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Oil is measured in barrels and each barrel contains 42 US gallons of crude oil.

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How is oil measure?

It depends on the oil and it's use. all oils can be measured in fluid ounces, gallons, quarts or liters Fuel oil is measured in barrels (42 gallons), or bunkers 5100 barrels lubricating oils can be measured in drums (55 gallons) and some heavy lubricating oils and greases are measured by weight


What is the actual filling capacity of an oil drum in US gallons 59.4 42 or 55?

Oil is measured in barrels (drums), equating to 42 US gallons.


How are Petroleum product measured?

In barrels, for example a barrel of oil.


What is 1 ton of oil called?

1 ton of oil is called 1 ton of oil. Oil is usually measured in barrels which equal 42 gallons. So making some assumptions a ton of oil would be about 6 barrels or so.


How many barrels of oil from one lot of oil?

1000 barrels


How many barrels of oil is 4200000 gallons?

100,000 barrels of oil.


How many barrels of oil Iran produce in a year?

Iranian oil production is measured by various international organizations. These run from the IMF ti the World Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of NY, among others. Iran's oil production varies depending upon economic conditions. Many experts use 381 millions barrels of oil per year as an accurate figure for Iran.


How many barrels of oil does Pakistan produce?

59,140 barrels of oil 0.07% of the worlds oil production


How many barrels of oil does a typical oil tanker hold?

2,000,000 barrels.


What is the difference between mboe d and kboe d in the oil industry?

mboe/d is millions barrels per day kboe/d is a thousand barrels per day (equivalent) MBOE is thousand barrels of oil equivalent NOT millions barrels of oil MMBOE is million barrels of oil equivalent


How many barrels are in Kuwait's oil reserve?

Kuwait has about 103 billion barrels of oil reserves.


2.5 barrels of oil equals gallons?

2.5 Barrels (Oil) = 105 US gallons.