Paints use lamp black formed from natural gas for tinting. Sulfur impurities contained in natural gas are removed to obtain raw materials for agricultural chemicals. Crude contains many different compounds with different properties. When these compounds are separated, they produce refined products . The most important refined product is gasoline .
Gasoline is burned in car and truck engines.
Gasoline is also the most visible product produced from oil and gas because of the presence of service stations and the importance of the automobile in American life. Think what your day would be like without gasoline. No way to get to work, school, shopping plazas, movies, amusement parks, and beaches. The partnership between the automobile industry and the oil and gas industry has transformed the American lifestyle and given us greater freedom. The next most important products from crude oil are home heating oil and diesel fuel .