How much gasoline can be made from one barrel of crude oil?

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The yield of gasoline from crude oil depends upon the quality of the crude oil, and the amount and type of processing at the refinery.

So called "light sweet" crude yields more gasoline per barrel than "heavy sour" crude, for a given amount of refinery processing. Much of the gasoline can be liberated from light crude by simple distillation, whereas with heavy crude, more complex catalytic cracking, reforming and other steps are required to get the same amount of gasoline.

With basic refinery processing, a barrel of sweet, light crude produces about 30% gasoline, or 12.6 gallons. By contrast, a barrel of heavy sour crude, with basic processing, yields about 14% gasoline, or 5.88 gallons. More extensive processing -- cracking, reformation, etc. -- can greatly improve yields, but of course, at the cost of the increased processing. Overall, refineries in the USA are yielding about 49% gasoline (20.5 gallons) from the mix of crudes they process (2004 data).

Actually, a barrel of oil is 42 gallons. When the barrel is processed, you generally get about 19 1/2 gallons of gas, 9 gal. of fuel oil, 4 gal. of jet fuel and 11 gal of other products such as lubricants, grease,kerosene,asphalt and plastics.

1 barrel=42 u.s. gallons of oil =19.5 u.s. gallons of gas

Not disputing the answer at all, but if crude is now $135 per barrel, this should make gas nearly $7 per gallon, and this without refining and transport costs!

About 20

Depending on where you are the response varies. When oil is refined, there are number of products that will result from the refining process, including gas, diesel, and other products. Depending on how the refinary is set up and what goals were in mind in constructing the refinary the output of gas, diesel, and other products varies. For example, in the US, the refinaries are aimed at maximum output of gas so it usually takes about 2 liters of oil to process about 1 liter of gas. In EU however, it takes more oil to get a liter of gas, i.e. 2.5 to 3.0 liters, as they produce more diesel and less gas.

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In a barrel of crude you need to divide it into seperate parts.
From top to bottom.
Natural gas
Unleaded gasoline
Diesel fuel
Engine oil
Gear oil
Grease
Tar/asphalt
So in a 55 gallon drum of crude you can see that a small percentage actually becomes gasoline. I don't know the exact number but I hope this gives you a better idea.

The standard barrel of crude oil or other petroleum product (abbreviated bbl) is 42 US gallons (34.972 Imperial gallons or 158.987 L)- In short 158.987 litres of crude oil make 1 barrel.

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