The petroleum
The petroleum industry includes the global processes of exploration,extraction, refining, transporting (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing petroleum products. The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil and gasoline (petrol). Petroleum is also the raw material for many chemical products, including pharmaceuticals, solvents, fertilizers, pesticides, and plastics. The industry is usually divided into three major components: upstream,midstreamand downstream. Midstream operations are usually included in the downstream category.
Petroleum is vital to many industries, and is of importance to the maintenance of industrial civilization it self, and thus is a critical concern for many nations.
vocabulary:
marketing: mercadeo
raw:crudo
refining: refinación
pesticides: plaguicidas
