| Key Terms |
Definition |
| Barrel |
A unit of volume equal to 42 U.S. gallons.
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| Blending Plant |
A facility which has no refining capability but is either capable of producing finished
motor gasoline through mechanical blending or blends oxygenates with motor gasoline.
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| Conventional Gasoline |
Finished motor gasoline not included in the oxygenated or reformulated gasoline categories.
Excludes reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending (RBOB)
as well as other blendstock.
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| Finished Motor Gasoline |
A complex mixture of relatively volatile hydrocarbons with or without small quantities of
additives, blended to form a fuel suitable for use in spark-ignition engines. Motor gasoline,
as defined in ASTM Specification D 4814 or Federal Specification VV-G-1690C, is characterized
as having a boiling range of 122 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit at the 10 percent recovery point to
365 to 374 degrees Fahrenheit at the 90 percent recovery point. Motor Gasoline includes
conventional gasoline; all types of oxygenated gasoline, including gasohol; and
reformulated gasoline, but excludes aviation gasoline. Note: Volumetric data on blending
components, such as oxygenates, are not counted in data on finished motor gasoline until
the blending components are blended into the gasoline. Finished motor gasoline includes
all ethanol blended gasoline (e.g. E10, E85).
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| Motor Gasoline Blending |
Mechanical mixing of motor gasoline blending components, and oxygenates when required, to
produce finished motor gasoline. Finished motor gasoline may be further mixed with other
motor gasoline blending components or oxygenates, resulting in increased volumes of
finished motor gasoline and/or changes in the formulation of finished motor gasoline
(e.g., conventional motor gasoline mixed with MTBE to produce oxygenated motor gasoline).
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| Petroleum Administration for Defense (PAD) Districts |
Geographic aggregations of the 50 States and the District of Columbia into five districts
by the Petroleum Administration for Defense in 1950. These districts were originally defined
during World War II for purposes of administering oil allocation.
Description and maps of PAD Districts and Refining Districts.
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| Petroleum Products |
Petroleum products are obtained from the processing of crude oil (including lease condensate),
natural gas, and other hydrocarbon compounds. Petroleum products include unfinished oils,
liquefied petroleum gases, pentanes plus, aviation gasoline, motor gasoline, naphtha-type jet
fuel, kerosene-type jet fuel, kerosene, distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petrochemical
feedstocks, special naphthas, lubricants, waxes, petroleum coke, asphalt, road oil, still gas,
and miscellaneous products.
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| RBOB |
"Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending" is a motor gasoline blending
component which, when blended with a specified type and percentage of oxygenate, meets the
definition of reformulated gasoline.
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| Refinery and Blender Production |
Petroleum products produced at a refinery or blending plant. Published production of these
products equals refinery production minus refinery input. Negative production will occur
when the amount of a product produced during the month is less than the amount of that same
product that is reprocessed (input) or reclassified to become another product during the same
month. Refinery production of unfinished oils, and motor and aviation gasoline blending
components appear on a net basis under refinery input.
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| Reformulated |
Finished motor gasoline formulated for use in motor vehicles, the composition and properties
of which meet the requirements of the reformulated gasoline regulations promulgated by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Section 211(k) of the Clean Air Act.
This category includes oxygenated fuels program reformulated gasoline (OPRG) but excludes
reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending (RBOB).
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| Reformulated (Blended with Alcohol) |
Reformulated gasoline blended with an alcohol component (e.g. fuel ethanol) at a
terminal or refinery to raise the oxygen content.
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| Reformulated (Blended with Ether) |
Reformulated gasoline blended with an ether component (e.g. methyl tertiary butyl ether)
at a terminal or refinery to raise the oxygen content.
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| Reformulated (Non-Oxygenated) |
Reformulated gasoline without added ether or alcohol components.
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