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naphtha

noun as in petroleum

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It posted images showing the blaze still raging Saturday, likely fueled by the naphtha on board.

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The oil can replace fossil ingredients like naphtha and gases to manufacture ethylene and propylene.

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The fire damaged two giant storage tanks for naphtha, a component in the production of gasoline and jet fuels.

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According to the company, a storage tank at the facility released naphtha — a partially refined product used as feed stock to make gasoline — and a fire ignited shortly before 7 a.m.

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"We are seeing a shift towards higher middle distillates yields like jet fuel and gasoil ... also seeing rebalancing of naphtha and gasoline into petrochemicals feedstocks."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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