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Hydrocarbon
Hydrocarbon, means very large group of chemical compounds composed of carbon and hydrogen, the Offshore Area Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002, s. 4(g)...
Petroleum
Petroleum, includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata, but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation. [Petroleum (Production) Act, 1934 (UK)]Includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata, whether or not it has undergone any processing; but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation. [Pipelines Act, 1962 (UK)]Petroleum, is an oily, inflammable liquid made up mostly of hydrocarbons compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, the New Bank of Popular Science, Vol. 2; Special Reference No. 1 of 2001, In Re (2004) 4 SCC 489.Means liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons are so intimately associated in nature that it has become customary to shorten the expression 'petroleum and na...
Motor spirit
Motor spirit is defined by s. 84 of the (English) Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, as:-Any inflammable hydrocarbon (including any mixture of hydrocarbons and any liquid containing hyrdocarbon), which is capable of being used for providing reasonably efficient motive power for a motor car.Means any hydrocarbon oil (excluding crude mineral oil) used as fuel in spark ignition engines which conforms to such specifications, as the Central Government may, in consultation with the Bureau of Indian Standards, notify from time to time. [The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006, s. 2(z)]...
Isoprene
An oily volatile unsaturated hydrocarbon C5H8 obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or gutta percha and used to make synthetic rubber by polymerization In organic chemistry it is viewed conceptually as the building block of the terpene series of hydrocarbons...
Methane
A light colorless gaseous inflammable hydrocarbon CH4 marsh gas It is the simplest of the aliphatic hydrocarbons See Marsh gas under Gas...
Natural gas
Natural gas, as a mineral in the form of a vapour, (Ballantine's Law Dictionary, 3rd Edn., 1969) (Special Reference No. 1 of 2001. In re (2004) 4 SCC 489.Natural gas, is defined as a naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gases found in the porous geologic formations beneath the earth's surface, often in association with petroleum, Special Reference No. (10 of 2001) In Re (2004) 4 SCC 489 (502)....
Benzine
A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics called also petroleum spirit petroleum benzine Varieties or similar products are gasoline naphtha rhigolene ligroin etc...
butadiene
a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6 it is used as a monomer unit in making synthetic rubbers...
Butane
An inflammable gaseous saturated hydrocarbon C4H10 of the marsh gas or paraffin series...
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