Oil barrel (bbl)
The oil barrel is an industry volume unit for petroleum production, trade, and statistics.
History: the oil barrel became a petroleum trade standard and equals 42 US gallons.
Quickly convert oil barrels to cubic feet without lookup tables or manual math.
This page is focused on converting oil barrels to cubic feet. Type a number into the first field and the result appears immediately in the second field.
Example: 1 bbl = 5.6145833333 ft³. Conversion formula: result = value × 0.158987294928 / 0.028316846592.
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The oil barrel is an industry volume unit for petroleum production, trade, and statistics.
History: the oil barrel became a petroleum trade standard and equals 42 US gallons.
The cubic foot is used for room volume, lumber, freight, refrigerators, and gas.
History: the cubic foot grew from the foot as a volume unit and was widely used in trade, building, and storage.
Enter a value in the Oil barrel field. The converter applies the formula "result = value × 0.158987294928 / 0.028316846592" and immediately shows the result in cubic feet.
1 bbl = 5.6145833333 ft³.
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