There are lots of things made of oil that we are using it everyday. Petroleum products include transportation fuels, fuel oils for heating and electricity generation, asphalt and road oil, and the feedstocks used to make chemicals, plastics, and synthetic materials found in nearly everything we use today.
Gasoline - is the main petroleum product consumed in the United States. In 2007, gasoline consumption reached a record high of 9.3 million bbl/d (or 391 million gallons per day).
Gasoline - is the main petroleum product consumed in the United States. In 2007, gasoline consumption reached a record high of 9.3 million bbl/d (or 391 million gallons per day).
Distillate - fuel oil includes diesel fuel and heating oil. Diesel fuel is used in the diesel engines of heavy construction equipment, transportation, and electricity generators. Heating or fuel oil is used in boilers and furnaces to heat homes and buildings, for industrial heating, and for producing electricity.
A candle - is made from wax. Wax is a raw petroleum product. It is used to make candles, milk cartons and polishes.
In addition, petroleum may be used as a raw material (a feedstock) to create products such as plastics, transportation fuels, fuel oils for heating and electricity, asphalt and road oil, and hundreds of other intermediate and end-user goods found in nearly everything we use today.
A candle - is made from wax. Wax is a raw petroleum product. It is used to make candles, milk cartons and polishes.
In addition, petroleum may be used as a raw material (a feedstock) to create products such as plastics, transportation fuels, fuel oils for heating and electricity, asphalt and road oil, and hundreds of other intermediate and end-user goods found in nearly everything we use today.