How to Make Petrol or Gas from Crude Oil.

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  • čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
  • The video shows how crude oil is mined and how petrol, gas, jet fuel, etc., are 'refined' from it. The scenes take place in Texas, USA.

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  • @TheUtahMan
    @TheUtahMan Před rokem +41

    As someone who hauls crude oil every day, I’m really glad I found this video. Very informative.

  • @TheDudeKicker
    @TheDudeKicker Před 2 lety +5

    I really appreciate how little actual information was presented versus fluff and filler. I love filler. It allows me to pass time mindlessly. Thank you for teaching me nothing, because I hate to have to think too much.

  • @Painrunner
    @Painrunner Před 2 lety +301

    The refinery brought back memories. Used to work in the harbor maintaining and renovating one. A lot of people don't realize how old some of these instalations can be. Oldest oiltank I ever refurbished stil had a plate comemerating the day it's foundation was laid in 1903.

    • @lisapotter3052
      @lisapotter3052 Před 2 lety +20

      Back in those days Nicola Tesla invented free electricity for the whole world...

    • @gargar8196
      @gargar8196 Před 2 lety +6

      We dug up a pipe from ww2 era. It had been repaired numerous times because all of the steel was feeding the war effort and they couldn’t get any new pipe to replace it

    • @kuzadupa185
      @kuzadupa185 Před 2 lety +8

      Back in those days, things were built to last a long while, with some maintenance from someone that knew what they were doing.

    • @theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
      @theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 Před 2 lety

      Blood for oil. No time time for flowers except on our sons and daughters coffins. Soon it shall be all ours and can have it all. From our oil control, drugs and war industry, and we can make people pay and control them as we please.

    • @stacyswiss307
      @stacyswiss307 Před 2 lety +2

      @@lisapotter3052 take that L

  • @queendalynlarkins5236
    @queendalynlarkins5236 Před 2 lety +469

    Watching this in 2022 while grimacing at gas prices lmao

    • @RolIinStoner420
      @RolIinStoner420 Před 2 lety +31

      I know what Im doing on the weekend....
      brewing my own gasoline

    • @goobermcboogerballs1420
      @goobermcboogerballs1420 Před 2 lety +20

      It's going to get worse. We are in the middle of the great reset.

    • @kiranali4898
      @kiranali4898 Před 2 lety +1

      Same

    • @2990rick
      @2990rick Před 2 lety +7

      mumbling Joe Hiden " I did that " 😵😵🤣

    • @2990rick
      @2990rick Před 2 lety +3

      @@goobermcboogerballs1420 💯💯👍

  • @davrock5652
    @davrock5652 Před 6 lety +136

    I am now completely educated in the process of making gasoline/petrol from crude oil. The great detail of this highly complex procedure was broken down into an easily understandable concise lesson that left me feeling more than capable of manufacturing gasoline.

    • @joemcmurray
      @joemcmurray Před 2 lety +1

      Kinda this is short version histories how it's made has a 2 hr special I seen

    • @joemcmurray
      @joemcmurray Před 2 lety

      Oil and how bad we need it

    • @BawkBawkBawk666
      @BawkBawkBawk666 Před 2 lety +10

      Davrock, if anybody can refine crude oil into gasoline it's you baby.
      Edit. I didn't realize this was 3 years old. Have you made any gasoline or just stuck to producing gas?

    • @Farvadude
      @Farvadude Před 2 lety +3

      @@BawkBawkBawk666 i would imagine he probably still doesn't understand why octane is prized over heptane, ethanol, or other hydrocarbons for car fuel

    • @ILoveTinfoilHats
      @ILoveTinfoilHats Před 2 lety +6

      @@Farvadude do you hear that? I think that's the sound of the joke flying over your head

  • @northerniltree
    @northerniltree Před 4 lety +401

    My poppa worked on a Texas rig most his life. When I was born he wanted to name me Diesel, but my momma said she wasn't gonna raise no damn fuel as a son. So, my name's Gilbert.

    • @cikicikibumbum259
      @cikicikibumbum259 Před 4 lety +41

      Diesel is actual person name unlike petrol.

    • @Thaumazo
      @Thaumazo Před 4 lety +60

      Possibly the most South sounding comment I've ever read on YT.

    • @project_nihilist
      @project_nihilist Před 3 lety +18

      *best dad joke of the week*

    • @armandoreyesjr8586
      @armandoreyesjr8586 Před 3 lety +3

      @@ajaysarathythee jajaja wtf that was funny 😂

    • @Beobout6
      @Beobout6 Před 3 lety +5

      My older brother got the nick name gassy. That’s as much as I’ll say.

  • @BenooneFun
    @BenooneFun Před 2 lety +32

    Thank you very much! Gas prices been too high recently. I needed an alternative to buying gas. Gonna start making my own now thanks to this video.

  • @kingawsume
    @kingawsume Před 2 lety +18

    On road trips to West Virignia, we'd pass by a refinery on I-64 near the Kentucky line. Numbers don't do these places justice; they really are massive engineering masterpieces.

  • @andrewarmstrong7310
    @andrewarmstrong7310 Před 4 lety +1293

    Don't laugh too hard at the man required to ride a bicycle around the plant, he makes $75,000 USD a year and is in great shape.

    • @dickJohnsonpeter
      @dickJohnsonpeter Před 4 lety +101

      Yea besides, he can't drive there or he'll blow the place up.

    • @stlskin
      @stlskin Před 4 lety +171

      Hes doing something wrong if hes only making 75k a year.

