How many gallons of gasoline can be refined from one barrel of crude oil?

Petroleum Products Yielded from One Barrel of Crude, 2004





Finished Motor Gasoline 19.65


Distillate Fuel Oil 10.03


Kero-Type Jet Fuel 4.07


Residual Fuel Oil 1.72


Still Gas 1.85


Petroleum Coke 2.18


Liquefied Refinery Gas 1.68


Asphalt and Road Oil 1.34


Naptha for Feedstocks 0.67


Other Oils for Feedstocks 0.55


Lubricants 0.46


Special Naphthas 0.13


Kerosene 0.17


Miscellaneous Products 0.17


Finished Aviation Gasoline 0.04


Waxes 0.04





Total 44.77 GallonsHow many gallons of gasoline can be refined from one barrel of crude oil?
and considering it only costs the oil companies $10-20 to produce a barrel of oil, and it is up near $70 a barrel, uh you do the math.


sick, huh?How many gallons of gasoline can be refined from one barrel of crude oil?
Question - HOW MANY GAL.OF CRUDE OIL IN A BARREL? HOW MANY GAL OF GAS


DOES THAT EQUAL?


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There are 42 gallons / barrel of crude oil. The conversion to gasoline


depends upon several factors -- refining efficiency, product mix desired by


the refiner, quality of the crude to name a few. The following sites provide


additional info.





http://www.petroleum.org/petrokids/petro鈥?/a>


http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/ge鈥?/a>





Vince Calder