Petrochemical

Definition: Petrochemical

Petrochemical

Noun

1. Any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas.

Specialty Definitions: Petrochemical

Domain	Definitions
Environment	Petroleum chemicals may be obtained from a variety of petroleum fractions, normally from processing of intermediates produced in primary conversion processes. The main basic raw materials are natural gas, refinery gases, liquid petroleum fractions and waxes, while the primary conversion processes include cracking, partial oxidation and pyrolysis. (1). Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	Any of several materials and compounds present in, or derived from, natural gas or crude petroleum by physical refining or by chemicalreaction. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Petrochemical

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A petrochemical is any chemical derived from fossil fuel. These include purified fossil fuels such as methane, propane, butane, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, or fuel oil, and also include many agricultural chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers, and other items such as plastics, asphalt and synthetic fibers. Also a wide variety of industrial chemicals are petrochemicals.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Petrochemical."

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Synonym: Petrochemical

Synonym by domain: petroleum chemical (environment, chemical industry).

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Crosswords: Petrochemical

Specialty definitions using "petrochemical": Petrochemical feedstock ♦ Still gas, supercomputer. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Petrochemical

Domain	Title
References	Aekyung Petrochemical Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Chemical and Petrochemical Industry in Czech Republic: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference) China Petrochemical Development Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Honam Petrochemical Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Petrochemical Projects Update in Saudi Arabia: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Oil Refineries and Petrochemical Industries in Western Europe: Buoyant Past Uncertain Future (Studies in Spatial Analysis) (reference) Ethylene, Keystone to the Petrochemical Industry, (Chemical Industries, 2) (reference) Manual of Economic Analysis of Chemical Processes: Feasibility Studies for Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Production (reference) Wind Loads and Anchor Bolt Design for Petrochemical Facilities (reference) Design of Blast Resistant Buildings in Petrochemical Facilities (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	East European Petrochemical News (reference) Monthly Petrochemical & Plastics Analysis (reference) Npra Question & Answer Session On Refining And Petrochemical Technology (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Petrochemical

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		These are the Lin-Yuan and the Ta-Sheh Petrochemical Complexes. (references)
		Private firms in the petrochemical sector also plan to expand production. (references)
		Since 1980, Korea has seen rapid development in its petrochemical industry. (references)
Economic History	Slovak Rep	Slovnaft, a.s. Bratislava is a refinery and petrochemical complex with the processing capacity of 5 to 5.5 million ton of crude oil and other feed-stocks per year, being one of major refineries in central Europe. (references)
	Russia	Aerospace is a prominent industrial sector, and the region is Russia's largest hub of oil refining and the petrochemical industry. (references)
	Singapore	Senoko Power and Power Seraya have a combined generating capacity of 6400 megawatts (MW) while Tuas Power, the second largest generation company, has a generating capacity of 2670 MW. SembCorp Cogen and Island Power, with generating capacities of 900 MW and 800 MW respectively, are the two smaller generation companies, producing mainly for chemical and petrochemical plants located in the Jurong Petrochemical Complex. (references)
Minorities	Saudi Arabia	Shi'a are subjected to employment restrictions in the oil and petrochemical industries. (references)
Political Economy	SAUDI ARABIA	In addition, the manufacturing and services sectors are largely dependent on petroleum and petrochemical activities. (references)
	Singapore	The country's population is 4,000,000. Financial and business services industries, manufacturing of semiconductors and telecommunications equipment, and petroleum refining and petrochemical production are key sectors of the economy. (references)
Trade	Venezuela	Foreign banks perceive Venezuela as a fairly attractive market because of the country's low banking penetration (gross loans represent only 4.5 percent of GDP) relative to other Latin economies of similar size, and the opportunities associated with the investments taking place in the oil, petrochemical, and telecommunications sectors. (references)
	Colombia	Long-term business in Colombia has been concentrated in the natural resource, aircraft, power, and petrochemical sectors. (references)
	Czech Rep	TDA has been very active in the Czech Republic in the environmental, telecommunications, energy, petrochemical and information management industries. (references)
Travel	Saudi Arabia	Photography of sensitive installations such as airports, seaports, oil and petrochemical facilities, and military bases is prohibited, as is photography that constitutes an invasion of privacy. (references)
Worker Rights	Mexico	In Acapulco, Mexico City, and nearby industrial areas, southeast Veracruz state's refining and petrochemical zone, and most border areas, the minimum daily wage was set at $4.48 (40.35 pesos). (references)
	China	In June thousands of petrochemical workers in Beijing protested peacefully over anticipated workforce downsizing. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Petrochemical

