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All About Oil 1. What is the standard size of a barrel of oil? a. 5 kiloliters b. 76 liters c. 42 gallons d. 55 gallons 2. One fifth of the oil shipped worldwide passes through which checkpoint? a. Strait of Hormuz b. Panama Canal c. Suez Canal d. Black Sea Port 3. Which U.S. city is built on top of a major oil field? a. Houston b. Los Angeles
c. Anchorage d. Miami 4. Which of these states is not in the top five oil-producing states? a. Alaska b. Texas c. Oklahoma d. New Mexico 5. How much did a gallon of gas cost after the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo? a. $5.76 b. $3.23 c. $2.12 d. $1.89 e. $0.55
6. Which country is the world’s biggest producer of oil? a. United States b. Russia c. Saudi Arabia d. United Arab Emirates 7. What is ethanol? a. It is a type of oil which is extracted from the ground without causing adverse environmental impacts b. It is an alcohol c. It is oil which is ethical d. It is a natural gas
Oily Answers 1. C- A barrel of oil’s refined products includes about 20 gallons of gasoline, 12 gallons of diesel, and 4 gallons of jet fuel and other products like liquefied petroleum gases and asphalt. 2. A- The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow strait located between the Gulf of Oman and the Per
sian Gulf. Iran borders the Strait of Hormuz to the north, and the United Arab Emirates and Oman’s Musandam Peninsula border it to the south. 3. B 4. C 5. E 6. A- In 2013, the U.S. produced 12.31 million barrels of oil
per day. Saudi Arabia produced 11.59 million per day, and Russia produced 10.53 barrels per day. 7. B- Ethanol is a clear, colorless liquid. In the U.S., over 80% of ethanol is produced from corn. (When you fly over the heartland and see millions of acres of corn fields, it’s not just because corn is a great BBQ side dish.)
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Wisdom Key 6-7 correct: You must be Prince Salmin Abba Abdul Achmad Hassan bin Tzbir al Waheed 3-5 correct: You are regular unleaded. 0-2 correct: Slip on an oil patch and bang your head?