophysics

is that petroleum is petroleum while petrophysics is (geology|physics) the physics of rock, especially rock that acts as a reservoir for petroleum etc.

As nouns the difference between petroleum and petroleomics

is that petroleum is a flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface while petroleomics is the identification of the totality of the constituents of naturally-occurring petroleum and crude oil.

As nouns the difference between petroleum and geofluid

is that petroleum is petroleum while geofluid is (geology) any subsurface fluid, such as groundwater, geothermal fluids, basinal brines, petroleum or magmatic fluid.

As a noun petroleum

is petroleum.

As an adjective nonpetroleum is

(of fuel) not petroleum-based, not containing petroleum.

As nouns the difference between petroleum and desmethylsterane

is that petroleum is petroleum while desmethylsterane is (organic chemistry) any of a group of hydrocarbons (4-methyl-24-alkyl-steranes ) derived from sterane associated with the generation of petroleum.

As nouns the difference between petroleum and petroproduct

is that petroleum is petroleum while petroproduct is a petroleum product; either crude oil or a derivative.

As nouns the difference between petroleum and doomer

is that petroleum is a flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface while doomer is one who believes that petroleum depletion will inevitably lead to a severe recession or depression, followed by a Malthusian catastrophe.

As nouns the difference between petroleum and polyforming

is that petroleum is petroleum while polyforming is an early, noncatalytic process for producing petroleum / gasoline by reacting low- and high-molecular weigh hydrocarbons at high temperature.

As nouns the difference between petroleum and heptane

is that petroleum is a flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface while heptane is any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C₇H₁₆, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH₃(CH₂)₅CH₃.