bbl.
Americanabbreviation
plural
bblsabbreviation
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
A day later the Clinton Administration announced that it was releasing 30 million of the 570 million bbl. now stockpiled in salt caves along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana.
From Time Magazine Archive
The resulting drop in demand pushed oil to a measly $10 per bbl., forcing member states such as Saudi Arabia to curtail their generous government spending and confront popular unrest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Into these boxes 1 bbl. of cement and 2 bbls. of sand were emptied and thoroughly mixed dry, then mixed with water to a thin grout.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
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