How Much Do You Know About Different Fuel Types?

There are about 140 refineries in the US alone. The largest is Motiva Enterprises' Port Arthur, Texas, refinery.

The US is capable of processing 18 million barrels of crude oil per day. Now that's a lot of oil!

There are 3,300 tank barges in the US. They're located on the coasts, in the Great Lakes and also in U.S. rivers.

Gasoline is defined as a mixture of hydrocarbons, along with additives and blending agents, and it's used as automotive fuel. Gasoline powers spark-ignition internal combustion engines.

The octane rating measures both the anti-knock and uneven combustion properties of motor gasoline. You'll often hear the team "high-octane."

Diesel fuel is used for heavy-duty​ trucks that have a compression ignition engine. Diesel fuel is also a mixture of hydrocarbons.

Heating oil is also a mixture of hydrocarbons, but it's used for burners and furnaces. It must meet the same specifications as other kinds of oil.

There are 72,000 miles of crude oil pipeline in the US. In total, U.S. energy pipelines stretch over 2.4 million miles.

Gasoline is by far the largest volume petroleum product. It accounts for nearly half of the U.S. petroleum production.

Diesel accounts for 15% of the average production at a domestic refinery. There are also about 100,000 tank trucks in the U.S.

Gasoline used for motors is different than gasoline used in aviation. Motor gasoline is either reformulated or conventional.

All of these run on diesel fuel. Farm tractors, bulldozers, backhoes and cranes run on diesel as well.

In fact, refineries make a huge amount of non-fuel products. These include asphalt, lubricants, road oil, solvents and wax.

Both of these fall under the umbrella of distillate fuel oils. The classification includes diesel fuel and heating oil.

Jets most definitely get their own specufic fuel. Jet fuel is a unique mixture of hydrocarbons used for commercial and military aircraft.

Petroleum coke is used to describe a pure carbon residue. This is one of the non-fuel products of refineries.

There are 42 gallons of fuel in one U.S. barrel. That's a heck of a lot of fuel.

To be more specific, the demand in 2016 was 9.3 million barrels per day. The demand for distillate fuel oil was 3.9 million barrels per day.

The demand for jet fuel in the US per day is 1.6 million barrels, as of 2016. Combine that with the other petroleum products, and you have a daily demand of 17.2 million barrels.

The US produces 10 million gallons of gasoline per day. It also produces 4.8 million gallons of distillate fuel.

45% of our crude oil is imported from other countries. But 95% of refined petroleum demand is produced domestically.

The East Coast refineries can only supply about 30% of their needs. That's why they need to import or gain supply from the Gulf Coast.

The West Coast and the Rocky Mountains are the only regions in the US that are self-sufficient. The Midwest relies upon the East and Gulf Coasts.

Petroleum products travel very slowly from one destination to the next. It can take up to two weeks just to make it through a pipeline.

These are the two main methods of moving petroleum from region to region. Both of these methods are very slow.

Biodiesel is made from renewable sources. These include vegetables, grain oils, lard and tallow.

Biodiesel is remarkably susceptible to contamination by hydrocarbon utilizing microorganisms. This is a downside to this renewable source of energy.

There are only a few models of vehicle that can run off E85 fuel. These are known as flex-fuel vehicles, and you'll find them in Australia.

The truth is that some vehicles will perform better, while others will not. It depends on the sophistication of your car's engine management system.

Low viscosity engine oils are designed to reduce fuel use, lower emissions, and improve engine responsiveness. That being said, low viscosity​ oils are not for all engines.

Petroleum is known as a primary energy source. Other primary sources include coal, natural gas, renewable energy and nuclear electric power.

Electricity is a secondary energy source. That means that it is generated from one of the primary energy sources.

Petroleum provides only 1% of the energy that is used to generate electricity. But it also provides 92% of the energy needed for transportation.

There are three major fossil fuels. These include petroleum, natural gas, and coal. Natural gas accounts for about 33% of the nation's energy production, and petroleum for 28%.

Natural Gas Plant Liquids are on the rise. These are a mixture of hydrocarbon gas liquids that are extracted from natural gas.