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Transportation:
What’s Behind the Pump?
The development of cars, trucks, and airplanes in the past century has radically changed
our lives. For example, many people now live farther from their jobs than they did a century
ago. Overseas trips for business or vacations are increasingly more common. Many people
feel as though they couldn’t live without their cars.
Petroleum (oil) is the leading energy source for transportation in the United States. To find
out more about this vital energy source, read below and answer the questions.
(Use separate paper for your answers, and show your calculations.)
Products Made from a Barrel of Crude Oil
Part A:
The pie chart at right
Diesel
Gasoline
shows the percentages of different
23.0%
Jet Fuel 9.1%
41.5%
products that are produced from
Other
Heavy Fuel Oil
one barrel of oil.
Liquefied
Products
(residual) 3.8%
Petroleum
15.7%
Gases
Other Distillates
1.
What percentage of products
(LPG) 3.8%
(heating oil) 3.1%
produced from a barrel of oil
are used primarily:
• Other Products include
• Liquefied Petroleum Gases
items as varied as plastics,
(like propane) are used in a
•
For transportation?
crayons, and inks.
variety of ways in homes.
•
For purposes besides
• Gasoline is primarily used by
• Other Distillates (heating
transportation?
cars and light trucks.
oil) heat buildings.
• Diesel is primarily used by
• Heavy Fuel Oil is primarily
2.
What are some examples of
heavy trucks.
used to power furnaces and
products in your classroom
boilers in industrial plants.
• Jet Fuel powers airplanes.
that are made from petroleum?
Part B:
The U.S. is one of the world’s
Top Oil-Producing
Top Countries the
largest oil producers. However, we use
U.S. States
U.S. Imports Oil From
more than we produce, which is why we
(in million barrels annually)
(in million barrels
annually)
import oil from other countries. Where
State
Production
does U.S. oil come from? To find out,
Country
Imports
Texas
404
study the data tables to the right, and
Canada
709
Alaska
236
then answer the questions.
Mexico
398
California
207
1.
What percentage of total U.S.
Saudi Arabia
358
North Dakota
80
production comes from the top two
Venezuela
347
Louisiana
69
producing states?
Nigeria
283
Oklahoma
67
2.
Iraq
164
Of the total amount of oil produced
New Mexico
61
by the U.S. and imported by the U.S.,
Angola
164
Wyoming
51
what percentage:
Brazil
108
Kansas
39
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Is produced within the United States?
Algeria
103
All Other U.S.
743
Production
All Other
656
•
Is imported from other countries?
(including offshore)
Countries
•
Comes from North American
Total U.S.
1,957
Total U.S.
3,290
countries?
Production
Imports
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