is petroleum a mixture of hydrocarbon?

Answer Posted / srinivas tulishetti

Yes. Petroleum is the mixture of hydrocarbon.
Crude petroleum is mixture of paraffins, naphthalenes,
aromatics and asphalts, but not of olefins.

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