Have you ever wondered what, exactly, is in a barrel of oil? It’s certainly not full of monkeys, that’s for sure. The obvious answer, you might be thinking, is 42-gallons of gooey, black crude. And that’s technically...
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Sarah Simonovich
Petroleum Product of the Week: Dog Collars
Dogs have been man's best friend for thousands of years. For nearly as long, they have been wearing collars. The history of dog collars is long and rich.
Petroleum Product of the Week: Rubber Ducks
Rubber Duckie you’re the one You make bath time lots of fun Rubber Duckie I’m awfully fond of you You don’t need to be Ernie to enjoy a good rubber duckie (or to write a tribute song to your favorite bathtime...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Toothbrushes
Every morning when you wake up, you probably have some kind of routine or a few daily rituals. Maybe you get out of bed, take a shower, get dressed, walk the dog, feed the family…Chances are brushing your teeth is in...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Basketballs
March means March Madness for many, many people…which means basketball. This is an entire month dedicated to college basketball; from the second week of March through the first week of April, all we think about...
Kayleigh DeMace
Petroleum Product of the Week: Formaldehyde
If you’ve ever had to dissect something in a science class, you can probably recall that awful smell that filled the room–and no, it wasn’t just the frog legs. It was the formaldehyde (well...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Candy Canes
They come in many shapes, sizes, colors, and flavors. Chances are, if you’ve attended any Christmas parties, you already have plenty of candy canes at home. A Brief History Just like the Christmas tradition of...
Plastic by Numbers: What Do the Recycling Codes Mean?
Advances in recycling technology mean that more and more materials are recyclable—including plastics. However, not all plastics are able to be reused or are easily recycled in every community, unfortunately. In the...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Tape
It’s all about that tape. “…the brainchild of a banjo-playing, engineering school dropout who had limited background in Chemistry and who had no idea what he was getting into…” Picture this: 1920s America...
The New and Improved Petroleum Service Company
We Are Industrial Pioneers Petroleum Service Company is the pioneer of online petroleum sales. But what does that mean, exactly? If you break it down, you can start with the obvious: we sell petroleum online. But not...