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Many countries produce crude oil

Many countries produce crude oil. About 100 countries produce crude oil. In 2013, 46% of the world’s total crude oil production came from five countries: Saudi Arabia (13.2%) Russia (12.8%) United States (9.8%) China (5.5%) Canada (4.4%). What fuels are made from crude oil?

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Many countries produce crude oil

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  1. Many countries produce crude oil About 100 countries produce crude oil. In 2013, 46% of the world’s total crude oil production came from five countries: Saudi Arabia (13.2%) Russia (12.8%) United States (9.8%) China (5.5%) Canada (4.4%)

  2. What fuels are made from crude oil? One barrel of crude oil, when refined, produces about 19 gallons of finished motor gasoline, and 10 gallons of diesel, as well as other petroleum products. Most petroleum products are used to produce energy. For instance, many people across the United States usepropane to heat their homes.

  3. What is a refinery ? Arefinery is a factory. Just as a paper mill turns lumber into paper, a refinery takes crude oil and other feedstocks and turns them into gasoline and many other petroleum products. Refineries operate 24/7 A refinery runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and requires a large number of employees to run it. A refinery can occupy as much land as several hundred football fields. Workers often ride bicycles to move from place to place inside the complex.

  4. Refining Process How crude oil is refined into petroleum products Gasoline and petroleum products are used to move merchandise and people from one place to another and as feedstock to make chemicals and plastics. They also have many other uses. At a refinery, different parts of crude oil are separated into useable petroleum products. In the United States, most refineries turn more than half of every 42 gallon barrel of crude oil into gasoline. How does this transformation take place? Essentially, refining breaks crude oil down into its various components, which are then selectively reconfigured into new products. All refineries perform three basic steps: • Separation • Conversion • Treatment

  5. Separation Heavy petroleum components or fractions are on the bottom; light fractions are on the top. This difference in weights allows for the separation of the various petrochemicals. Modern separation involves piping oil through hot furnaces. The resulting liquids and vapors are discharged into distillation units. Inside the distillation units, the liquids and vapors separate into fractions according to their weight and boiling point. The lightest fractions, including gasoline and liquid petroleum gas (LPG), vaporize and rise to the top of the tower, where they condense back to liquids. Medium weight liquids, including kerosene and diesel oil distillates, stay in the middle of the tower. Heavier liquids, called gas oils, separate lower down, while the heaviest fractions with the highest boiling points settle at the bottom of the tower.

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