The phrase "amount of petrol" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the quantity or volume of petrol, typically in contexts related to fuel consumption or availability.
Example: "The amount of petrol in the tank was insufficient for the long journey ahead."
Alternatives: "quantity of petrol" or "volume of petrol."
It is the urban environment that uses the least amount of petrol per capita of any place in the world.
Calories in versus calories out, it ought to be as easy as putting the right amount of petrol in your car.
And, since carbon-dioxide output is proportional to the amount of petrol used, California is in effect setting fuel-economy standards, says the alliance, not pollution standards.
Downing Street said yesterday the government could get through the first round of strikes, which began at 6am yesterday, without an emergency plan to cap the amount of petrol customers can buy.
Mr Penning, the roads minister, later told BBC Two's Newsnight: "You can't store that amount of petrol.
A small amount of petrol is little harm in a tank of diesel, indeed some would fill so purposefully to clean the engine and pass emissions tests.
Depending on your engine type and regulations that apply to ethanol production in your area, add the required amount of gasoline (petrol) to the mixture.
Vehicles that give off few emissions and use modest amounts of petrol look like dinosaurs now, compared to the ones that use no petrol at all.
The ban on the use of lead in petrol produced very steep declines in the amount of lead in petrol and blood lead levels in children between 1976 and 1980.
Investigators seized about $450,000, along with drugs, contraband cigarettes, pornographic DVDs and large amounts of untaxed petrol.
In any case, with corn prices near records and a federal mandate that requires refiners to blend a growing amount of biofuels with petrol, neither farmers nor the ethanol industry will suffer much.America's sky-high deficit has also changed the equation on taxes.