    • @MrSotenacious
      @MrSotenacious Před 4 lety +32

      stlskin yeah he should be double that

    • @carlsaganlives5112
      @carlsaganlives5112 Před 4 lety +58

      @@dickJohnsonpeter They're riding bikes to save time. Vehicles are driven in refineries ,too. Plenty of shit going on to cause explosions, driving not really one of them.

    • @dcowboys6213
      @dcowboys6213 Před 4 lety +16

      75??? Lol na he makes way more then that

  • @DEVILMATE1996
    @DEVILMATE1996 Před 6 lety +227

    Just a small correction, the drilling fluid's main purpose is to actually equalise the borehole pressure and formation pressure. Otherwise it will collapse and a blowout is possible. Its secondary purpose is to cool the bit and carry cuttings etc...

    • @rubencollazo8857
      @rubencollazo8857 Před 2 lety +8

      They forgot to mention who comes in after the derricks finish drilling...
      Us frac hands!

    • @BawkBawkBawk666
      @BawkBawkBawk666 Před 2 lety +3

      @@rubencollazo8857 they also forgot the vac truck guys

    • @HappyGoFunTimes
      @HappyGoFunTimes Před 2 lety +1

      @@rubencollazo8857 shut up worm. Takes 12 frac hands to hammer one union. 1 hammers 11 watch

    • @nicholaskimutai1497
      @nicholaskimutai1497 Před 2 lety +2

      And the loading coupler as well

    • @phyllopastry3214
      @phyllopastry3214 Před 2 lety +2

      Don’t forget about the greasy well testers lol.

  • @kurdistanindependance5471
    @kurdistanindependance5471 Před 3 lety +47

    I love how they put subtitles on the Texan guy 🤣

  • @improcrastinating8063
    @improcrastinating8063 Před 2 lety +5

    2:57 it’s amazing to think that Rick is only 29 years old. He got the job out of high school and just look what the hard work has done to him.
    /s

  • @MarkHerndon
    @MarkHerndon Před 5 lety +887

    This video is not "how to make petrol or gas from crude oil" it is instead a light overview of the oil industry.

    • @pup9et
      @pup9et Před 5 lety +40

      An love how they fail to mention only a very small percent of Texas oil is actually turned into "Petrol" or Gasoline as we call it. Because it is one of the hardest to refine.

    • @arym1108
      @arym1108 Před 5 lety +9

      This is soooooo true!!!! Still a good vid though.

    • @billydarley6925
      @billydarley6925 Před 5 lety +13

      About half way thru I noticed this and scrolled down to find I'm not the only one who noticed.

    • @rows10
      @rows10 Před 5 lety +9

      Good point. Petrol and diesel are a combination of various products produced by the refining process. These are stored in the Tank Farm until blended by a "blender" to the required specifications. This is where the Lab comes in by testing and adjusting the blends to meet the requirements. Petrol is a mixture of motor spirits and gases "Butane" and diesel is a mixture of gas oils and kerosenes. Additives are added to improve flow, energy produced and local emission laws.

    • @Ron.S.
      @Ron.S. Před 4 lety +8

      Mark Herndon
      Usually us Brits make fun of Americans for lack of knowledge in some areas and pronunciation and spellings...
      But this guy makes me feel ashamed to be British.
      It’s a nice video for 10 year olds (or a complex one for him).
      And I cringed every time he pronounced Houston so badly!
      It’s not like it’s some small village in Montana.
      Yes, we have Euston station in London and it probably makes more sense to spell it like that but who cares? When in Rome/Houston(we have a problem...)

  • @fleetwoodray
    @fleetwoodray Před 5 lety +74

    Kinda neat seeing this. When I was 19-20 yrs old, worked as inspector of non-destructive testing at ARCO pipe division just outside Baytown. Also got to work with Hughes Tool Co., Schumberger, Oxy, IDF, SEDCO, Dresser, and a few others. Wonderful time, just before OPEC dropped price of oil to $8 a barrel. Killed economy in Houston so I joined military.

    • @desertodavid
      @desertodavid Před 2 lety +3

      One of my buddies was an aircraft NDI inspector during our days in the Marine Corps. We were on deployment together in the Far East in 1984. In January we were roasting our asses off in the Philippines... a month later in South Korea where it was snowing. We lived, ate and showered in tents. Good Times.😄

    • @patmorrison9517
      @patmorrison9517 Před 2 lety

      L pl

    • @ChunkyWaterisReal
      @ChunkyWaterisReal Před 2 lety +1

      "something something free market regulates itself"

    • @JohnnyFreeze92
      @JohnnyFreeze92 Před 2 lety

      and now with oil going in the opposite direction its going to not only kill the economy but its going to kill people and entire industries and maybe the country itself

    • @solomonstello
      @solomonstello Před rokem

      OPEC ain't cool.

  • @nothertreeinbox
    @nothertreeinbox Před 4 lety +12

    I love how the quality control guy working at the oil refinery rides a bike everywhere. Good job at doing your part.

    • @tacomas9602
      @tacomas9602 Před 3 lety +7

      They have to.

    • @icost4671
      @icost4671 Před 3 lety +1

      @@tacomas9602 I was thinking that. 🤔
      And thank you ☺️

    • @revenevan11
      @revenevan11 Před 3 lety +1

      It's for safety reasons I'd guess.

    • @PySnek
      @PySnek Před 2 lety +1

      @@revenevan11 You mean that they can't bump into a pipe?

