After crude oil is removed from the ground, it is sent to a refinery by pipeline, ship, or barge. At a refinery, different parts of the crude oil are separated into usable petroleum products.
The chemical elements are: Carbon 83-87 percent, Hydrogen 10-14 percent, Nitrogen 0.1-2 percent, Oxygen 0.1-1.5 percent, sulfur 0.5-6 percent, metals less than 0.1 percent. There is some variation in...
Every 42-gallon (159-liter) barrel of oil can be refined into
19.4 gallons (73 liters) of gas, 10.5 gallons (40 liters) of diesel, and 4.1 gallons (16 liters) of jet fuel, not to mention lots of...