[Fot] Diesel and Gas out of a Barrel of oil

[Scott Janzen]

This is an exerpt from a larger article - apparently the refining process is 
not what most of us assume.
"Al Mannato, a fuel-issues manager at API, explains that oil refineries tend 
to fall into two categories: catalytic cracking and hydrocracking. Most U.S. 
refineries are set up for catalytic cracking, which turns each barrel of 
crude oil into about 50-percent gasoline, 15-percent diesel, and the 
remainder into jet fuel, home heating oil, heavy fuel oil, liquefied 
petroleum gas, asphalt, and various other products. In Europe and most of 
the rest of the world, refineries use a hydrocracking process, which 
produces more like 25-percent gasoline and 25-percent diesel from that 
barrel of oil. So the rest of the world is already maximizing diesel 
production. In fact, despite using a refining strategy that minimizes the 
production of gasoline, Europe still ends up with too much of the stuff, so 
it exports it to America-about one of every eight gallons of gasoline that 
we consume. "

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist at cox.net>
To: "Chuck Arnold" <triosan at gmail.com>; <LOddTR at aol.com>; "Friends" 
<fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Oil - Since Triumphs Drip, Its Worth A Minute To Read


> Can anyone explain to me why the cost of Diesel (which I understand 
> requires
> less refining than gasoline and therefore should be cheaper)  is trying to
> reach prices double thatof gasiline?  It seems that the people influencing
> these prices are trying to send a message to people not to convert to 
> diesel
> power even though it is supposed to be more efficient.
>
> Joe C.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Arnold" <triosan at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Oil - Since Triumphs Drip, Its Worth A Minute To Read
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