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Ron
Sep 30, 2006, 4:06:23 PM9/30/06
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I have a question that DOE and API could not answer and am asking for
your help. How many gallons of crude oil it takes to make one gallon
each of regular, medium grade and high-test gasoline?
Ron
your help. How many gallons of crude oil it takes to make one gallon
each of regular, medium grade and high-test gasoline?
Ron
Alan Muller
Sep 30, 2006, 8:46:33 PM9/30/06
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That might be because there is not a simple answer to such a question....
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David Biddle
Oct 2, 2006, 10:15:02 AM10/2/06
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From: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/oil.html
“One barrel of crude oil, when refined, produces about 20 gallons of finished motor gasoline, and 7 gallons of diesel, as well as other petroleum products. “
“One barrel of crude oil, when refined, produces about 20 gallons of finished motor gasoline, and 7 gallons of diesel, as well as other petroleum products. “
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Paul S Cantrell
Oct 2, 2006, 2:17:18 PM10/2/06
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Yes, 20 and 7 are the 'rule of thumb' but doesn't include home heating oil.
There's propane, butane, asphalt, coke etc etc etc in there, too.
It all depends on where and what the specific refinery is reforming for and if they are focusing on gasoline.
Here is the average breakdown of refined products for 2000:
source: http://www.classroom-energy.org/teachers/oilfacts.pdf page 3
Product Gallons per Barrel
Gasoline 19.4
Distillate Fuel Oil 9.7
(Includes both home heating oil and diesel fuel)
Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel 4.3
Coke 2.0
Residual Fuel Oil 1.9
(Heavy oils used as fuels in industry, marine
transportation, and for electric power generation)
Liquefied Refinery Gases 1.9
Still Gas 1.8
Asphalt and Road Oil 1.4
Petrochemical Feedstocks 1.1
Lubricants 0.5
Kerosene 0.2
Other 0.4--
Thanks,
PC
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The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them which we are missing. - Gamal Abdel Nasser
There's propane, butane, asphalt, coke etc etc etc in there, too.
It all depends on where and what the specific refinery is reforming for and if they are focusing on gasoline.
Here is the average breakdown of refined products for 2000:
source: http://www.classroom-energy.org/teachers/oilfacts.pdf page 3
Product Gallons per Barrel
Gasoline 19.4
Distillate Fuel Oil 9.7
(Includes both home heating oil and diesel fuel)
Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel 4.3
Coke 2.0
Residual Fuel Oil 1.9
(Heavy oils used as fuels in industry, marine
transportation, and for electric power generation)
Liquefied Refinery Gases 1.9
Still Gas 1.8
Asphalt and Road Oil 1.4
Petrochemical Feedstocks 1.1
Lubricants 0.5
Kerosene 0.2
Other 0.4
Thanks,
PC
He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch
The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them which we are missing. - Gamal Abdel Nasser
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