ECONOMICS OF MANUFACTURING AUTOMOTIVE DIESEL FUEL

With a favorable crude slate, a typical U.S. Refinery could make up to 30 percent of total motor fuel as diesel fuel without unusual problems. Cetane quality that could be produced economically would depend on crude composition. Manufacture of diesel fuel rather than an equal volume of gasoline consumes more crude oil because the diesel fuel weighs more per gallon. It also requires additional investments because some refinery facilities must be expanded. For a refinery to maintain revenue, the price of diesel fuel relative to gasoline must rise significantly if diesel fuel demand grows. /GMRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Wagner, T O
• Publication Date: 1977-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Costs; Crude oil; Diesel fuels; Economic factors; Energy; Fuel consumption; Manufacturing; Petroleum refineries; Petroleum refining
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Oil production
• Old TRIS Terms: Refineries; Weight volume relationships
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172078
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 770758
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM