What a barrel of crude oil makes

 

 

 

S/N

Product*

Gallons**

per Barrel

If Nigerian

refineries were

working fully***

[million liters/day]

1

Gasoline (Petrol)  [PMS]

  19.4

32.68

2

Distillate Fuel Oil   [AGO]

(Includes both home heating oil and diesel fuel)

  9.7

16.34

3

Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel  [DPK]

  4.3

7.24

4

Coke

 2.0

3.37

5

Residual Fuel Oil

(Heavy oils used as fuels in industry, marine

transportation, and for electric power generation)

 1.9

3.20

6

Liquefied Refinery Gases

 1.9

3.20

7

Still Gas

 1.8

3.03

8

Asphalt and Road Oil

 1.4

2.36

9

Petrochemical Feed stocks

  1.1

1.85

10

Lubricants

 0.5

0.842

11

Kerosene

 0.2

0.337

12

Other

 0.4

0.674

 

Total

44.6

71.923

 

 

* PMS - Premium Motor Spirit;   AGO - Automotive Gas Oil;  DPK - Dual Purpose Kerosene

 

**Figures are based on average yields for U.S. refineries in 2000. One

barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil. The total volume of products

made is 2.6 gallons greater than the original 42 gallons of crude oil.

This represents “processing gain.”

 

Source:  http://www.api.org

 

*** Refining 445,000 barrels a day between all the four refineries (Kaduna, Warri, two in Port Harcourt)

 

 

Other information about crude oil : 

 

1 US gallon = 3.785 liters

1 barrel = 42 gallons = 158.9873 liters = 5.6146 cu ft = 0.159 cu meters

             = 0.136 metric ton

1 metric ton of crude = 7.35 barrels of crude

 

{ 1 metric ton = 1000 kg = 2205 lb  [1 long ton = 2240 lb ; 1 short ton = 2000 lb] }