They rank #4 behind Texas, Alaska, and California respectively. However, federal offshore production is technically #1 with about 500mil barrels of oil produced per year.
There are different kinds of industries in Louisiana. The most common industries include petrochemical production, natural gas plants and crude oil refineries among others.
The Gulf of Mexico makes up one quarter of US crude oil production.
2nd rank in the world.
Yes, New Zealand has oil reserves and production.
That is variable based on the quality of the crude oil, and refineries can also adjust the production of different oils. The majority of crude is converted to fuel.
Bio-pesticides are derived as residual bi-products after fermentation of the jatropha crude oil for biodiesel production
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Mexico would qualify as the 12th largest exporter of crude petroleum in the world, with an average of 1.46 million oil barrels per day.
There are many reasons why NYMEX crude oil goes up and down in prices. This includes the level of production from crude oil suppliers as well as world events and government policy.
The 12 OPEC contries control 79% of the worlds crude reserves and 44% of the worlds crude oil production.
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Most of the crude oil is used to obtain motor gasoline, diesel, heating oil, jet fuel, and liquefied petroleum gases. Thus the crude oil is mostly used to produce energy. Small portion of crude oil is converted into petrochemical feedstock used in production of plastics, rubber, fertilizers, cosmetics and the like.