A fun quiz to test your basic knowledge of oil and gas
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Footnotes
1.
http://www.bpf.co.uk/press/oil_consumption.aspx
2.
The Tightening Conflict: Population, Energy Use, and the Ecology of Agriculture. Giampietro, Mario and Pimentel, David, 1994. http://www.dieoff.com/page69.htm
3.
The Oil & Gas Crash and You by Bruce Thompson
4.
Oil consumption per USA citizen per day:
Oil consumption per day (2015) = 19.4 million barrels (Per EIA)
Number of barrels per ton = circa 7.3
Number of pounds per ton = 2,240
USA population = 320 million
Consumption per USA citizen per day = ((19.4m / 7.3) * 2,240) / 320m = 18.6 lbs
Gas consumption per USA citizen per day:
Consumption 2015 year = 27,306.285 Tcf (per EIA)
Consumption per day 2015 = 27,306.285 / 365 = 74.8 Tcfg
Number of Mcf per barrel = 5.5
Consumption in Barrel of oil equivalent per day = 74,811,740 / 5.5 = 13.6 MM
Consumption per USA citizen per day = ((13.6 / 7.3) * 2,240) / 320 mill = 13 lbs
Total oil & gas consumption per USA citizen per day 31.6 lbs
Average weight of American:
Women = 151 lbs (The Average American by Kevin O’Keefe)
Men = 164 lbs (The Average American by Kevin O’Keefe)
Children = say half for 1/5th of the population
Average weight of a USA citizen = ((151 + 164) / 2) – (1/5th / 2) = 140lbs
Proportion of oil & gas consumed by each USA citizen per day = 31.6/140 (circa) 22.5 %
5.
Barrels per ton of oil 7.3
Litres per barrel of oil 160.0
Calories per ton of oil 10,000,000
Calories per litre = 10,000,000 / (7.3 * 160.0) = 8,561.6
Calories average output per man in 24 hrs = 1,817 (Energy Balances in Man by R. Passmore, Dept., of Physiology, Edinburgh University)
Man working weeks equivalent = (8,561.6/1817) * (24 / 37.5) = 3.0 days
6.
Litres consumed per American per day = ((19.4 MM + 13.6 MM) / 320 mill) * 160 = 16.5
Man working days equivalent = 16.5 * 3.0 * 5 = 247.5