    • @relaxitsonlyagame
      @relaxitsonlyagame Před 2 lety +1

      @@PySnek it’s more for limiting ignition sources inside the process units and utilizing a lighter and more controllable vehicle in those critical areas. The plants are so big that bicycles are an absolute necessity when it comes to reducing worker fatigue and saving time.
      Bumping into piping doesn’t really ever happen unless the operator really breaks the rules and deviates off the designated pathway. Most of the process units have pathways large enough for two pickups to drive though side by side, but you will never see them in there unless during a shutdown and only to deliver material. And even then that scenario is unlikely. So bicycles are absolutely a safer method of transportation inside these facilities even though there are potential hazards to their use like anything else. The incident frequency of just walking inside these facilities would likely be surprising to you.

  • @CentreMetre
    @CentreMetre Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks CZcams reccomedations. Now I won't run out of petrol during the current shortage

  • @AliasUndercover
    @AliasUndercover Před 5 lety +32

    That extraordinary citadel of gleaming metal used to be in my backyard. It was awesome to watch as a kid.

    • @verloser
      @verloser Před 2 lety +2

      Gl with health problems later

    • @cameronduff884
      @cameronduff884 Před 2 lety

      I remember driving by it, along with the CAMERON IRON WORKS that was mentioned in a documentary on RED ADAIR.

    • @TheWizardGamez
      @TheWizardGamez Před 2 lety

      When you were a kid… how long ago was that. Health standards have seriously been boosted since.

  • @AliasUndercover
    @AliasUndercover Před 6 lety +17

    I used to love sitting in m bed at night looking at these refineries when I was little. And the chemical plants.

    • @j.lietka9406
      @j.lietka9406 Před 3 lety

      Ever been to Pasadena, TX ? Stink-a-dena!

  • @prasadkale4558
    @prasadkale4558 Před 4 lety +1

    For the first time I had a complete process understanding of crude oil to Petrol conversion in detail. 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @AVI80R907
    @AVI80R907 Před 2 lety +1

    This video being reccomended now for anyone looking to make home brewed gasoline to save money ⛽️

  • @RandomNamejagddjxuossn
    @RandomNamejagddjxuossn Před 6 lety +203

    I’ve been in the Permian Basin for over 20 years and we’ve never EVER once called a pump jack or a pumping unit a “nodding donkey”

    • @bctruck
      @bctruck Před 6 lety +42

      I was in the permian basin for 6 months and it was the longest ten years of my life! No thanks!

    • @chappell308
      @chappell308 Před 6 lety +41

      @@bctruck l, was born here 57 years ago, glad your gone. Anyone else doesn't like it here, the same road brought you here can take you back. I didn't move to your home and talk crap about it. Proud to be US citizen Proud to be a Texan at least 4 gen. on both sides and Proud to be from W.TX.

    • @cpufreak101
      @cpufreak101 Před 5 lety +7

      likely a foreign term then

    • @deanstreet1221
      @deanstreet1221 Před 5 lety +2

      They always remind me of grass hoppers.

    • @NoName-yw2bi
      @NoName-yw2bi Před 5 lety +1

      Are you in Texas? If not that's why.

  • @StayPuft80
    @StayPuft80 Před 6 lety +135

    Amazing to think all this different fuel types come from one source

    • @dontibbitts9490
      @dontibbitts9490 Před 2 lety +37

      And plastic.. rubber .. latex.. asphalt... if it's not wood ,glass , cotton, stone or metal. It came from crude oil.

    • @BawkBawkBawk666
      @BawkBawkBawk666 Před 2 lety +3

      @@dontibbitts9490 ^this

    • @mehg8407
      @mehg8407 Před 2 lety +1

      Yep. Dead algae. Too bad that burning so much of it will result in full societal collapse in a few decades.

    • @BawkBawkBawk666
      @BawkBawkBawk666 Před 2 lety +4

      @@mehg8407 you can cry about It or Improvise Adapt Overcome

    • @dukeljk2191
      @dukeljk2191 Před 2 lety +4

      @@mehg8407 No it won't. Hey AOC called she wants her tin foil hat back.

  • @profilercms
    @profilercms Před 2 lety +41

    Just amazing the amount of engineering and machinery involved in this process. However, in the same breath, how vulnerable these facilities are to weather and other dangerous actions. It seems like so many eggs are in one basket when it comes to something that is critical to our basic needs.

  • @abikuneebus
    @abikuneebus Před 2 lety +2

    @10:38 tell me she wasn’t forced to say that by PR 😂 her face says it all and I love it

  • @AnupamMukherjee316
    @AnupamMukherjee316 Před 5 lety +12

    I work in this industry and it's quite fascinating !

  • @CTN-dj7fr
    @CTN-dj7fr Před 5 lety +5

    2:14 I've never seen any spider that moves as cool as that. Maybe it's just the way the music comes on at the right time but he just seems so... dank.

  • @Qingeaton
    @Qingeaton Před 3 lety +16

    When you use small engines to push mow in town or do work out on a farm or similar, you get to appreciate just how much work gets done for $2.25 +/-
    It's a hard days' work when I go through 1 gallon of chainsaw fuel.

  • @fpartidafpartida
    @fpartidafpartida Před 11 měsíci

    It’s kind of surreal watching this host do this video. He’s actually a huge EV proponent doing a tone of CZcams videos on the subject.

  • @Simon-dm8zv
    @Simon-dm8zv Před 5 lety +85

    Ha! That is Robert Llewellyn, host of CZcams's most famous show about electric vehicles and renewable energy.

    • @Jay-jq6bl
      @Jay-jq6bl Před 5 lety +1

      That's what I was thinking. He's always so smug about it too.

    • @sasakalak4681
      @sasakalak4681 Před 4 lety +9

      @Ronald Brown maybe in US and it doesn`t surprise me....but no need to talk like that is a fact all over the world...

