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Gasoline is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mainly of organic aggregates obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with many additives.
Country
Motor Gasoline Production (1000 metric tons)
United States
331,963
China
89,135.20
Japan
39,096
Russian Federation
38,232
India
30,118
Canada
29,584
Germany
19,487
Brazil
19,215
Italy
18,210
United Kingdom
17,627
Mexico
17,520
Saudi Arabia
17,103
Korea, Republic of
15,306
Iran, Islamic Republic of
14,695.04
France
11,679
Australia
11,499
Singapore
10,224
Indonesia
9,506
Spain
7,231
Netherlands
6,987
Other Asia
6,749
Thailand
6,354
South Africa
6,248
Argentina
5,539
Greece
4,592
Belgium
4,502
Malaysia
4,395
Sweden
4,394
Turkey
4,371
Egypt
4,201
Finland
4,173
Poland
3,803
Belarus
3,729
Norway
3,683
Iraq
3,269
Peru
3,158
Colombia
2,930
Kazakhstan
2,877
United Arab Emirates
2,815
Israel
2,809
Oman
2,752
Romania
2,751
Viet Nam
2,596
Lithuania
2,504
Algeria
2,273
Chile
2,246
Kuwait
2,202
Denmark
2,011
Turkmenistan
2,010
Qatar
1,956
Portugal
1,864
Bulgaria
1,658
Ukraine
1,636
Netherlands Antilles
1,574
Austria
1,553
Pakistan
1,514
Czech Republic
1,439
Ecuador
1,415
Philippines
1,412.40
New Zealand
1,352
Slovakia
1,348
Azerbaijan
1,297
Uzbekistan
1,226
Hungary
1,138
Nigeria
1,135
Trinidad and Tobago
1,132
Sudan
1,071
Switzerland
1,028
Croatia
990
Jordan
710
Bolivia
686
Bahrain
661
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
615
Ireland
501
Uruguay
472.8
Cuba
415
Morocco
407
Myanmar
387.15
Serbia
372
Cameroon
364
Dominican Republic
243.38
Niger
194.92
Ghana
157.7
Zambia
157
Sri Lanka
152
Martinique
148.944
Congo
136
Jamaica
133.3087
Yemen
128
Kenya
117
Bangladesh
114
Bosnia and Herzegovina
109
Gabon
93
Angola
75
Senegal
75
El Salvador
72.83
Nicaragua
68
Kyrgyzstan
11
Albania
0
Costa Rica
0
Papua New Guinea
0
Somalia
0
Tunisia
0
As used worldwide in the vast number of internal combustion engines used in transport and industry, Gasoline has a significant impact on the environment, both in local effects and in global influence. Gasoline may also enter the environment uncombusted, as liquid and as vapors, from leakage and handling during production, transport, and delivery, from storage tanks, spills, etc.
