We’ve got the whole world in our hands Humans shape the environment that we live in. It’s plain and simple, and there’re really no getting around that. But, as with anything, there are degrees of impact. Something...
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Sarah Simonovich
Petrochemicals: Clearing the Name of Petroleum One Product at a Time
Planet Earth runs on Petrol It’s no exaggeration to say that the world runs on petroleum—and no, I don’t just mean automobiles. Petroleum is everywhere, even in places where you least expect it. And while new...
Black Oil: How THE X-FILES Made Petroleum Spooky
“Are you familiar with the so-called X-Files?” Sunday (January 24) marked the return of The X-Files, a science-fiction, horror, procedural drama that originally aired from September 10, 1993 to May 19, 2002...
Interactive Real Time Map Of The Oil Word
Abo.net, which stands for About Oil, has designed a really useful and unique tool. Their interactive real time map of the oil world allows you to scroll across the globe and click on all relevant oil countries. For each...
Matthew Blockus
What Products Are Produced From a Barrel Of Crude Oil?
Have you ever wondered what a barrel of crude oil can produce? A barrel contains a total of 42 gallons of crude oil. The total volume of products made from crude oil based origins is 48.43 gallons on average–6.43...
Interactive Map of World Oil Consumption
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has an interactive world map that provides oil consumption data by country, region, and commercial group for 217 countries including total and crude oil production, oil...
The State of American Energy
The American Petroleum Institue (API) is a trade organization with 500 members that makes up the vast majority of the petroleum industry in the USA. The API releases a yearly report entitled “The State of American...
Getting Your Oil Changed Is Big Business
Oil changes drive traffic through U.S. service bays and offer the best opportunity to cross-sell other services, according to market research company NPD Group’s consumer tracking research. NPD found tire rotations, air...
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Understanding Viscosity – What Those Numbers Mean On A Quart of Oil
Picking out the proper grade motor oil is becoming increasingly difficult. With OEM constantly coming out with new recommendations to keep up with today’s emission standards and fuel mileage regulations, the numbers on...
John Gula
WTI Oil Rises to One-Month High on Cyprus
If you’re interested in how the debt crisis in Cyprus affected crude prices globally then read this article from Bloomberg News below. This situation is a good example of how global financial affairs affect...