    • @bobby_greene
      @bobby_greene Před 4 lety +4

      @Ronald 240Bravo wrong

    • @petersbayley
      @petersbayley Před 4 lety +5

      He's also Kryton, the robot in the TV series, Red Dwarf

    • @bobsaturday4273
      @bobsaturday4273 Před 4 lety +3

      @Ronald 240Bravo you're full of shit , about 60% of power is generated by coal and gas in the usa .
      you are a liar to omit that hydro and nuclear account for 40% with biomass, wind, geothermal, and solar power helping . and the states where EV's are used its PRIMARILY the other sources ,
      so fuck yourself and your silly little "can't live without burning oil" delusion

  • @vincentho3964
    @vincentho3964 Před 5 lety +37

    Well done : interestingly narrated, clearly explained, good video. Thanks !

  • @dannyboy7299
    @dannyboy7299 Před 2 lety +2

    I learned so much in this video I'm gonna build a refinery in my backyard now

  • @rchatte100
    @rchatte100 Před 2 lety +1

    The presenter now runs one of the biggest electric car channels on YT!
    Fully charged show.

  • @AgentSmith911
    @AgentSmith911 Před 5 lety +303

    Ironically, this dude now has his own electric car channel here on youtube. It's called 'fully charged'.

    • @aaronosborne4906
      @aaronosborne4906 Před 5 lety +9

      Kryten has his own CZcams channel !!!!
      Thanks, i didn't know that.

    • @jjmonns
      @jjmonns Před 5 lety +42

      Still takes oil to make an electric car and to provide all of the lubricants to keep it going.

    • @johnsmith-wx5fb
      @johnsmith-wx5fb Před 5 lety +5

      Sell out

    • @jjmonns
      @jjmonns Před 5 lety +11

      @@johnsmith-wx5fb Sell out = successful.

    • @johnsmith-wx5fb
      @johnsmith-wx5fb Před 5 lety +2

      @daAnder71 its like 1000 spoons when all youve got is a knife

  • @MaxPower-11
    @MaxPower-11 Před 4 lety +89

    It’s amazing how much oil production has grown in Texas since this video was made - more than 5.5 times - from 900,000bpd to 5 million just before the 2020 Coronacrash event.

    • @Trey4x4
      @Trey4x4 Před 2 lety +8

      **FARTS LOUD AF**

    • @hugonilsson1940
      @hugonilsson1940 Před 2 lety

      Do anyone know what the name of the song starting at 8:48 is?

    • @Brandon_letsgo
      @Brandon_letsgo Před 2 lety +3

      Texas is a powerhouse.

    • @rogercarrico4975
      @rogercarrico4975 Před 2 lety +5

      With 10 billion left. Pumping out 5 Millon per day. If my math is right. About 5.5 years till it's exhausted! Of course you said that was before covid crash. But still don't look like much left

    • @Brandon_letsgo
      @Brandon_letsgo Před 2 lety +20

      @@rogercarrico4975 oil is always about to run out.

  • @peredavi
    @peredavi Před 2 lety +48

    It’s a fascinating technology. When I’m out quail hunting in New Mexico with my shorthair pointers, I often stop at a production site and look around. Also here in Wyoming, out in my chukar hunting territory there are some wells. I appreciate what petroleum has done to make life better. The next step is nuclear though. LFTR and then Fusion

    • @michaelmorrison4201
      @michaelmorrison4201 Před 2 lety +8

      I admire that lifestyle. From Chicago here and what you talk about might as well be considered the same as "big game hunts" in Africa that kill apex predators, by all the crybaby liberals. It's a shame here now that just being a man is considered toxic, and if you believe that hunting for your own food, living off the land, and knowing how to survive and provide for your family is an important/great skill set up have, and some of these liberal, "mostly" peaceful groups find out, they will do everything they can to disrupt, disturb, and cause ruin to you and your family. Thank God I joined the Marine Corps right after high school and I learned I wasn't some strange, toxic person for thinking that way. Good luck on your hunting trips and stay safe!

    • @Joseph70663
      @Joseph70663 Před 2 lety

      @@michaelmorrison4201 ...Do all my "hunting" at the Kroger Store, dipshit.
      Time for you to grow up.....

    • @solomonstello
      @solomonstello Před rokem

      @@michaelmorrison4201 Liberals are stupid. Share this truth with your friends..

    • @TheAnnoyingBoss
      @TheAnnoyingBoss Před rokem

      Listen man I believe its not that simple because i dont want a nuclear car. I looked at investing into uranium mines but listen bro I already dont have the best lungs or eyes and last thing i need is to be breathing in uranium dust pointing a counter at an unknown smufhe in the wall and my eyeballs take in a huge blast of radiation from some unknown material. Its hard to find people willing to dig up uranium because of the dust. Its worth getting some fpr specific purposes. For example, you wamt a few reators strategically placed and closely monitored. Some nuclear bombs that work real good just incase. Some other applications. But i dont think "the next step" is uranium. The next step is D) all of the above. Uranium has uses but you cant just tell me uranium is the next step when the plastic bag i put my giant sliced up sandwhich into cant be made from uranium. Uranium is an element. Petroleum cant replace uranium and uranium isnt replacing it either. You crazy with this "next step" im in new mexico and this place digs uranium, mines coal, and pumps crude all at the same time and its a dry wasteland of sadness with chapped lips and ghost towns becsuse theyres nothin man its sand is all you got. You cant pan for gold in sand bro. Well you can but its going to be a lot of sand. We are lucky they found any coal at all here 😂 where the hell did all the sane come from? What else do we do? Maybe make glass?

