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shawnott on February 3, 2006 - 2:41pm

I thought I would re-post this from Thursdays thread since it got somewhat buried and no one responded.

I was trying to read up on how oil is used in the US. I found this data The data is barrels of oil used a day. The percents are each categories percent of the total.

I was curious how much oil gets used as an input for the manufacturing of products. I always thought things like plastics, synthetics, pharmacuticals, etc. contained had oil derivatives.

So does anyone know which products below go into manufacturing?

US Oil Production 7,649
Oil Imports 13,145
Total 20,794

NGLs and LRGs 2,264 11%
Other Liquids (30) 0%
Finished Petro Prods
Finished Mogas 9,105 44%
Finished Avgas 17 0%
Jet Fuel 1,630 8%
Kerosene 64 0%
Distillate Fuel Oil 4,058 20%
Residual Fuel Oil 865 4%
Naphtha Petro Feed 390 2%
Oth Oils Petro Feed 366 2%
Special Naphthas 27 0%
Lubricants 141 1%
Waxes 15 0%
Petroleum Coke 524 3%
Asphalt & Road Oil 537 3%
Still Gas 704 3%
Misc Products 53 0%
Total 20,730

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Leanan on February 3, 2006 - 2:50pm

I always thought things like plastics, synthetics, pharmacuticals, etc. contained had oil derivatives.

Yes, but it's a very small portion of each barrel. "Petrochemical feedstocks" account for 1.1 gallons per barrel, according to the American Petroleum Institute.

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shawnott on February 3, 2006 - 3:01pm

So a feedstock, like the Naphtha Petro Feed or Oth Oils Petro Feed above, are used as inputs for manufacturing? Sorry, I am not an engineer, so this is all new to me.

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Leanan on February 3, 2006 - 3:05pm

As I understand it, yes.

The API produces this brochure about what is made from oil, for classroom use:

http://www.classroom-energy.org/teachers/oilfacts.pdf

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shawnott on February 3, 2006 - 3:13pm

Thanks for the link.

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Biologyfool on February 3, 2006 - 3:02pm

I think you're asking the wrong question (maybe). The more important question IMHO is how much of the product's price is due to the price of oil. I've heard the price of carpet has gone up considerably because the pad is made from oil.

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shawnott on February 3, 2006 - 3:11pm

That was one of the next things I was going to start considering. First I just wanted to understand the allocation to various uses.

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brook on February 3, 2006 - 3:28pm

I bought a bed last month from a local manufacturer (Puget Sound). The salesman claimed that their materials cost had gone up around 30% since Katrina. Foam rubber prices were even worse.

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