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A simple question, but the answer depends on whether it is a "real steel drum" as manufactured today, or an "oil barrel." I will explain.
A standard size for a steel drum is 55 gallons. So in this case 1 barrel = 55 gallons.
When used in context with oil, a barrel = 42 gallons. Oil is not shipped in barrels, but tankers and pipelines, so real oil barrels do not exist. However, it is an internationally accepted unit for oil volumes. So 55 gallons of oil = 55/42 = 1.31 barrels of oil (usually stated as bbls).
See related link, which gives conversions of the oil barrel in other units, such as imperial gallons.
As a final historical note, the unit of 42 gallons may seem odd (why not an even 40 or 50 gallons), but it allowed the buyer to be confident he was getting at least 40 gallons of oil after water settling out in the bottom of the barrel and shrinkage due to cooling and degassing.
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∙ 12y ago7040 ounces. 1 gallon makes 128 ounces and 1 ounce is 0.0078 gallon in U.S measure. There are 8 ounces in a cup, 2 cups in a pint, 2 pints in a quart and 4 quarts in a gallon. That makes 128 ounces in a gallon US. In UK 20 ounces to the pint, 8 pints to the gallon which makes 160 ounces Imrerial measure.
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∙ 7y agoFor a steel "55 gallon" drum- standard drums have inside dimensions of 22.5 inches (572 mm) diameter and 33.5 inches (851 mm) height. These dimensions yield a volume of about 13,320 cubic inches or 57.66 US gallons (48.0 imp gal; 218.3 L), but they are commonly filled to about 200 liters.
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∙ 16y ago1 cu ft = 7.48 gal 55 gal / 7.48 = 7.3529411 etc. 7.3529411 cu ft in a 55 gal drum
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∙ 15y ago55 gallons
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