  • @civicguy562
    @civicguy562 Před 3 lety

    Dude that's nice my brother worked as a contractor welder for Exxon he told me it's good work just got to watch and plan ahead before doing anything in there

  • @paulogden7417
    @paulogden7417 Před 6 lety +4

    There is no mention of catalytic cracking which is a key refinery technique that allows the ratio of different fuels (gasoline and diesel for example) to be adjusted to match demand.

  • @moa3008
    @moa3008 Před 2 lety +3

    That man said that oil is the lifeblood of America 11 years ago; and oil is the lifeblood of America in 2022;and will the lifeblood of America; and the rest of the world for the foreseeable future!

  • @abelmendez7225
    @abelmendez7225 Před 4 lety +3

    My dad use to work for the oil company around west TX years ago. He still has a drill bit. It's a heavy peace of metal.

    • @joelmacdonald6994
      @joelmacdonald6994 Před 2 lety

      I used to make those bits. Both the tri-cone and 1-piece PCD types.

    • @TheHalotech
      @TheHalotech Před 2 lety

      @@joelmacdonald6994 I. I

  • @tihspidtherekciltilc5469
    @tihspidtherekciltilc5469 Před 2 lety +1

    Fun fact, propane used to be considered waste and was burned off by a flare tower. Now it's $4.09 USD a gallon, 3.8 liters.

  • @raviskolara
    @raviskolara Před 5 lety +4

    Very nice...description is easy to understand...very well articulated.

  • @Mazxlol
    @Mazxlol Před 8 lety +63

    wow this is pretty complicated process. some really smart people are involved in this.

    • @predatortheme
      @predatortheme Před 8 lety +4

      +Mazxlol Well, a chemical engineer knows this stuff, or a chemist knows this stuff..

    • @germas369
      @germas369 Před 8 lety

      this is easy. i do it all the time

    • @derrickforeal
      @derrickforeal Před 8 lety +1

      +anoname smh

    • @underswappapyrustheskeleto3427
      @underswappapyrustheskeleto3427 Před 7 lety +1

      this is one of my tasks for school XD
      we have to find out how does crude oil become fuel its sooo boring

    • @Kevin-sy8uf
      @Kevin-sy8uf Před 5 lety +1

      @@underswappapyrustheskeleto3427 A good place to start your research is distillation (fractional distillation to be more specific) and how does molecular weight, structure, and intermolecular forces play a role in the boiling point of compounds.
      this can become very interesting because this can be applied to every chemical!

  • @markwoten6679
    @markwoten6679 Před 2 lety +15

    In my military career as an engineer, I tested everything from water, fuel and oil. It made life interesting.

  • @aquiferjunkie4413
    @aquiferjunkie4413 Před 2 lety +1

    I like how they just skipped over the frac and perf side. Drillers get all the light

  • @nyc.bt.9512
    @nyc.bt.9512 Před 5 lety +12

    I’m sooooo speechless with this super big refinery and with the great way of the process of the crude this awesome the way human do the good things

  • @brentoninsertname5948
    @brentoninsertname5948 Před 6 lety +28

    And to think NASA employed Roughnecks for that mission to Space and to save the Earth andblow up that Asteroid that time

  • @HanoverFiste001
    @HanoverFiste001 Před 2 lety +1

    Many Years ago I lived in a town called Ashland, Kentucky.
    Home of Ashland Oil. Valvoline was one of theirs.
    The refinery is No Joke. It is a HUGE Complex.
    It is without a dought its own little city.
    The smell from the Refinery and the 10 tracks of Coal Trains was crazy.
    So glad I don't live there anymore.

  • @forrestcommander6283
    @forrestcommander6283 Před 2 lety

    I’m just enthralled seeing Kryten doing this presentation

  • @ep61611
    @ep61611 Před 6 lety +11

    Assuming that the price of gas (petrol) fluctuates evenly with the price of crude oil, the price of gas pays for 87% of the cost of the crude. This doesn't include the labor and refining costs, but considering how many other products come from crude oil (diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, plastics, asphalt, lubricating oils, etc), it's safe to assume that the operating costs are covered dozens of times over.
    Judging by the huge profits generated, this proves that the consortium of oil producers conspire to keep the prices inflated.

  • @Apacheoilcompany
    @Apacheoilcompany Před 9 lety +52

    This video has been educational. It's amazing to learn about how many stages of refinement crude oil undergoes before it becomes usable.

    • @haydenc2742
      @haydenc2742 Před 6 lety +2

      Plus remember...the Goverment gets $.40+ a gallon tax for every gallon and don't produce a drop of it

    • @bipolatelly9806
      @bipolatelly9806 Před 6 lety +1

      Apache Oil Company
      It's mostly crap.

    • @Perktube1
      @Perktube1 Před 5 lety +2

      Baytown isn't the only place with refineries, just the largest. It's a sight to see if you're driving through it on I-10 at night, all those lights…

    • @jebediah2345
      @jebediah2345 Před 2 lety

      @@haydenc2742 Taxes, I know, absurd, right? /s

  • @jdillon8360
    @jdillon8360 Před 2 lety

    So cool to see Robert Llewellyn's early work. He still sounds exactly the same!

  • @jmc2567
    @jmc2567 Před 2 lety +2

    Awesome vid,great commentary and videography and editing thankyou I always wondered how they made fuels from crude and the numbers and types of fuel from each barrel of crude is surprising,Best wishes to you all, from, Auckland, New Zealand. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🤣✅🙂🙂🙂😉😉

  • @ss316eater
    @ss316eater Před 5 lety +24

    I miss Scrapheap Challenge (Junkyard Wars to us kids in the States).

    • @hardinlong8849
      @hardinlong8849 Před 2 lety

      Meee tooo, I wanted to have my crew and I on that show,I applied 3 times,guess they didn't really want a group of truly Mechanical gifted people on the show.

