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Submitted Chris Haslego, Nov 21 2011 11:21 AM | Last updated Nov 21 2011 01:29 PM
| Category: | Refining |
| Question: | How does the petroleum industry define a "barrel"? |
| Keywords: | barrel,definition |
| Answer: | The "barrel" is a volumetric unit commonly used in the petroleum industry and one barrel is equivalent to 42 U.S. gallons ... or 34.97 Imperial gallons ... or 158.99 liters ... or 5.615 Cubic feet. Please note from this that an Imperial gallon is 1.20 times as large as a U.S. gallon. |
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