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Interesting trivia from the site:

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- One barrel of crude oil contains 42 gallons
- About 46% of each barrel of crude oil is refined into automobile gasoline
- In the US and Canada an average of 3 gallons of crude oil are consumed per person each day
- The US imports about 50% of it's required crude oil and about 50% of that amount comes from OPEC countries

What does one barrel of crude oil make...

Product ............................................................Refined Gallons/Barrel

Gasoline ......................................................................19.3
Distillate Fuel Oil (Inc. Home Heating and Diesel Fuel) ...........9.83
Kerosene Type Jet Fuel ..................................................4.24
Residual Fuel Oil ............................................................2.10
Petroleum Coke .............................................................2.10
Liquified Refinery Gases ..................................................1.89
Still Gas .......................................................................1.81
Asphalt and Road Oil ......................................................1.13
Petrochemical Feed Supplies .............................................0.97
Lubricants ....................................................................0.46
Kerosene ......................................................................0.21
Waxes .........................................................................0.04
Aviation Fuel .................................................................0.04
Other Products ..............................................................0.34
Processing Gain ..............................................................2.47​

Source: EIA March 2004 Data
 
Steve said:
Product ............................................................Refined Gallons/Barrel

What they don't tell you is, if you put one barrel in the stack, how many gallons of each product you'd be able to get as opposed to how much is actually made.
 
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