  • @mike751
    @mike751 Před 5 lety +21

    Host: 13:42
    Tesla: Hol’ up

  • @NLTimmy
    @NLTimmy Před 2 lety +1

    ''...and grimace at the cost of your fuel...''
    You sweet, sweet summer child...

  • @lawrencequave7361
    @lawrencequave7361 Před rokem +6

    Years ago, I worked for a subsidiary of Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, OK. One day, with time on my hands, I went to PP's corporate office downtown. On the massive first floor, they had a veritable museum of all sorts of petroleum harvesting equipment on display. To me, the most impressive part of the display was the HUNDREDS of examples of finished products derived from crude oil. Interestingly, while 'fuels' were the biggest part of it, I learned many THOUSANDS of items are made from petroleum by-products. So, if all you Lefties want to get rid of 'fossil fuel' harvesting, you better get ready to ALSO say goodbye to products such as perfume, hair dye, cosmetics, hand lotion, VASELINE, toothpaste, deodorant, panty hose, eyeglasses, contact lenses, and EVERYTHING made of plastic.

    • @TheAnnoyingBoss
      @TheAnnoyingBoss Před rokem

      We need the oil we got to last man. If we run out im afraid a luthium or cobalt battery just aint gonna cut it. These semis need a pumpable liquid fuel one way or another. You got 2 guys sleeping in shifts going from LA to New York city to miami and then san diego. Unless you got a magic battery its going to suck to charge that joint

  • @brianbrewster6532
    @brianbrewster6532 Před 5 lety +12

    Nine years later and this still is a great source of information about this mysterious process.

    • @christinayankson1518
      @christinayankson1518 Před 4 lety

      Send me a email on sussanofori@gmail.com if you don`t mind discuss something

  • @katana2k
    @katana2k Před 2 lety +1

    This tv host fucking LOVES the oil industry. I hope theyre happy together

  • @robertmugerwa6492
    @robertmugerwa6492 Před 2 lety +13

    What a great and educational explanation this is!

  • @shaunbrown85
    @shaunbrown85 Před 3 lety +7

    When people were having their crude oil from their shares delivered to their homes during the 1st lockdown, a large number were clueless as to what to do, like a lot of people who buy shares, etc, nowadays. However, they can siphon it off by pouring oil into a reservoir on heat, have an umbrella over that to catch the evaporating liquid, and all that sitting over a basin to collect the dripping liquid from the umbrella. Once the oil is 40C or 50C, lubricants for bike maintenance will evaporate solely from the rest of the oil. Store the lubricant if you want it. Then slowly raise the temp until the next product separates from the oil. I think gasoline and diesel separates at around 250C each. Things like petroleum jelly, and food/medicines separates at temps in between. You’re gonna need something more sophisticated to reach the higher temps. You can then sell your stores, and always make a profit at any price if you do all the work in between, or sell your barrel of crude for half the price, at best.

    • @agibitable
      @agibitable Před 2 lety +1

      This is my favorite way to instantly get cancer

  • @johnkrane1577
    @johnkrane1577 Před 4 lety +3

    Project Farm proved that you can run both gasoline and diesel engines on specific types of raw crude oil.

  • @gauravchauhan6343
    @gauravchauhan6343 Před 2 lety

    Felt in love with black gold after watching this video

  • @arunashamal
    @arunashamal Před 3 lety +1

    God bless men and women who put on work to bring us fuel,

    • @yoso585
      @yoso585 Před 2 lety

      If it didn’t happen, it would be okay. People got along practically forever before the industrial revolution.

    • @arunashamal
      @arunashamal Před 2 lety

      @@yoso585 lol people got along?? Read history please.

  • @Backyardmech1
    @Backyardmech1 Před 5 lety +10

    Good ol ExxonMobil. I worked in that plant for years as a contractor. 6:20 is heading south on San Jacinto street just north of west street, with OMCC to the left.

  • @d.cypher2920
    @d.cypher2920 Před 5 lety +10

    1:10 really glad all those great Texans (respect!) Been drilling for oil there in Texas since late 1880's.
    *I'd like to point out that everyone in Penn's Wood, (Pennsylvania) knows well that in Titusville, PA, we were successfully drilling since August 1859. By 1862 it was quite a commercial operation.*
    Good video.

  • @sey3500
    @sey3500 Před rokem

    Started playing factorio and now CZcams is recommending me this

  • @therealjayseh
    @therealjayseh Před rokem

    I love the smell of both gasoline & diesel fuel. It's a rather amazing discovery. Also the human accomplishment of the combustion engine. Really neat stuff. Power from harnessing fire! Just think about it......

  • @CrStrifey
    @CrStrifey Před 5 lety +12

    "It's like a big family out here on this rig"
    Where?
    "Right here"

  • @RandomInternetDog
    @RandomInternetDog Před 6 lety +199

    "hooston"
    lmao

  • @tiaraguy7705
    @tiaraguy7705 Před 11 měsíci

    Grew up with a pumping jack just off in the horizon on the of a hill near my house, I could always see it working away no matter how old I got

  • @straighttalk2069
    @straighttalk2069 Před 2 lety +2

    Robert from the Fully charged channel looks very young in this.

  • @opsimathics
    @opsimathics Před 11 lety +34

    I cant wait for my futuristic fliwer powered vehicle

    • @johnd5805
      @johnd5805 Před 5 lety

      he now has a youtube channel on electric vehicles

  • @SunriseLAW
    @SunriseLAW Před 5 lety +212

    Video forgot the MOST IMPORTANT part: adding at least 10% ethanol to completely ruin the gasoline while making midwest farming cooperatives richer.

