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 liters without lookup tables or manual math.
This page is focused on converting oil barrels to liters. Type a number into the first field and the result appears immediately in the second field.
Example: 1 bbl = 158.987294928 L. Conversion formula: result = value × 0.158987294928 / 0.001.
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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 liter is convenient for liquids, beverages, fuel, household chemicals, and everyday volume.
History: the liter entered the French metric system as a convenient volume measure close to one cubic decimeter.
Enter a value in the Oil barrel field. The converter applies the formula "result = value × 0.158987294928 / 0.001" and immediately shows the result in liters.
1 bbl = 158.987294928 L.
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