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Barrel (unit), the Glossary

A barrel is one of several units of volume applied in various contexts; there are dry barrels, fluid barrels (such as the U.K. beer barrel and U.S. beer barrel), oil barrels, and so forth.^[1]

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American Petroleum Institute

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the largest U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry.

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The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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API gravity

The American Petroleum Institute gravity, or API gravity, is a measure of how heavy or light a petroleum liquid is compared to water: if its API gravity is greater than 10, it is lighter and floats on water; if less than 10, it is heavier and sinks.

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Barrel

A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide.

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Barrel (unit)

A barrel is one of several units of volume applied in various contexts; there are dry barrels, fluid barrels (such as the U.K. beer barrel and U.S. beer barrel), oil barrels, and so forth. Barrel (unit) and barrel (unit) are Alcohol measurement, Brewing, customary units of measurement in the United States, imperial units, petroleum and units of volume.

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Barrel of oil equivalent

The barrel of oil equivalent (BOE) is a unit of energy based on the approximate energy released by burning one barrel (or about) of crude oil.

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Base unit of measurement

A base unit of measurement (also referred to as a base unit or fundamental unit) is a unit of measurement adopted for a base quantity.

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BP

BP p.l.c. (formerly The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. and BP Amoco p.l.c.; stylised in all lowercase) is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.

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British thermal unit

The British thermal unit (Btu) is a measure of heat, which is a form of energy. Barrel (unit) and British thermal unit are customary units of measurement in the United States and imperial units.

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Byte

The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.

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Canadian dollar

The Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada.

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Cornmeal

Cornmeal is a meal (coarse flour) ground from dried corn (maize).

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Cubic metre

The cubic metre (in Commonwealth English and international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or cubic meter (in American English) is the unit of volume in the International System of Units (SI). Barrel (unit) and cubic metre are units of volume.

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Custody transfer

Custody Transfer in the oil and gas industry refers to the transactions involving transporting physical substance from one operator to another.

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Deutsches Institut für Normung

Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN; in English, the German Institute for Standardisation) is a German non-profit organization and acting as national organization for standardization.

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Drake Well

The Drake Well is a oil well in Cherrytree Township, Pennsylvania, the success of which sparked the first oil boom in the United States.

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Drum (container)

A drum (also called a barrel) is a cylindrical shipping container used for shipping bulk cargo.

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Empirical evidence

Empirical evidence for a proposition is evidence, i.e. what supports or counters this proposition, that is constituted by or accessible to sense experience or experimental procedure.

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English brewery cask units

Capacities of brewery casks were formerly measured and standardised according to a specific system of English units. Barrel (unit) and English brewery cask units are Alcohol measurement and units of volume.

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English wine cask units

Capacities of wine casks were formerly measured and standardised according to a specific system of English units. Barrel (unit) and English wine cask units are units of volume.

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Enthalpy

Enthalpy is the sum of a thermodynamic system's internal energy and the product of its pressure and volume.

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Financial accounting

Financial accounting is a branch of accounting concerned with the summary, analysis and reporting of financial transactions related to a business.

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Flour

Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, or seeds.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Gallon

The gallon is a unit of volume in British imperial units and United States customary units. Barrel (unit) and gallon are Alcohol measurement, customary units of measurement in the United States, imperial units and units of volume.

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Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing

The usage and pricing of gasoline (or petrol) results from factors such as crude oil prices, processing and distribution costs, local demand, the strength of local currencies, local taxation, and the availability of local sources of gasoline (supply).

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Germanic languages

The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa.

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Giga-

Giga- is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of a short-scale billion or long-scale milliard (109 or 1,000,000,000).

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Hardisty, Alberta

Hardisty is a town in Flagstaff County in east-central Alberta, Canada.

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.

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Hogshead

A hogshead (abbreviated "hhd", plural "hhds") is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). Barrel (unit) and hogshead are Alcohol measurement, Brewing, customary units of measurement in the United States, imperial units and units of volume.

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Imperial units

The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.

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International System of Units

The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement.

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Italian language

Italian (italiano,, or lingua italiana) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.

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Keg

A keg is a small cask. Barrel (unit) and keg are Alcohol measurement and Brewing.

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Kilogram

The kilogram (also kilogramme) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol kg.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lime (material)

Lime is an inorganic material composed primarily of calcium oxides and hydroxides.

