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Investor Resources > Evaluation Tools > What's in a Barrel of Oil?

One barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil. The total volume of products made from crude oil based origins is 48.43 gallons on average - 6.43 gallons greater than the original 42 gallons of crude oil. This represents a "processing gain" due to the additional other petroleum products such as alkylates are added to the refining process to create the final products.

Additionally, California gasoline contains approximately 5.7 percent by volume of ethanol, a non-petroleum-based additive that brings the total processing gain to 7.59 gallons (or 49.59 total gallons).

Source: California Energy Commission, Fuels Office, PIIRA database. Based on 2004 data.

Barrel of Oil

Product Percent of Total
Finished Motor Gasoline
51.4%
Distillate Fuel Oil
15.3%
Jet Fuel
12.6%
Still Gas
5.4%
Marketable Coke
5.0%
Residual Fuel Oil
3.3%
Liquefied Refinery Gas
2.8%
Asphalt and Road Oil
1.9%
Other Refined Products
1.5%
Lubricants
0.9%