OIL - How many gallons in a barrel?

[Murpheeee]

Crude oil prices are always quoted in $ per barrel.

How many gallons in a barrel?

 

[Mutilator]

Probably 50-55 gallons.

 

[WhoDeeny]

Typically they're shipped in 55 gallon drums (aka: the aforementioned barrel)

 

[PAB]

42

-PAB

 

[ConclamoLudus]

42 gallons of crude.

Petroleum.org

 

[Murpheeee]

Originally posted by: PAB
42

-PAB

cool!

thanks guys

 

[Tripleshot]

Is it 42 imperial gallons? And 55 us gallons? or are crude oil drums smaller? In fact, I am confused, they don't "off load " drums of oil or gas, they pump it. So this must be something regulated by weights and measures. So which is it, 42 US gallons or 55 Us gallons, or 42 Imperial that is equal to 55 US gallons?

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: Tripleshot
Is it 42 imperial gallons? And 55 us gallons? or are crude oil drums smaller? In fact, I am confused, they don't "off load " drums of oil or gas, they pump it. So this must be something regulated by weights and measures. So which is it, 42 US gallons or 55 Us gallons, or 42 Imperial that is equal to 55 US gallons?

 

[Murpheeee]

 

[FoBoT]

barrel these days is just a term of measure

it doesn't really come in barrels anymore, it comes on a ship or through a pipeline or in a tanker truck/train

the measure "barrel" is just a legacy term, not a real container to hold oil (well, there are still barrels of course, but a refinery doesn't buy a physical barrel of oil, they buy X number of tanker trucks/train loads/ship loads, etc)

 

[ElFenix]

Figures are based on 1995 average yields for U.S. refineries. One barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil. The total volume of products made is 2.2 gallons greater than the original 42 gallons of crude oil. This represents "processing gain."

so maybe its US gallons?

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: WhoDeeny
Typically they're shipped in 55 gallon drums (aka: the aforementioned barrel)

You just made that up, didn't you? What's up with that?





42




and yes, it's just a unit of measurement, like bushels, dozens etc....there are no actual "drums".

 

[milagro]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: WhoDeeny
Typically they're shipped in 55 gallon drums (aka: the aforementioned barrel)

You just made that up, didn't you? What's up with that?





42




and yes, it's just a unit of measurement, like bushels, dozens etc....there are no actual "drums".

However, your metal drum size is a 55-gallon drum and they are used everywhere though not for shipping crude oil, except maybe when its been pumped out of the ground as part of an environmental remediation project. Smaller sizes (35 -10) are also used.