<VV> Over a barrel (humor?)
Louis C. Armer,Jr.
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Mon Oct 2 01:11:02 EDT 2006
Or ...................Maybe..........just maybe...........or
possibly.................you know it could remotely be
that .............................. nobody really cares!!! <GGG>
FrontMan
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At 05:50 PM 10/1/2006, you wrote:
>> I noticed no one has answer the question of how many gallons in a
>>barrel.
>
>That is because "it depends". A barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons
>of "stuff". Now what that "stuff" becomes depends to a great amount
>on where it came from. The "stuff" that comes from the Alaskan
>pipeline or Venezuela mostly becomes diesel or bunker fuel because
>that is all it is good for. The "stuff" that comes from the Arabian
>peninsula or Texas can produce quite a bit of high octane gasoline
>(up to about 19.5 gallons plus a number of other products (kerosine,
>asphalt, tar, etc.)). It all depends on what kind of "stuff" you
>begin with and how far it is refined.
>
>Like the pig, it is all used except the oink, but exactly what it
>becomes just depends.
>
>Padgett
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