Offshore drilling in U.S.–how would we benefit since oil companies would be the ones drilling?

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

I wonder about this as they are in the business of making profits. Yes, it will provide more oil/gas, BUT they’ve got to build more refineries, etc., and they are going to charge someone for that expense (us) and then make a profit off the gasoline they sell. It isn’t government owned, like [...]

could my car that uses gasoline, could it run with natural gas metato????

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Is the price of natural gas, health ways safer that gasoline???

Why does Nanny Pelosi hate America so much she is unwilling to allow us to drill for our own oil in the Gulf?

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Democrats like to attack evil American oil companies and block them from drilling the energy deposits off our coasts. It doesn’t seem to bother Democrats that China and Cuba are finalizing plans to drill for oil in these same areas 50 miles from Key West.
Pelosi in her weekly press conference called drilling a "Republican hoax."
The [...]

What is Saudi Arabia’s selling?? is it crude oil or the already refined or purified gasoline?

Friday, February 5th, 2010

what is saudi’s selling? is it the crude oil or the purified gasoline??
what are they exporting or selling to other countries??
10 points?

i know it comes from crude oil but is gasoline a byproduct of diesel fuel?

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

i know gasoline & diesel are byproducts of crude oil. the question is diesel fuel a byproduct of gasoline.

Process By Which Crude Oil Is Separated Into Different Substances?

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Crude oil is separated into different substances such as gasoline, petroleum, diesel fuel, and propane by which process?
filtering, chromatography, osmosis, or fractionation?

good sites that list the cons of petroleum gasoline?

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Hey do you know any good websites or sources that states the cons of using petroleum gasoline to run our cars?

I cannot see how some figure that the immigrants are not paying their way?

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

i hear some say that they are not paying taxes, but i do not see how that is possible. their pay is taxed, or at least it is supposed to be if the employer is doing the right thing. if they are renting apartments or houses they are paying property taxes to the land owner [...]

What will happen to the Defenses of the United States should we run out of Petroleum?

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

If all the tanks, planes, and trucks run on Gasoline, or diesel, what will happen when the world starts to withold the petroleum we need to run our global empire? Is anyone else worried that the Government has no back up plan if this were to happen?

When did American’s start calling petroleum “Gas”?

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

And does this cause any confusion, since it’s clearly a liquid fuel? And is petroleum and gasoline really the same?

Oil prices are at the lowest levels since early May. Why is our avg price $ per gallon not that low again?

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

In early May, the average price $ per gallon in the U.S. was under per gallon. Right now, with oil back at that previous level, gasoline is still hovering around per gallon. Tell me that Exxon Mobile is not gouging us.
Go Broncos…Theoretically, yes that is the way it is SUPPOSED to happen but [...]

The Katrina disaster in New Orleans decreased the ability of oil companies to purify crude oil into gasoline?

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

The Katrina disaster in New Orleans decreased the ability of oil companies to purify crude oil into gasoline. This caused:
A. the supply curve for gasoline to shift inward.
B. the supply curve for gasoline to shift outward.
C. the quantity of gasoline demanded to move out along the demand curve.
D. the quantity of gasoline supplied to move [...]

Are crude oil and fossil fuels the same thing?

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

I am so confused about how gasoline is made! I embarrassed myself in class today by saying gasoline is made up of fossil fuels and then contradicting myself when I then said gas is made from crude oil. Can someone please tell me the difference or correlation between crude oil, fossil fuels, and [...]

Is R-22 Freon derived from petroleum, and if so is it a commodity?

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

I know that freon is made from carbon and other natural source products, but is it derived from petroleum and if so, is it traded like petroleum. I am trying to find out why the cost rises as fast as gasoline does.

How much more crude oil does it take to make diesel versus gasoline?

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Say you have a million barrels of crude oil. You could use it to make x gallons of diesel, or y gallons of gasoline. I would imagine that x is less than y, since diesel is more energy-dense than gasoline. But can anyone give any specific figures, or at least tell me [...]

How come The Price Of Oil Dropped 50 cents a gallon but gasoline only dropped 10 cents ?

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

The price of oil dropped 20 dollars a barrel or 50 cents a gallon since a barrel has 42 gallons so why has gasoline only dropped 10 cents a gallon.
Howard Scott pearlman
And McCain is taking 2 million from the OIL company executives for his election.

WHY is there government control on Natural Gas and Electricity pricing, but not gasoline?

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Are we better off with afforable pricing since Ronald Reagan removed government control of gasoline pricing? Who is it favoring and why don’t they allow Natural Gas and Electric companies raise prices as they see fit?

What are you going to do if the world run out of petroleum?

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

As nowaday we use a lot of petroleum products : gas, gasoline, naphtha, oil, wax, etc, they might be used up somedays. What’s your next plan?

If oil reserves seem to be about the same now as they were in the 1950’s, what drives the price of oil &gas up?

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

what drives the price of oil and particularly gasoline up and up? (Referring to economics)

Why isn't natural gas used more than it is in vehicles?

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Since natural gas is cleaner burning than gasoline and cheaper than gasoline (A person at a natural gas company told me once that the cost of natural gas is about 1/2 the cost of gasoline). My theories are 1. Oil companies don’t like it because they make more money from oil. 2. [...]

When Palin-ites say that she “took on” big oil, do they mean…?

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

When Palin-ites say that she "took on" big oil, do they mean that she took big oil on as a PARTNER?
Clearly a staunch supporter of oil and gas drilling, she bought off the Alaskan electorate for 00 each and now she’s GIVING TransCanada half a billion dollar$ to build that pipeline she’s crowing about.
Wow, with [...]

Why do Republicans think drilling for more oil will somehow lower the gas prices?

Monday, September 14th, 2009

The way NAFTA is set up,
the highest bid buys the oil
no matter what country
McCain likes the free trade
the way it is, and doesn’t want
any changes to it
So if the Saudis out-bid Exxon/Mobile,
we will still pay roughly the same high
prices for gasoline
only it will be the Saudis selling us
what is supposed to be our own oil

Who all thinks that Congress and Obama are right concerning this?

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

This is concerning off shore drilling.
Bush to Congress: Embrace energy exploration now
Wednesday June 18, 11:37 am ET
By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press Writer
With gas prices reaching record highs, Bush wants Congress to lift ban on offshore drilling
WASHINGTON (AP) — With gasoline topping a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing [...]

How is gasoline made from crude oil?

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

What is the formula for make gasoline from crude oil and what kinds of machines would I need in order to do it?

how much crude oil are used annually to make gasoline and heating oil in United States?

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Is there a website showing the crude oil used annually to make heating oil and gasoline in united states? Also, I want to see the percentages and trends over the years. Thanks.