Bitumen
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Bitumen is an immensely viscous constituent of petroleum. Depending on its exact composition, it can be a sticky, black liquid or an apparently solid mass that behaves as a liquid over very large time
Natural bitumen from the Dead Sea
Refined bitumen
The University of Queensland pitch drop experiment, demonstrating the viscosity of bitumen
Bituminous outcrop of the Puy de la Poix, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Petroleum
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Petroleum, also known as crude oil or simply oil, is a natural resource that appears as a yellowish-black liquid chemical mixture found in geological formations, consisting primarily of hydrocarbons.
Bitumen
…Bitumen (UK: BIH-chuum-in, US: bih-TEW-min, by-) is an immensely viscous constituent of petroleum. Depending on its exact composition, it can be a sticky, black liquid or an apparently solid mass that behaves as a liquid over very large time scales…
A sample of petroleum
Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
An oil refinery in Ahmadi Governorate in Kuwait
An oil derrick in Okemah, Oklahoma in 1922