bbl.
abbreviation
barrel.
bbl.
Americanabbreviation
-
bbls
plural
BBL
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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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
The answer depends on whether this is a true oil emergency--and whether 30 million bbl. will help solve it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today market conditions are so tight that there is just 2.5 million bbl. a day worth of spare production capacity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The highest price of mess pork at Chicago during the last forty years, according to the Daily Trade Bulletin, was $44 per bbl. in 1864, and the lowest price $5.50 per bbl., paid in 1896.
From Home Pork Making by A. W. Fulton
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
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
Having had other cosmetic treatments before and having been persuaded by Ricky Sawyer's many adverts and celebrity endorsements, a liquid BBL didn't seem like such a big step to her.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025
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