What is AFPM stand for?

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) is the leading trade association representing the makers of the fuels that keep Americans moving and the petrochemicals that are the essential building blocks for modern life.

What is meant by petrochemical industry?

The petrochemical industry is an industry branch that produces organic intermediate products such as refinery products, natural gas, plastic, rubber, fiber raw materials.

Is Coke a petrochemical?

It is abbreviated as Coke or Petcoke, and is a carbon-rich solid material derived from final cracking process — a thermo-based chemical engineering process that splits long chain hydrocarbons of petroleum into shorter chains— that takes place in coker units. There are two distinctive grades of Petroleum Coke viz.

What is difference between petroleum and petrochemical?

And, Petroleum Engineering is a branch of science which deals with the study of extraction of crude oil and natural gas present on the deposits found below the surface of Earth. Petroleum Engineering involves exploration and production whereas Petrochemical Engineering involves Refining.

Is petrol a petrochemical?

Gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil, lubricating oil, wax, asphalt, and the like are excluded from the definition of petrochemicals, since they are not, in the true sense, chemical compounds but are in fact intimate mixtures of hydrocarbons.

Which is the largest petrochemical industry in India?

Reliance Petrochemical Division Reliance is the largest producer of petrochemicals in the country and amongst the top ten in the world.

What is green pet coke?

Green delayed petroleum coke is also known as green coke, or raw coke. It is a high-fixed-carbon material and considered only mostly inert. That is because it also contains 15-20% residual hydrocarbon solids.