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How much is a oil tanker that can carry 2 million barrels of oil?
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How much can an oil tanker hold?
Oil tanker ships come in various sizes, from about 20,000 tons to 500,000 tons. "Supertankers" are generally defined as those greater than 250,000 tonnes dead-weight (meaning the maximum weight they can carry when fully loaded). Today's supertankers, on average, can carry about 2 million barrels or 84 million gallons of crude oil and petroleum product. The largest supertanker in the world is the Norwegian-owned Knock Nevis which is 647,955 tonnes dead-weight and can hold 4.1 million barrels of petroleum.Depending on its size and capacity, oil tankers can hold anything from a few thousand DWT and up to 550 000 DWT in ultra large crude tankers.DWT is Deadweight Tonnage. 550 000 DWT roughly equals 4 million barrels of crude oil.
How much does and oil tanker weigh?
Some super tankers can transport 2,000,000 barrels of oil.
How much is 175 million barrels of oil?
175 million barrels of oil equates to 7.35 billion US gallons.
1 million cubic feet gas is equal to how much barrels of oil?
about 166.6 barrels
How much is 17 million barrels of oil?
17 million barrels of oil is 714,000,000 US gallons. Each barrel contains 42 US gallons.
How much NGL was produced in the U.S in 2002?
The U.S. Department of Energy reported that 884 million barrels of NGL were produced in 2002, compared to 690 million barrels in 1998.
How much oil and gas are produced daily?
81.4 million barrels each day
How many barrels of crude does a oil tanker carry?
Oil tankers vary in size by a huge margin, from a few thousand tonnes DWT to 500,000 tonnes DWT. The density of crude oil also varies, averaging around 0.7 kgs per litre. There are 159 ltrs (apprx) per barrel. From this you can calculate how much each type can carry.
How much oil leaked when Montara oil spill happened?
The latest official EPA number is 4.9 million barrels or 206 million gallons. Of which, BP has stated they were able to capture 800,000 barrels using the top hat or lower marine riser, so the oil leaked into the gulf would be 4.1 million barrels (172 million gallons).
How many barrels of oil does an average oil tanker carry and how does this compare to the April 2010 oil well platform spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
Your question is quite simple. However, there is no average tanker or tanker oil spill. Nor is there an average oil well blow out. Both are relatively rare events. Capacity ranges of tankers ranges from 10,000 to 500,000 deadweight tonnes. Now, their carrying capacity is in terms of weight. However using a standard of West Texas Crude (39.7 degrees API) I can convert 1 metric tonne to 7.6 barrels, so this becomes a capacity range of 76,000 barrels to 3.8 million barrels. A pretty large range. As stated in the related link on oil tankers, a very large crude carrier, (VLCC), capacity is approximately 2 million barrels of oil. Now, this doesn't mean that an accident with a VLCC will release this volume of oil. As shown in the attached link on oil spills, there have been only 3 huge tanker accidents in the last 43 years (since 1970), with spills in the range of 252,000 to 287,000 DWT (approx. 1.9 to 2.2 million barrels). The highly publicized Exxon-Valdez at 10.9 million gallons or 260,000 million barrels, is comparatively much smaller than the huge and rare tanker spills Most tanker oil spills are very small (less than 7 tonnes or 53 barrels) due to operational errors. In the last 43 years, there has been a declining trend in the number of oil tankers spills. (see related link). The worst accident in 20 years, spilled 62,000 tonnes. Now, the quantity of oil spilled from a blown out (or wild) well, may be difficult to quantify. For the April 2010 blow out, the total quantity discharged into the gulf will be unknown until the well is killed. But, let us suppose (no harm in this), that the containment dome fails, and we have 120 days of flow at 5,000 barrels per day, then 600,000 barrels will enter the Gulf, more than twice the volume that Exxon-Valdez discharged, but hardly a record spill when compared with tanker spills. The volume spilled is of course important. In making comparisons, I would think it is equally important to look at where the spills occurred, (near or far from natural important coastal habitats) how successful skimming, containment, and other control actions were, and if in the end, better safety procedures could be implemented to prevent spills. My point is that spills are difficult to generalize. Sorry for such a long explanation. See related links.
How much oil does the world use per day?
about 85 billion barrels per day of oil 85 Million, not Billion barrels per day
How much of the oil drilled in this country and off its shores actually stays in this country and how much is sold internationally?
See related link. There was 168 million barrels produced in Mar 2010 (5.6 million barrels/day) and 1.4 million barrels in March 2010 (0.05 million barrels/day) went to export. This is a very minor export (0.8% of all oil we produce. It may be some field in Alaska where export to Japan or Canada is more feasible. The majority of our oil is imported- see link.
