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Highlight the importance of petroleum
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Solution
Importance of Petroleum
1. Petroleum provides fuel for heat and lighting, lubricants for machinery and raw materials for a number of manufacturing industries.
2. Petroleum refineries act as a “nodal industry” for synthetic textile, fertiliser and numerous chemical industries.
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