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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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