Barrel (oil) conversions

About barrel (oil)

The barrel (oil), or petroleum barrel, is a unit of volume or capacity equal to 0.158987295 cubic meters (1 bbl = 0.158987295 m³), the derived unit of volume in the International System of Units (SI).

The barrel (oil) (bbl) is also equal to 158,987.295 cubic centimeters (cm³), or 1.58987295 × 10^-4 cubic decameters (dam³) or 1.58987295 × 10^-10 cubic kilometers (km³) (units of volume in the SI), or 158.987295 liters (L), or 15.8987295 decaliters (daL), or 1.58987295 hectoliters (hL) or 0.158987295 kiloliters (kL), which are units of volume in the metric system.

The barrel definition varies depending on the system of units used, as follows:

• The US fluid barrel or barrel (US fluid), equal to 119,240.471 cubic centimeters or 31.5 US liquid gallons
• The US dry barrel or barrel (US dry), equal to 115,628.199 cubic centimeters or 26.25 US dry gallons
• The Imperial barrel or barrel (UK), equal to 163,659.24 cubic centimeters or 36 UK gallons
• The petroleum barrel or barrel (oil), equal to 158,987.295 cubic centimeters or 42 US liquid gallons

Note:
The oil barrel is used as a unit of volume or capacity for crude oil and other petroleum products. In the United States, the oil production is expressed in oil barrels of 42 US liquid gallons. Elsewhere, the oil production is expressed in cubic meters (m³) or tonnes (t). The cubic meter is a unit of volume in the SI; the tonne is a unit of mass in the metric system. One tonne of oil ranges from 6 to 8 barrels of oil (bbl), depending on the oil density (mass = volume × density).

Symbol: bbl

Plural: barrels (oil)

Also known as: oil barrel (plural: oil barrels), barrel (oil) (plural: barrels (oil))