The sound of oil tread

Time for one of our more fun oil facts! Oil has a variety of nicknames, including ‘Texas Tea’, ‘Black Gold’, ‘rock oil, ‘petroleum’, ‘crude’, and many more. The USA consumes the most oil in the world by far, consuming over 19,000,000 barrels daily. The UK sits at 15th place, consuming approximately 1,500,000 barrels daily. At this level of consumption, experts guess that oil levels may be completely depleted in 47 years.