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How to pronounce bbl in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms barrel
Type of british capacity unit, imperial capacity unit, united states liquid unit

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All of this comes on a day that BP is rightly boasting of the nearly 15,000 bbl.
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For despite vast oil reserves and exports, Iran still imports about 130,000 bbl.
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Wall Street heavyweight Goldman Sachs raised the specter of oil at $100 per bbl.
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The likelihood that Saudi Arabia can increase its output to even 15 million bbl.
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But there can be no doubt the BBL has found traction even among traditionalists.
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The island nation of Sao Tome and Principe, which sits on perhaps 4 billion bbl.
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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is now pumping 17 million bbl.
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After trying to fight a global glut by cutting its output from 10.3 million bbl.
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In any case, Baxter noted that Saudi oil production has fallen to 5 million bbl.
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  • Barrel: any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons"
  • A barrel is one of several units of volume, with dry barrels, fluid barrels (UK beer barrel, U.S. beer barrel), oil barrel, etc. The volume of some barrel units is double others, with various volumes in the range of about .
  • The British Basketball League, often abbreviated to the BBL, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in the United Kingdom. ...
  • In New York City, each address is also identified by a Borough, Block, and Lot (BBL).
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  • A barrel of liquid, usually oil or water. Equivalent to 42 U.S. gallons.
  • The abbreviation for barrel.
  • One stock tank barrel, or 42 U.S. gallons liquid volume, used herein in reference to crude oil or other liquid hydrocarbons.