Uses of petroleum products in the United States. Fuel oil ( an oil product ) is used as a fuel in freighters, passenger ships and railroads. Ocean liner SS Majestic in which fuel oil is used as a fuel underway at sea. Smoke comes out of its smokestacks. In 1922 : a train which runs on fuel oil on tracks. Point of view (POV) from behind Engineer in locomotive engine cabin on a moving railroad train.
Uses of different petroleum products in the United States. Petroleum products are distributed and filled in different containers. Men walk on a pathway on both sides of which is heavy machinery. Three men standing on a platform work on the fuel tank of a tank truck. Men fill petroleum products in containers using pipes. The containers are then sealed. They are rolled towards a weighing machine and are weighed. Two men work on machinery. Small containers are weighed and sorted.
Uses of different petroleum products in the United States. Two cars at a service station. One of the cars is driven away. Another car pulls in the station. Attendants fill gasoline in the cars. A structure on the top of a pole. A piston in the structure goes up and down.
Quality of petroleum products is checked and scientific research for further improvement is carried out in the United States. A man carries out an experiment to check the quality of a petroleum product. He heats the product on a Bunsen burner using a pair of tongs. Then he lights a lamp using the petroleum product. Another researcher looks through a tube at a screen and makes some adjustments. He makes a note on a container and pours in the container. Scientific glass apparatus in a box on a stand. A man looks at them. He makes a note on a paper and takes a look at a paper in his hand.
Advancement in transportation of petroleum in the United States. A political map of the United States shows main pipe line systems through which crude oil is pumped underground from producing fields to refineries. Animation on the map shows a pipe line which is under construction.
The consumption of petroleum in the United States is compared to that of the rest of the world through an animation. The animation shows the population of the U.S. and the world outside of the United States in the year 1890. The animation also compares total consumption in barrels and per capita consumption in gallons of the U.S. and the rest of the world.
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