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What is the cost of refining oil?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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13y ago

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Under $300 per barrel for the gasoline produced. Read this and the link found on the page http://www.rense.com/general76/cost.htm Under 50 cents per gallon, 42 gallon barrel with net 19.2 gallons gasoline per barrel. Varies due to weather and other factors but this is apparently the average. Crude oil gets changed into petroleum gas, gasoline, oils, tar, and asphalt.

The total volume of the non-gaseous products will be not much different than the crude.

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The price of a barrel of oil increases as it passes through the refining process. According to the US Department of Energy for each dollar you spend at the pump:

  • Taxes: 15 cents
  • Distribution and Marketing: 11 cents
  • Refining: 7 cents
  • Crude oil: 67 cents

These costs change with the cost of crude oil and its type (some are harder to refine)

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12y ago

not as much as the oil companies want us to believe!

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