Your ship departed Venezuela for New York, loaded with 10,000 barrels of crude oil, whose average cargo temperature was 30°C (86° F). API is 25°. The volume correction factor (VCF) is .00045. If this cargo is heated to 100°F prior to discharge, how many gallons will you offload?

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Option B: 422,646. Heating the cargo from 86°F to 100°F yields a 14°F increase. The expansion factor is 14 × 0.00045 = 0.0063. The expanded volume is 10,000 × 1.0063 = 10,063 barrels. Converting to gallons (10,063 × 42) yields 422,646 gallons.