Gasoline (North American English; /ˈɡæsəliːn/) or petrol (Commonwealth English (except Canada); /ˈpɛtrəl/) (see § Etymology) is a transparent, slight yellowish petroleum-derived flammable liquid that is used primarily ...
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as a fuel in most spark-ignited internal combustion engines (also known as petrol engines). It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives. On average, U.S. refineries produce, from a barrel of crude oil (42 U.S. gallons or about 159 liters), about 19 to 20 gallons of gasoline; 11 to 13 gallons of distillate fuel (most of which is sold as diesel fuel); and 3 to 4 gallons of jet fuel. The product ratio depends on the processing in an oil refinery and the crude oil assay.