    • @adamwachs6392
      @adamwachs6392 Před 5 lety +13

      SunriseLAW ye it ruins old engines that weren’t designed for it

    • @lemonflavorclorox7389
      @lemonflavorclorox7389 Před 5 lety +21

      How else will you kill two birds with one stone 1)Increase octane rating of gas without adding lead 2) Make midwest farming corporate filthy rich.

    • @SunriseLAW
      @SunriseLAW Před 5 lety +5

      @@lemonflavorclorox7389 ..octane rating is increased by adding more octane to gasoline (which is mostly heptane) . Anti-knock is different. I am completely against the program but one side benefit is concentrated protein animal feed.

    • @lemonflavorclorox7389
      @lemonflavorclorox7389 Před 5 lety +19

      @@SunriseLAW From what I can find online "Adding ethanol to gasoline in lower percentages, such as 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline (E10), reduces carbon monoxide emissions from the gasoline and improves fuel octane". More the octane, less the knock, which is an unintended early combustion of gas and air mixture.
      That said, yes, I 100% agree with you; such programs are often the result of successful lobbying to make the corps wealthy. They almost always never consider alternatives in such cases.

    • @ljprep6250
      @ljprep6250 Před 5 lety +17

      When Oregon went to oxygenated fuel (10% ethanol) I LOST FIFTEEN PERCENT OF MY FUEL ECONOMY. Brilliant, folks.

  • @allaware5014
    @allaware5014 Před 2 lety

    "Black gold, Texas tea" reminds me of Beavis and butthead when they hit the septic tank drilling for oil

  • @meawreg
    @meawreg Před 2 lety

    very interesting, the comment section was also enjoyable.

  • @jacobmortimore
    @jacobmortimore Před 4 lety +8

    that baytown place is straight outta Mad Max, what an amazing and terrifying place! us humans are insane.

    • @_JoeMomma
      @_JoeMomma Před 2 lety

      Speaking of terrifying places, looks of Kuwait oil files. It’ll hell on earth when it happened

    • @alancarlson94
      @alancarlson94 Před 2 lety

      Not sure about Mad Max but the slums of Detroit were filmed here for Robocop 2 :)

  • @Ocewot
    @Ocewot Před 3 lety +7

    my dad works at a refinery and its actually so awesome there. its so big they have their own streets with names and their own fire department that is just for the refinery. he also showed me a tank they still use that is from the nazis it even has swastikas on it. but they still use it because its useful its just interesting to see. (keep in mind this is in the US at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, California

    • @johnkiker6458
      @johnkiker6458 Před 2 lety

      a tank? like a holding tank or like a boom boom tank

    • @Ocewot
      @Ocewot Před 2 lety +2

      @@johnkiker6458 no like a tank that holds a liquid or gas or something

    • @TheAnnoyingBoss
      @TheAnnoyingBoss Před rokem

      Nazi memorabilia is a tough game because on one hand its interestong history, in the other hand you know yohr firetruck surely wasnt being used to extinquish burning jews 😬

  • @germannava8580
    @germannava8580 Před 2 lety

    Wow I live right next to this refinery in Baytown Texas. never thought my small suburb town would be that important lol

  • @tacomas9602
    @tacomas9602 Před 3 lety +2

    5:36 that is just a spooky scene.

  • @opssonopsson8282
    @opssonopsson8282 Před 3 lety +7

    "...we'll this is the future and oil is still the lifeblood..."
    Yeah this is 2021 and oil is still very much relevant.

    • @bigsmoke3906
      @bigsmoke3906 Před 2 lety

      I’m from 2034 and I can tell you it’s not relevant anymore

  • @BigEightiesNewWave
    @BigEightiesNewWave Před 5 lety +8

    3 AM picking boogers...watching petroleum video.

    • @ahah1785
      @ahah1785 Před 5 lety +2

      well "HOW IT WORKS: Aircraft Flush Riveting" got me here...so...might as well watch that...=)

    • @artsmart
      @artsmart Před 3 lety

      And what's even worse...commenting on them;)

  • @Flea-Flicker
    @Flea-Flicker Před rokem

    I lived in Cleveland in the 60's and a block from Sohio Refinery #2. The huge cracking (separation) tower was a well remembered sight. John D. Rockefeller owned most of the property around my house.

  • @dawitbelay2125
    @dawitbelay2125 Před 7 lety +4

    O my GOD .thanks to show me this fuel system bro.

  • @ruirodtube
    @ruirodtube Před 5 lety +3

    The narrator is the guy from the FULLY CHARGED channel, dedicated to electric vehicles. 🤣

    • @brianmurphy1757
      @brianmurphy1757 Před 3 lety

      I think he also did scrap yard challenge and red dwarf

  • @adamdemirs3466
    @adamdemirs3466 Před 2 lety

    Flowers and smiles says it all. Love this

  • @patrickbuildsalot5348
    @patrickbuildsalot5348 Před 2 lety +1

    very interesting , learnt alot in such a short vid. much appreciated

  • @robertm346
    @robertm346 Před 2 lety +4

    Anyone else here because of the Russia-Ukraine conflict? Dunno just kinda felt like a natural balance to documentaries about nukes.

  • @calebkelley1487
    @calebkelley1487 Před 5 lety +141

    The U.S. is going to invade this video

    • @PROBERevealer
      @PROBERevealer Před 4 lety +3

      They're going to invade Texas for having said they had weapons of mass destruction

    • @Pete3Heat
      @Pete3Heat Před 4 lety

      Annexation is the worst thing that Texas ever did.