"Petrochemical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.25% of the time. "Petrochemical" is used about 114 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	98.25%	112	30,646
Noun (proper)	1.75%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	114	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Petrochemical

Country	Name	Country	Name
China	Shenzhen Petrochemical Industry (Group) Company Limited	India	Indian Petrochemical Corporation Limited
Israel	Israel Petrochemical Enterprises Ltd	South Korea	Aekyung Petrochemical Corporation
Taiwan	China Petrochemical Development Corp.	Thailand	National Petrochemical Public Co Limited
USA	Texas Petrochemical Holding, Inc.
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Petrochemical

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
petrochemical	80	hyundai petrochemical	4
petrochemical industry	22	data global petrochemical	3
data global news petrochemical	14	global news petrochemical	3
petrochemical solution	11	petrochemical spill	3
petrochemical toolmakers	11	national petrochemical refiners association	3
api assurance based certified chemical exploration gas inspection inspection inspection inspector mechanical oil outsourcing outsourcing petrochem petrochemical pre production quality risk stream technician turnaround turnaround,vendor	10	industry petrochemical thai	3
engineering petrochemical	9	petrochemical project	3
petrochemical company	8	petrochemical spill artic	3
petrochemical plant	6	hennessey mike petrochemical	3
petrochemical software trading	6	petrochemical spill alaska	3
2004 facility petrochemical	5	petrochemical spill arctic	3
texas petrochemical	5	company international petrochemical saudi	2
chemical east middle petrochemical refining	5	huntsman petrochemical	2
hub petrochemical	5	centrifuge petrochemical	2
petrochemical job	4	crude oil petrochemical petroleum storage tank terminal	2
lyondell petrochemical	4	houston job petrochemical	2
activity petrochemical	4	thai petrochemical	2
company jubail petrochemical united	4	atofina petrochemical	2
petrochemical pressure vessel	4	formosa petrochemical	2
petrochemical wuxi	4	petrochemical process	2
best petrochemical practice safety	4	corporation petrochemical singapore	2
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Modern Translations: Petrochemical

Language		Translations for "petrochemical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		石油化学. (various references)

Czech		petrochemický. (various references)

Farsi		پتروشیمی , شیمی نفت . (various references)

French		pétrochimique. (various references)

German		petrochemisch. (various references)

Hungarian		petrolkémiai. (various references)

Italian		prodotto petrochimico. (various references)

Korean		석유화학. (various references)

Pig Latin		etrochemicalpay

Portuguese		paralisar (benumb, block, choke, immobilize, palsy, paralyse, paralyze, shrivel). (various references)

Romanian		petrochimic. (various references)

Russian		нефтехимический. (various references)

Spanish		producto petroquímico, petroquímico. (various references)

Ukranian		нафтохімічний. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Petrochemical

Derivations
	Words beginning with "petrochemical": petrochemicals. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Petrochemical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: petrochemicall, petrophysical. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Petrochemical"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "petrochemical" (pronounced pe'trōke"mikul)
10	-t r ō k e" m i k u l	electrochemical.
5	-m i k u l	astronomical, comical, economical, inimical, uneconomical.
4	-i k u l	acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological.
3	-k u l	aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle.
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Anagrams: Petrochemical

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: cephalometric.
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-h-i-l-m-o-p-r-t"
	-3 letters: amphoteric, complicate, helicopter, hermetical, metaphoric, preethical, thermopile.
	-4 letters: ametropic, catchpole, cerecloth, chelicera, chromatic, compacter, completer, eclamptic, heretical, imprecate, latecomer, meliorate, percolate, petechial, plethoric, preatomic, precocial, precoital, recompile, replicate, tracheole, trochleae.
	-5 letters: accepter, acceptor, achromic, acrolect, acrolith, aerolite, aerolith, aetheric, alchemic, alopecic, amitrole, apothece, atrophic, cachepot, calthrop, camphire, camporee, capriole, catchier, catechol, catholic, celeriac.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-h-i-l-m-o-p-r-t"
	+1 letter: petrochemicals.
	+4 letters: electromyographic.
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