A barrel of oil

[RonMiller]

I listen to the radio a lot when I work, and I always hear several times a day along with the stock market reports, Grain markets, Livestock, etc, there always is the price of oil per barrel. I just got to wondering what a barrel of oil contains. Here is just one place I found that listed percentages. Also, I found out that what you can get out of a barrel is pretty variable, due to either oil origin or what the refinery decides it needs.

Also, at the bottom of the chart, it says there is a 2.2 gallon volumetric gain after processing 1 barrel (42 gallons of oil), and I can't explain that unless the molecules somehow expand after processing. Anybody know?


What Does One Barrel Of Crude Oil Make?


Products Gallons per barrel
gasoline 19.5
distillate fuel oil
(Includes both home heating oil and diesel fuel) 9.2
kerosene-type jet fuel 4.1
residual fuel oil
(Heavy oils used as fuels in industry, marine transportation and for electric power generation) 2.3
liquefied refinery gasses 1.9
still gas 1.9
coke 1.8
asphalt and road oil 1.3
petrochemical feedstock's 1.2
lubricants 0.5
kerosene 0.2
other 0.3

Figures are based on 1995 average yields for U.S. refineries. One barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil. The total volume of products made is 2.2 gallons greater than the original 42 gallons of crude oil. This represents "processing gain."

[stetto]

Additives like detergents in high octane gasoline likely add to the volume Ron.

If they're anything like McDonalds, they add animal fat to make it taste better too....

[Wayne]

The gaseous stuff would add volume too!!