bbl.
abbreviation
barrel.
bbl.
Americanabbreviation
bbls
plural
BBL
British
abbreviation
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With oil stuck above $70 per bbl. and the Doha round of trade negotiations defunct, growth was bound to slacken.
From Time ● May 2, 2011
According to the latest government estimate, 12,000 to 19,000 bbl. of oil are leaking from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico each day.
From Time ● Jun. 3, 2010
It's hard to find something great about oil at $30 per bbl., for example.
From Time Magazine Archive
Five thousand men--and a few women--work here, pumping 1.3 million bbl. a day down the trans-Alaska pipeline.
From Time Magazine Archive
The total quantity of Portland cement used was 42,500 bbl. of "Pyramid" and 32,500 bbl. of "Hidalgo."
From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by Conway, George Robert Graham
BBL teams routinely scored in the 100s—except when they played Sheffield, when their totals sometimes dropped by 30 points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Favreau, who joined the BBL at the age of 17, danced his last Bolero in June 2024 in Tokyo, just before taking over the reins of the company, aged 47.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
It was a final between the two most successful clubs in BBL history, with the Sixers chasing their fourth title.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
In September last year, 33-year-old Alice Webb is believed to have died after suffering complications from having a liquid BBL in Gloucestershire.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025
The injunction prohibits Mr Sawyer from undertaking or facilitating any invasive cosmetic procedures, including but not limited to the BBL, anywhere in England and Wales.
From BBC ● May 28, 2025
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