Posted by Kryptik
Could somebody please tell me how many litres of petrol (an estimated volume will suffice) one barrel of crude oil would yield? I'd appreciate it if you could post a link to a site giving some specifics on the topic.
Posted by fatreg
whoops!
http://www.google.com/search?[....]arrel+of+oil&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
158.987295 liters
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[ This Message was edited by: fatreg on 2008-06-09 17:12 ]
Posted by Dicky Snapples
nice edit
10,000 litres? lol!
Posted by Kryptik
Isn't that the volume of crude oil per barrel? Some sites speak of 28 gallons yield.
Posted by themarques
Petrol from crude oil is around 19 Litres per barrel. (4 to 5 gallons), the remainder will be used in other products (20 Gallons).
The conversion to gasoline depends upon several factors ie refining efficiency, product mix desired by the refiner, quality of the crude to name a few. The amount of gasoline that can be distilled from crude depends on where the
crude is obtained. Venezuelan crude yields little gasoline (about 5%),
whereas Texas or Arabian crude yields about 30% gasoline. This is called
"straight run" gasoline.
However, the distilled components of the crude oil can be further processed
into gasoline by various other methods (catalytic and thermal cracking,
hydrocracking, catalytic reforming, alkylation, and polymerization) to
yield even more gasoline.
In short its hard to put an exact amount on how much a barrel will produce it can vary depending on the what is stated above so from 5 Gallons to 19 Gallons. Hence those crazy names leaded, super unleaded, ultra super duper unleaded you get where I am going
Posted by Kryptik
Thank you very much for that comprehensive reply, sir
The info is being put to good use!