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stevenhyde
08-31-09, 14:02
Why?
there is only one "B" in barrel.
Why do YOU(if you do) abbreviate barrel as "BBL"?
SHIVAN
08-31-09, 14:09
Ounces = ozs.

There is no Z in ounce(s). However, because it is widely used and accepted, I use the appropriate abbreviation.
Longhorn
08-31-09, 14:17
Could be convenience...

Could be it goes back to the carburetor abbreviations 4 BBL, 2 BBL...(normally what I think of)

Could be it goes back to meaning "beer barrel" or "blue barrel" in which oil was originally transported in...(I'm not gonna take credit for knowing that one lol)
Nathan_Bell
08-31-09, 14:19
Heck if we are going into absurd abbreviations.

lb.

Where is the l or the b in pound?
variablebinary
08-31-09, 14:19
Terms get made up in the gun community all the time. Some stick, some dont.
huklbrry
08-31-09, 14:20
I cannot tell you how many times when looking up into the infinite vastness of space, pondering the self-reflective questions of mankind, that I become perplexed at the accepted truth that bbl=barrel.:D
BiggLee71
08-31-09, 14:23
Like the old budweiser commercial used to say," why ask why?"
Nathan_Bell
08-31-09, 14:25
The word "barrel" only has one "b", so why is the abbreviation for a barrel of petroleum "bbl"? In the early 1860's, when oil production began, there was no standard container for oil, so oil and petroleum products were stored and transported in barrels of all different shapes and sizes (beer barrels, fish barrels, molasses barrels, turpentine barrels, etc.). By the early 1870's, the 42-gallon barrel had been adopted as the standard for oil trade. This was 2 gallons per barrel more than the 40-gallon standard used by many other industries at the time. The extra 2 gallons was to allow for evaporation and leaking during tranport (most barrels were made of wood). Standard Oil began manufacturing 42 gallon barrels that were blue to be used for transporting petroleum. The use of a blue barrel, abbreviated "bbl", guaranteed a buyer that this was a 42-gallon barrel.



http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/bluebarrel.html


And there you go.
huklbrry
08-31-09, 14:28
Wow. In the quest to learn something new everyday, this forum never ****ing dissappoints.:D
geminidglocker
08-31-09, 14:29
Wow! All of the geniuses here and I'm the only one with your answer??? It stands for "Bored barrel length". You're welcome.;)
huklbrry
08-31-09, 14:36
SNAP!!!:D
averageshooter
08-31-09, 17:08
BBL could also mean BULL BARREL as in I AM A FAT BARREL.
kmrtnsn
08-31-09, 20:43
Pound, from the Latin, Libra as in scales or Lb for short. Not sure about ounce. The abbreviation is probably either Latin or Greek in its source, hence the lack of direct "translation" in English.
Robb Jensen
08-31-09, 20:46
Why?
there is only one "B" in barrel.
Why do YOU(if you do) abbreviate barrel as "BBL"?

Don't know and I don't care. Life is to short to worry about the small shit.
BAC
08-31-09, 21:57
The internet was made to argue the small shit.

:D


-B
Safetyhit
09-01-09, 20:10
Wow. In the quest to learn something new everyday, this forum never ****ing dissappoints.:D



While I can't explain exactly why this is true, it most certainly is regardless.
Oscar 319
09-01-09, 20:37
Wow. In the quest to learn something new everyday, this forum never ****ing dissappoints.:D

Agreed. Todd G's Bat Monster Slug creature, now this. I'll be damned.
JSandi
09-01-09, 20:38
eieio...
HES
09-01-09, 21:34
The internet was made to argue the small shit.

:D


-B
Nope, Im pretty sure it was made for porn . :D