What products are made from oil?
Petroleum fuels cars and warms houses, and it is used to make plastics that are then made into bicycles, toys and containers. Petroleum is even used in bubblegum and medicine.
Today’s world depends on transportation, and oil is essential to meet this demand. Developed economies, such as those in North America, currently use more oil than developing economies. They use more because they depend on private vehicles (cars, motorcycles, and light trucks) to travel significant distances. However, economic growth, increasing industrial activity, and more transportation use are greatly expanding the demand for oil in developing countries.
Transportation accounts for approximately two-thirds of all oil utilized in the United States. Since the 1920s, when millions of Americans owned mass-produced automobiles, gasoline has been the most common oil product used in transportation. Gasoline and diesel together comprise 86% of all transportation energy in the U.S. Most cars, motorcycles, and light trucks require gasoline; many heavier trucks, buses, and trains use diesel.
Transportation needs require 66% of all available petroleum to fuel cars, buses, trucks, and jets.That means 34% of oil is used for items such as:
Ammonia
Packaging for cough syrup and shampoo
Asphalt for paving roads
Pain reliever coating to protect the stomach
Automobiles
Paint binder and solvent
Balls
Resealable bags and containers
Bicycles
Detergent containers
Bubblegum
Dishwashing liquids
Child safety gates
Deodorants
Coolers
Electricity
Crayons
Eyeglasses
Heart valves
Fertilizers
Heat for houses
Garden hoses
Heavy-duty plastic (toolbox)
Gas ranges
Helmets
Pesticides
Ink
Plastic plates
Plastic wrap
Portable radios, CD and MP3 players
Medicines
Lubricants for machinery large and small, such as bicycles or printing presses
Outlet covers
Propane grills
Propane for heat
Refrigerators
Protective coating on inside of juice boxes
Tires
Toys
Varnishes
Vinyl siding
Rugs
One barrel of crude oil makes approximately:
20 gal / 75.70 L of finished motor gasoline
9.2 gal / 34.8 L of distillate fuel oil, includes both home heating oil and diesel fuel
4.1 gallon / 15.5 L s of kerosene-type jet fuel
2.3 gal / 8.7 L of residual fuel oil, or heavy oils used as fuels in industry, marine transportation and for electricpower generation
1.9 gal / 7.2 L of liquefied refinery gasses
1.9 gal / 7.2 L of still gas
1.8 gal / 6.8 L of coke
1.3 gal / 4.9 L of asphalt and road oil
1.2 gal / 4.5 L of petrochemical feedstocks
0.5 gal / 1.9 L of lubricants
0.2 gal / 0.76 L of kerosene
0.3 gal / 1.1 L other
What products are made from oil?
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