How many liters of oil are there in a barrel?

Question

I am curious as i have read that coca cola is dear than petrol - gas in us of a

Answer 1

1 barrel = 117.347765 liters

Answer 2

A drum contains 55 gallons. a barrel originally contained 40 gallons it now contains 42 gallons. A 55 gallon crude oil barrel only contains 42 gallons.Dont know wether this is US gallons or UK gallons ??? If its UK gallons there are 190.932 liters in a barrel. If it is US gallons there are 158.987 liters.

Answer 3

55 Gallons

250.035053 litres

Answer 4

159 liters.

A barrel of oil is 42 gallons, not 55. I believe this is a hold over from some of the first oil wells which used these smaller barrels to ship oil.

Answer 5

42 US gallons per standard barrel, 1 liter = 0.264172 US gallons.

42 gallons/0.264172 = 158.98733 liters

Answer 6

a little less then 4 litres in a gallon. A gallon is 4 quarts and a quart is 750mls or 3/4 of a litre

Answer 7

Oil is measured in gallons not litres.

42 gallons

Oil to Gasoline HOW MANY GAL OF GAS DOES THAT EQUAL? ----------------- There are 42 gallons / barrel of crude oil. The conversion to gasoline depends upon several factors ...

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/en...

Answer 8

In India we have the standard of 205 litters.