[Don & Paul -- This could be a little item for "Metric Today". --Martin
Morrison, MT Columnist]
"The measure of an oil barrel is defined as 42 US gallons, which is the
rough equivalent of 159 liters. It has become an international standard
since 1872 and is based on King Richard IIIs English wine tierce. However,
most modern oil drums have a capacity of 55 US gallons, although the UK
uses a drum with 44 imperial gallons and the countries affiliated to the
metric system use 200-liter drums. At the end of the day, everybody trades
oil using barrels as a measurement standard."
www.autoevolution.com/news/oil-price-falls-to-new-low-a-barrel-of-crude-is-cheaper-than-the-barrel-that-contains-it-103750.html
_______________________________________________
USMA mailing list
USMA@colostate.edu
https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
