Re: conversion factors

[Roger Haar <haar@PHYSICS.ARIZONA.EDU>]

HI,

        If you but a barrel of paint, it will come in a
55 gal drum, but the oil industry uses a 42 gallon
standard and the imperial is 31.5 at least
according to my very old CRC handbook.

Thanks
Roger

Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> I always thought a bbl was 55 ga.  However, this site says 42:
>
> http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Metric/number-barrels.html
>
> imperial is even less ~35
>
> bc
>
> Brian Whatcott wrote:
>
> > At 09:00 AM 9/8/2004, you wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Regarding Ludwik's conversion factors:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > ... Below
> > > > is a table of conversion factors given by
> > > > H. Geller in his 2003 "Energy Revolution:
> > > > Politics for a Sustainable Future"  book.
> > > > ...
> > > > 1 TOE (ton of oil equivalent) = 4.19*10^9 J
> > > >       =4.19 GJ
> > > >
> > > > 1 BBL (barrel of oil) = 6.1*10^9 J = 6.1 GJ
> > > > ...
> > > Ludwik, do you have a typo somewhere here or does Geller
> > > really claim that a barrel of oil weighs about 3/2 ton?
> > >
> > > David Bowman
> >
> >
> > No time to look it up - but a barrel looks like it might hold
> >  40 gal - and a (US) gal of oil ought to weigh around 6 lb -
> > so a barrel might possibly be 250 lb hence  8 to the (US) ton
> > If 1 TOE is really 4.2E9 J then a barrel would comprise
> > maybe 5.4E8 J - this doesn't look right?
> >
> >
> >
> > Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!