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List of unusual units of measurement

An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of measurement that does not form part of a coherent system of measurement, especially because its exact quantity may not be well known or because it may be an inconvenient multiple or fraction of a base unit.

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Litre

The litre (British English spelling) or liter (American English spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm3) or 0.001 cubic metres (m3). A cubic decimetre (or litre) occupies a volume of (see figure) and is thus equal to one-thousandth of a cubic metre. Barrel (unit) and litre are Alcohol measurement and units of volume.

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Mega-

Mega is a unit prefix in metric systems of units denoting a factor of one million (106 or 000).

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Megabyte

The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.

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Metric prefix

A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or submultiple of the unit.

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Metric system

The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement.

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Monarchy of the United Kingdom

The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution.

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Natural gas

Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane (95%) in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.

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New York Mercantile Exchange

The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is a commodity futures exchange owned and operated by CME Group of Chicago.

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Oil City, Pennsylvania

Oil City is the largest city in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Oil refinery

An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha.

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Oil tanker

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products.

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Oil well

An oil well is a drillhole boring in Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface.

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Pascal (unit)

The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the unit of pressure in the International System of Units (SI).

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

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Petroleum industry

The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. Barrel (unit) and petroleum industry are petroleum.

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Petroleum reservoir

A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.

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Physical quantity

A physical quantity (or simply quantity) is a property of a material or system that can be quantified by measurement.

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Pipeline

A pipeline is a system of pipes for long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas, typically to a market area for consumption.

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Polish language

Polish (język polski,, polszczyzna or simply polski) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group within the Indo-European language family written in the Latin script.

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Portland cement

Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout.

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Relative density

Relative density, also called specific gravity, is a dimensionless quantity defined as the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material.

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Richard III of England

Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Standard Barrel Act For Fruits, Vegetables, and Dry Commodities

The Standard Barrel Act For Fruits, Vegetables, and Dry Commodities is United States legislation that specified the standard barrel size and measurements for fruits and vegetables, establishing grading standards and inspections for each produce type.

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A standard cubic foot (scf) is a unit representing the amount of gas (such as natural gas) contained in a volume of one cubic foot at reference temperature and pressure conditions.

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Standard Oil

Standard Oil is the common name for a corporate trust in the petroleum industry that existed from 1882 to 1911.

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Sugar

Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.

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Tierce (unit)

The tierce (also terse) is both an archaic volume unit of measure of goods and the name of the cask of that size. Barrel (unit) and tierce (unit) are units of volume.

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Tonne

The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

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Unit of measurement

A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity.

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Unit of volume

A unit of volume is a unit of measurement for measuring volume or capacity, the extent of an object or space in three dimensions. Barrel (unit) and unit of volume are units of volume.

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United States customary units

United States customary units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and most U.S. territories, since being standardized and adopted in 1832. Barrel (unit) and United States customary units are customary units of measurement in the United States.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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Units of paper quantity

Various measures of paper quantity have been and are in use.

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Water injection (oil production)

In the oil industry, waterflooding or water injection is where water is injected into the oil reservoir, to maintain the pressure (also known as voidage replacement), or to drive oil towards the wells, and thereby increase production.

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Western Canadian Select

Western Canadian Select (WCS) is a heavy sour blend of crude oil that is one of North America's largest heavy crude oil streams and, historically, its cheapest.

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Whisky

Whisky or whiskey is a type of liquor made from fermented grain mash.

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Wine gallon

A wine gallon is a unit of capacity that was used routinely in England as far back as the 14th century, and by statute under Queen Anne since 1707. Barrel (unit) and wine gallon are units of volume.

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1,000,000,000

1,000,000,000 (one billion, short scale; one thousand million or one milliard, one yard, long scale) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_(unit)

Also known as B/d, BBL/D, BOPD, Barrel (petroleum), Barrel (unit of volume), Barrel (volume), Barrel of oil, Barrel of petrol, Barrel per calendar day, Barrel per day, Barrels of oil, Barrels per calendar day, Barrels per day, Barrels per day equivalent, Barrels per stream day, Bbl, Bbl., Bbl/day, Bbls, Blue barrel, Gigabarrel, MMbbl, MMbbl/d, Mbbl, Millions of barrels per day, Oil barrel, Oil barrels, Petrol barrel, Standard barrel of oil, .

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Alcohol measurement

Petroleum

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