Petroleum: A Source of Hydrocarbons

Organic Chemistry

• Concerned with the chemistry of living material or substances once alive.
• Includes living plants/animals and substances like coal and oil.

Carbon Atoms

• Form stable covalent bonds, leading to a wide variety of organic materials.
• Can form long chains or rings.

Hydrocarbons

• Simplest organic compounds.
• Molecules made up of only hydrogen and carbon.

Petroleum (Crude Oil/Mineral Oil)

• Main source of hydrocarbons.
• Found worldwide, including remote places like deserts and polar ice-caps.