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 oil from different fields.
Petroleum is a mixture of a very large number of different hydrocarbons. The alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons. From pentane (C5H12) to octane (C8H18) are used for gasoline(petrol) whilst the ones from nonane (C9H20) to hexadecane (C16H34) are used for kerosene and diesel fuel, from hexadecane up for heavy fuel oil and lubricating oil.
There are also cycloalkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons.
These different molecules are separated at the refinery by fractional distillation.
See the Wikipedia entry for Petroleum for more information.
There are 42 US gallons of crude oil in one barrel.
There are 336 pints of crude oil in one barrel.
There are 5,376 liquid ounces of crude oil in one barrel.
Approximately 5,800,000 BTUs per 42-gallon barrel.
8 to 12 gallons depending on crude type used
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.
Zero. A barrel or crude oil contains... crude oil.
A barrel of crude oil is 159 Litres.
1 barrel of crude oil equals 42 US gallons of crude oil.
There are 42 US gallons of crude oil in one barrel.
About 19.6 gallons of gasoline from each 42-gallon barrel of crude oil.
That was the month and year that a barrel of crude oil reached its highest level: $128.08 per barrel.
Crude oil is crude oil, there is no such thing as gas oil. Gasoline is refined from crude oil. 1 barrel of Benchmark crude oil for May delivery is currently $48.20 as of 3/31/09.
The Crude Oil and Commodity Prices on April, Friday 25 2014 are: WTI Crude Oil is $101.94/barrel and Brent Crude Oil is $110.33/barrel.
The Crude Oil and Commodity Prices on April, Friday 25 2014 are: WTI Crude Oil is $101.94/barrel and Brent Crude Oil is $110.33/barrel.
A standard barrel of crude oil is 42 US gallons or 160 liters.
Each barrel of crude oil produces about 19.6 gallons of gasoline.