32 Dirty Facts About Liquid Gold – Petroleum

Jet Fuel (Jet A) can be used in diesel engines.

27. Kerosene lamps around the world consume 77 billion liters of fuel/year. This is equivalent to all of the Jet fuel consumed in the US during the same time period.

28. Petroleum oil was first distilled by the Persian alchemist Muhammad ibn Zakarīya (Rhazes) in the 9th century, producing chemicals such as kerosene.

29. World War 1 planes used Castor Oil as an engine lubricant and the Pilots suffered from persistent diarrhea due to unburnt castor oil coming out of the exhaust.

30. In 2011, the average salary for an oil rig worker was almost $100,000.

In 2009, a blackout-drunk trader named Steve Perkins managed to buy $520 million in oil futures, causing the price of oil to spike.

32. The US didn't profit from Iraq's Oil, in fact, the US spent billions on their oil infrastructure while Iraq reaped the profits.