    • @pup9et
      @pup9et Před 4 lety +7

      Like the hundreds of other nations have done for other things? Like the Brit's with their trade routes? Like Germany did to Russia? Like Japan did with China? .. America does it 1 time and ya'all talk shit. mean while Europe has been doing it for thousands of years for less things in value then crude oil.

    • @mattjohnston234
      @mattjohnston234 Před 4 lety +4

      Merica

    • @ProFettMoHaMett
      @ProFettMoHaMett Před 4 lety

      Nope

  • @justinjoens8077
    @justinjoens8077 Před 2 lety +2

    I love the into:
    "well this is the future and oil is still the lifeblood of the modern world"
    *angrily pushes away electric lightbulb

  • @swimstud5151
    @swimstud5151 Před 3 lety +1

    Bikes and trikes are very common modes of transportation around factories. If you get one, you're one of the higher paid on the floor.

  • @VLcommodore1987
    @VLcommodore1987 Před 9 lety +36

    flowers and smiles LMAO, that's better then hopes and dreams ;P

    • @Ham549
      @Ham549 Před 6 lety

      What about thoughts and prayers?

    • @T.R.R.Jolkien
      @T.R.R.Jolkien Před 5 lety

      Fnord Fnordington nows your chance to make a difference. If you could find alternative fuels, you’d become wealthy like these people that invested their money on a risk. You could call it ‘keyboard warrior alternative fuels’. I even helped you with the name of your new company. 🇺🇸😎🇮🇱🇬🇧🇯🇵🇨🇦. Vote for Trump. 2020

  • @sirlancerstien
    @sirlancerstien Před 4 lety +16

    No one ever mentions the cracking process or re-boilers.

    • @carlsaganlives5112
      @carlsaganlives5112 Před 4 lety +1

      Missed plenty of shit,not enough time. Worked in refineries as x-ray contractor, enjoyed seeing guys riding around in ' coker ' coveralls

    • @jaxsun72
      @jaxsun72 Před 4 lety

      Fracking?

    • @carlsaganlives5112
      @carlsaganlives5112 Před 4 lety

      @@jaxsun72 No, cracking is a process of breaking down molecules of crude for different products

    • @mtksbctk
      @mtksbctk Před 4 lety

      You dont need no crackers to make gasoline and reboiler is part of the distllation column

    • @sirlancerstien
      @sirlancerstien Před 4 lety

      @@mtksbctk I wish more things would mention them though, it's an important step of further refining gasoline to usable levels for car engines and such. I want the detailed explanations!

  • @turdfurgeson517
    @turdfurgeson517 Před 2 lety +1

    We have certainly gone down hill since this video was made. God bless America 🇺🇸

  • @tjmarx
    @tjmarx Před 2 lety

    This is more of a "how petrol gets from the ground to the pump" rather than an exploration of the refining process as the title suggests

  • @BrettonFerguson
    @BrettonFerguson Před 5 lety +3

    "Im sure in 1985 you can buy Plutonium at any local gas station, but in 1955 it is a little hard to come by."

    • @MrHarr0073
      @MrHarr0073 Před 3 lety +1

      nice Back to the Future reference

  • @David-lr2vi
    @David-lr2vi Před 3 lety +15

    99% of people who recognise the presenter: “Hey look it’s Robert Llewellyn from fully charged”
    1% of people who recognise the presenter: “Hey look it’s Kryten from Red Dwarf”

    • @Paul-mq5yn
      @Paul-mq5yn Před 3 lety +1

      haha it is too! never would have picked that

    • @deborawagner7657
      @deborawagner7657 Před 3 lety +1

      Yep, Red Dwarf. Lol

    • @1invag
      @1invag Před 3 lety +1

      I don't know what fully charged is? Red dwarf yes... Scrapheap challenge yes

    • @northmanlogging2769
      @northmanlogging2769 Před 3 lety

      Red Dwarf/Junkyard Wars

  • @KerbalRocketry
    @KerbalRocketry Před rokem

    Fascinating how much infrastructure it takes, food for thought when people talk about the needs of the green transition being insurmountable! we did it once before we can do it again! a few decades later one of these will be made about battery manufacturing and how renewable energy grids distribute loads

  • @hudsonstraight8628
    @hudsonstraight8628 Před 2 lety

    ,70's wildcatted with drillers on Drill Ships, Platforms, Jack Ups in ' Bombay High'. Atwood, Salvesen, and a Norwegian, also ONGC mob.
    Those were the days without automated tongs, slips, etc. Injuries every 14 day hitch.
    Excitement galore, especially when we struck oil.
    Offshore drilling, in rough seas.

  • @brahmburgers
    @brahmburgers Před 4 lety +3

    Good video, thanks. Well done. I learned a few things. 1 suggestion: you could mention the metals used to pump gas in and out of trucks are not spark-producing. I think it's magnesium.

    • @ChazCharlie1
      @ChazCharlie1 Před 3 lety +1

      I think bronze is often used too.

    • @BawkBawkBawk666
      @BawkBawkBawk666 Před 2 lety +1

      I don't know about that but I can tell you the metal couplers on the fuel hoses are aluminum. There is also a grounding wire embedded in the hose itself. At least that's how it is on my rig.

  • @goodsnacc6655
    @goodsnacc6655 Před 5 lety +39

    The way he pushed the lamp aside is a low blow to electric powered vehicles

    • @PySnek
      @PySnek Před 2 lety

      @@dfwdamon How much COAL is burned to harvest, transport and refine oil?

    • @adrianthoroughgood1191
      @adrianthoroughgood1191 Před 2 lety

      @@dfwdamon none in the UK as all coal power plants have been shut down. In Scotland the entire electricity demand is supplied by wind turbines.