| | Product | Gallons per barrel |
| | gasoline | 19.5 |
| | distillate fuel oil
(Includes both home heating oil and diesel fuel) | 9.2 |
| | kerosene-type jet fuel | 4.1 |
| | residual fuel oil
(Heavy oils used as fuels in industry, marine transportation and for electric power generation) | 2.3 |
| | liquefied refinery gasses | 1.9 |
| | still gas | 1.9 |
| | coke | 1.8 |
| | asphalt and road oil | 1.3 |
| | petrochemical feedstocks | 1.2 |
| | lubricants | 0.5 |
| | kerosene | 0.2 |
| | other | 0.3 |
Figures are based on 1995 average yields for U.S. refineries. One barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil. The total volume of products made is 2.2 gallons greater than the original 42 gallons of crude oil. This represents "processing gain."
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