how much crude oil does it take to make one gallon of gasoline 
crude oil is refined into various end products including gasoline used in cars refineries use approximately 2 15 gallons of crude oil to generate one gallon of gasoline 2the bottom linea barrel of oil equivalent boe is basically the amount of energy contained in a barrel of crude oil this unit of measurement is a way of standardizing different forms of energy resources oil natural gas coal and renewables to a barrel of oil s energy so they can be easily compared the boe is frequently used in the oil and gas industry for example when exploration and production companies are reporting the total amount of reserves they have investors can also use the boe to know about a company s reserves and thus assess the value of the company and determine whether or not it is a good investment 