----- Original Message -----
From: "STANLEY DOORE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [USMA:41059] Re: Time magazine, June 16, 2008, page 20, "A
Brief History of:The Oil Barrel"
The amount of gasoline from a barrel of crude oil (light vs. heavy etc.)
varies according to the type of crude which is being distilled. During
the distillation process, the entire crude is used to get various products
including diesel, JP4 for jet airplanes, kerosine, gasoline, etc. The
residual is used to make asphalt. I don't know how to answer your
specific question.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:39 PM
Subject: [USMA:41059] Re: Time magazine, June 16, 2008, page 20, "A Brief
History of:The Oil Barrel"
On 2008 Jun 11 , at 9:10 PM, Pat Naughtin wrote:
... people cannot make a comparison between the price of crude oil and
the price they are asked to pay at the pump.
At today's quoted price of about $135 (USD) this works out to be:
USA Buying price 3.21 $(USD) per gallon Selling price (approx) 4.00 $
(USD) per gallon
(Please check these figures for me.)
There is a big gap in your argument here, Pat. You don't produce one
gallon of gasoline from one gallon of crude oil. Therefore, your
comparison of the price per gallon of oil and gas is irrelevant at least
and misleading at worst.
Does anyone know how many gallons of gasoline a refinery can get our of
a gallon of oil? (Or would it be more reasonable to ask how many gallons
of oil are required to make each one gallon of gasoline?) I know that it
varies with the type of oil. But even that wouldn't be the whole story.
The refinery sorts out the various constituents of the oil and makes use
of (sells) most of the fractions it produces. It is not only gasoline
that comes out of each gallon of oil. Many other things are coming our
of the same gallon and most of them have uses so that they can be sold
for more profit.
Bill Hooper
73 kg body mass*
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
* plus or minus a kilogram or so.
