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Best Practice Guide GlossaryBrowse the glossary alphabetically: BARREL Return to list of termsIn the petroleum industry, a barrel is 42 U.S. gallons. One barrel of oil has an energy content of 6 million British thermal units. It takes one barrel of oil to make enough gasoline to drive an average car from Los Angeles to San Francisco and back (at 18 miles per gallon over the 700-mile roundtrip). Source: California Energy Commission |