bbl.
Americanabbreviation
plural
bblsabbreviation
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Efficiencies generated by a simple upgrade of the replacement tires installed on U.S. vehicles could save nearly 5.5 billion bbl. of oil over the next 50 years, the greens say.
From Time Magazine Archive
That has pushed up prices to about $28 per bbl., the high end of OPEC's target zone.
From Time Magazine Archive
But if Mr. Archbold had to admit in the end that crude oil is not worth "$4,00 a bbl.," his enthusiasm, his energy, and his splendid power over men have lasted.
From Random Reminiscences of Men and Events by Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
