...ratio of refined gasoline to one barrel of crude...

Answer by Mr. Kool
Submitted on 9/13/2004
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I am going to assume that you meant to ask, how many gallons of gasoline from a barrel of oil. We call this "editorial license". The barrel of oil is = to 42 US gallons. In terms of energy, it is equivalent to 5.6 * 10^3 cubic feet of natural gas and .232 tons of bituminous coal. But I digress... Gasoline is produced from oil by a process known as fractional distillation. Basically crude oil is placed in a huge cylinder and heat is applied. Up to about 400 degrees Fahrenheit gasoline boils off. It is then collected by a number of condensing units. The real trick is that the amount varies with how the oil is refined. About 40% is a rough figure.. So, the average barrel of oil will produce about 17 gallons of gasoline. Extending that a bit, each gallon of oil will produce .40 gallons of gasoline..

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Question by Larry Millr
Submitted on 5/25/2004
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What is the ratio of refined gasoline to one barrel of crude oil? In other words, how many gallons of gasoline can be refined from one barrel of crude oil? Thanks. legalr@vermontel.net

Answer by Dean
Submitted on 9/8/2004
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19.5 gallons of refined gasoline per 42 gallon barrel of crude oil

Answer by wes
Submitted on 4/1/2005
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a refined barrel produces approximately 20.5 gallons (US) of gasoline.

Answer by john bilik
Submitted on 4/18/2005
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There are approximately 19.5 gallons of refined gasoline from a barrel of crude. Sadly, there are only 4 gallons of jet-a (jet fuel) produced. This is bad news for me, but I hope I answered your question.

Answer by nik
Submitted on 4/25/2005
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one barrel is 42 (US) gallons or 159 (SI/metric) liters

Answer by j robinson
Submitted on 9/2/2005
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19.69 gal.

Answer by kjyg
Submitted on 10/24/2005
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32156541

Answer by Chris Crossman
Submitted on 4/21/2006
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One barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil. 51.4% of which can be refined into Gasoline. Thus you can produce 21.5 gallons of gas from one barrel of crude oil. So the approximate ratio would be 43/84. See the following link for more details: http://www.energy.ca.gov/gasoline/whats_in_barrel_oil.html

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