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Generally, an oil refinery can extract about 19 gallons of gasoline out of a barrel of crude oil, with the remainder of the barrel used to make products such as diesel and jet fuel, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

Generally, an oil refinery can extract about 19 gallons of gasoline out of a barrel of crude oil, with the remainder of the barrel used to make products such as diesel and jet fuel, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

Generally, an oil refinery can extract about 19 gallons of gasoline out of a barrel of crude oil, with the remainder of the barrel used to make products such as diesel and jet fuel, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

Generally, an oil refinery can extract about 19 gallons of gasoline out of a barrel of crude oil, with the remainder of the barrel used to make products such as diesel and jet fuel, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

1. How much gasoline is produced from a barrel (42 gallons) of oil?

A man returns the nozzle to the pump after filling his car's tank with gasoline in Philadelphia in this February 2011 file photo. (Matt Rourke/AP/File)


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