- 1. Re: Oil $75.21 barrel / Retrospect (score: 1)
- Author: "62bt7" <62bt7@prodigy.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:07:30 -0700
- When did they standardize the barrel size to 44 gal ?? During my high school years (late 50's) I worked at a mom and pop refinery (all gone now) barrels were 55 gal. As I recall, there were 11-12 of
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- 2. Re: Oil $75.21 barrel / Retrospect (score: 1)
- Author: "WILLIAM B LAWRENCE" <ynotink@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 01:24:45 +0000
- 55 gallons has long been a standard quantity for bulk distribution of petroleum products, but 44 gallons has always been the standard measure for crude oil as a commodity. It's a convention that prob
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00695.html (7,076 bytes)
- 3. Re: Oil $75.21 barrel / Retrospect (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:15:41 EDT
- In a message dated 4/22/2006 9:25:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ynotink@msn.com writes: 55 gallons has long been a standard quantity for bulk distribution of petroleum products, but 44 gallons has alw
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- 4. Re: Oil $75.21 barrel / Retrospect (score: 1)
- Author: "WILLIAM B LAWRENCE" <ynotink@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 03:17:02 +0000
- When I think of the 55 to 44 gallon difference I imagine stevedores wrestling with containers of freight and imagine a 44 gallon drum would be about as much as one man could handle on a regular basis
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00705.html (8,449 bytes)
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