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Answer for the clue "Crude petroleum component ", 6 letters:
ethane

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Word definitions for ethane in dictionaries

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n. a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel [syn: C2H6 ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
ethane \eth"ane\ ([e^]th"[=a]n), n. [From Ether .] (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6 , forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol (ethyl alcohol), ...

Usage examples of ethane.

Under the uniform orange glow which suffused everything, the lake's liquid ethane sat like a basinful of crude oil, thirty miles across.

The air seemed a little clearer here, in the middle of the lake, perhaps because of the constant dissolving and exsolving of gases from the ethane.

One plausible current conjecture is that Titan has an ocean—but an ocean of ethane and methane, rather like liquefied natural gas.