Not all oils used as fuels are mineral oils, see biodiesel, vegetable oil fuel, and olive oil. The total production of a barrel of crude into various products results in an increase to 45 US gallons (37 imp gal 170 L). A 42-US-gallon (35 imp gal 160 L) barrel of crude oil produces approximately 10 US gallons (8.3 imp gal 38 L) of diesel, 4 US gallons (3.3 imp gal 15 L) of jet fuel, 19 US gallons (16 imp gal 72 L) of gasoline, 7 US gallons (5.8 imp gal 26 L) of other products, 3 US gallons (2.5 imp gal 11 L) split between heavy fuel oil and liquified petroleum gases, and 2 US gallons (1.7 imp gal 7.6 L) of heating oil. There, it is converted from crude oil to diesel fuel (petrodiesel), ethane (and other short-chain alkanes), fuel oils (heaviest of commercial fuels, used in ships/furnaces), gasoline (petrol), jet fuel, kerosene, benzene (historically), and liquefied petroleum gas. In order to obtain many fuel oils, crude oil is pumped from the ground and is shipped via oil tanker or a pipeline to an oil refinery. Some oils burn in liquid or aerosol form, generating light, and heat which can be used directly or converted into other forms of energy such as electricity or mechanical work.
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