What is the capacity of a 'barrel'

[Sproket]

What is the capacity of a 'barrel' as commonly referenced for crude oil production?

 

[Alan Partridge]

42 US gallons, about 35 Imperial gallons.

 

[Sproket]

Yes!

The capacity of a 'barrel' of crude oil is 35 UK gallons or 42 US gallons, or 159 litres

 

[machighlander]

30 gallons.

 

[machighlander]

or 159 litres

actually, its 158.76 litres.

 

[Alan Partridge]

If you're being pedantic, Sproket was nearer at 159 litres.

Google makes it 158.987295.

For those not aware, a little known feature of Google is that it will do most conversions pretty intuitively.

Try typing

1 oil barrel to cubic feet

We might as well get something useful out of this thread ;-)

 

[machighlander]

no-ones bein pedantic.

its all done in the best possible taste, no room for that kinda stuff around here, although there seems to be plenty of ye.