On June 18, 2002, the following conversation took place. No names were changed.
[23:28:20] <jetlag> Why does bbl = barrel?
[23:28:29] <Kar98> be back later
[23:28:42] <jetlag> Yeah, I meant in other circumstances.
[23:28:47] <Kar98> why bbl = barrel, I dunno
[23:29:04] <Kar98> big barrel?
[23:32:02] <EricTheHun> bbl is an abbreviation from the oil fields
[23:32:11] <brouhaha> lol, ETH
[23:32:35] <brouhaha> I don't understand how bbl=barrel, but it does
[23:32:37] <EricTheHun> it simply means blue barrels
[23:32:43] <brouhaha> blue? really?
[23:32:49] <JAFO> BBL Barrel Volume measurement. One Barrel=159 litres
[23:33:00] <EricTheHun> they marked good barrels with a blue X, meaning it had no holes in it
[23:33:05] <JAFO> don't know the origin either
[23:33:10] <imho> did not know that
[23:33:12] <JAFO> blue, cool
[23:33:24] <EricTheHun> A bbl of oil is 42 gallons, BTW, know why?
[23:33:33] <imho> Why, Hun?
[23:34:00] <brouhaha> that's ok...mcf=thousand cubic feet. mmcf=million cubic feet
[23:34:03] <EricTheHun> They were using 50 gal barrels, but none of the barrels had lids
[23:34:11] <imho> Yes?
[23:34:20] <EricTheHun> By the time the barrel was delivered, 8 gallons had sloshed out
[23:34:34] <imho> Haha
[23:34:45] <EricTheHun> So they decided to put lids on them, but kept them at 42 gallons for obvious reasons - money
[23:34:57] <imho> Oh, that's the truth, eh?
[23:35:05] <imho> Well. . .
[23:35:08] <EricTheHun> So help me whatever
[23:35:40] <jetlag> There's nothing like asking a question and getting it answered.
[23:35:50] <imho> Had not heard that before.
[23:36:12] <EricTheHun> Like one attorney said of me, 'Eric knows a lot about stuff no one can correct him on.'
[23:36:22] <jetlag> hehe
[23:36:40] <EricTheHun> It's just the authority in my voice, right?