[Vwdiesel] RE: Vwdiesel Digest, Vol 6, Issue 31

[gary]

Though I can't give specific lubricating oil numbers, these numbers
none-the-less are interesting.

Gleaned from:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/


For the week ending 4/16...
(1000's bbl/day)

refinery input
------------------------
9202 import crude
5632 domestic production
=======================
14834 total refinery input

refinery output
----------------
8680 finished gasoline
4350 distillate fuel oil
1506 kerosene jet fuel
1789 propane/propylene
 891 residual fuel oil
3177 other oils(I would guess lubricating oils fall in here somewhere)

finished products imported
---------------------------
592 gasoline
362 distillate fuel oil
335 residual fuel oil
227 propane/propylene
812 other oils

They have a statistic that out of every 100 barrels of oil imported, 46
are used to make gasoline.

-Gary 




On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 11:14, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> > 60% of all the oil the U.S. used last year was foreign oil.
> > 
> 
>   I want to know HOW MUCH of that or all oil is used in the "motoring 
> public's" cars, as fuel, as motor oil, etc.  I'd heard once how one day's 
> use of oil by trains, planes and trucks was equal to some huge number 
> of days or weeks of consumer use.  The other thing is how much of 
> it is used for plastics, fabrics, carpet and so on.  
> 
>   Without a bypass filter, and changing oil yourself, I fail to see how 
> doubling your change interval with an oil that's 3X the cost saves 
> money, directly.  :)  With a bypass you can then exceed the 10K 
> but recommended interval on our A1's is 7500mi.  I don't even let 
> it go that far but I do go 5K rather than the often used 3K interval.
>      Loren
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