"Are you asking about crude oil's production chain and its uses?"
"Yeah."
With utmost professionalism, Adeline accurately pinpointed what Fang Ran was truly curious about. Her pale, quiet face remained composed as she began explaining:
"In the petrochemical industry, crude oil processing is broadly divided into two major parts—refining and chemical processing."
"By emphasizing different refining processes, crude oil is generally processed into six categories of petroleum products: petroleum fuels, petroleum solvents and chemical raw materials, lubricants, paraffin wax, petroleum asphalt, and petroleum coke."
Equally knowledgeable about the Energy Domain, she recited the information as though she knew it all by heart.
"Petroleum fuels include gasoline, diesel, and kerosene for transportation, as well as fuel oil for boilers and other large industrial equipment."
"Solvents and light oils such as naphtha are used in chemical processing; lubricants such as lubricating oil and machine oil are used in all machinery."
"Paraffin wax is mainly used for food and pharmaceutical packaging, metal rust prevention, and printing. Asphalt is the most common waterproofing and anticorrosion material in civil engineering, mostly used for paving highways."
"Petroleum coke is used for power generation, smelting, and graphite products depending on its sulfur content."
Two major parts, six types of products, industrial fuel, chemical raw materials, every kind of machinery, food and pharmaceutical packaging.
The string of technical terms was already too much for Fang Ran to remember, but before he could properly digest it, Adeline continued her explanation.
"Chemical processing involves hydrocarbon cracking and catalytic reforming of refinery products, mainly feedstock oils such as naphtha, to obtain Olefins primarily consisting of ethylene and propylene, as well as Aromatics such as benzene, toluene, and xylene."
"Okay, I get it."
As she went into increasingly complicated detail, Fang Ran, who had already begun losing track, interrupted her. Feeling dizzy