How much crude oil can you get from a brontosaurus?

The exhibit was so popular that Sinclair promptly adopted a big, green Brontosaurus (today we'd call it an Apatosaurus) as its official mascot. read more

Zero. Biogenic theories of crude oil formation focus on deposition and sequestration of algae in anoxic environments. The popular notion that dinosaurs became oil is the result either of a joke taken way too far or a serious misunderstanding of fossil fuel formation theories. read more

Petroleum refineries convert crude oil and other liquids into many petroleum products that people use every day. Most refineries focus on producing transportation fuels. On average, U.S. refineries produce, from a 42-gallon barrel of crude oil, about 20 to 19 gallons of motor gasoline, 12 gallons of distillate fuel distillate fuel, most of which is sold as diesel fuel, and 4 gallons of jet fuel. read more

A barrel of crude oil can make about 19 US gallons of gasoline, 10 gallons of diesel, 4 gallons of jet fuel and another 9 gallons of other oil products such as liquid petroleum gas, plastics, lubricants or heating oil. read more