Biofuels are obtained from

biomass

In the energy sector, biomass is defined as all organic matter of plant or animal origin, inc...

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. There are two main categories: “gasoline” (ethanol) and “gas oil” (

biodiesel

Biofuel obtained by converting plant or animal oils, such as rapeseed, sunflower or used cook...

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). Their evaluation in thousands of Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) per day gives a basis for comparison with daily

crude oil

Oil that has not been refined.

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production (1 ton of oil = 7 barrels). World biofuel production is steadily increasing, the three leading producer countries being the United States, Brazil and Indonesia.