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Gasoline /ËÉ¡Ã¦sÉliËn/, also known as petrol /ËpÉtrÉl/ outside North America, is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives.
Gasoline. Atomically, the gas we pour into our tanks is a mix of hundreds of hydrocarbons, derived from crude oil. It's distilled in refineries to create motor and jet fuels, diesel, lubricants and other products. In fact, only 19 to 20 gallons of each 42-gallon barrel of oil becomes gasoline.