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
Geological Survey estimated that there could be between 3 billion and 16 billion bbl. of oil in Area 1002.
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
In comparative tests made of the weights and volumes of various brands of cements at Chicago in 1903, the following figures were secured: Vol. per bbl., cu. ft.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
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