Sunday, May 9, 2010

What is in a 42 gallon barall of crude oil?

Source: American Petroleum Institute (www.api.org). Figures are based on 1995 average yields for US refineries. Though one 'barrel contains 42 gallons of cruce oil, the refined volume increases due to added chemicals introduced during the refining process.Processing gains raise the volume by 2.2 gallons to a total of 44.2 gallons overall.

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