When I think of the 55 to 44 gallon difference I imagine stevedores
wrestling with containers of freight and imagine a 44 gallon drum would be
about as much as one man could handle on a regular basis. I've had some
experience working with products in 55 gallon drums and they can be a hand
full for two.
Bill
>From: Awgertoo@aol.com
>Reply-To: Awgertoo@aol.com
>To: ynotink@msn.com, 62bt7@prodigy.net, N5572B@aol.com,
>healeys@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Oil $75.21 barrel / Retrospect
>Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:15:41 EDT
>
>In a message dated 4/22/2006 9:25:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>ynotink@msn.com writes:
>55 gallons has long been a standard quantity for bulk distribution of
>petroleum products, but 44 gallons has always been the standard measure for
>crude oil as a commodity. It's a convention that probably has its roots in
>pre-petroleum history. Anyone know how whale oil was measured?
>------------------------------------------------
>Bill--
>
>A google search of "Whale Oil Barrels" led me to the www.energyadvocate.com
>site which contained the following information regarding the whaling ship
>Charles W. Morgan:
>
>"On the Morganbs most successful voyage, the log book shows them
>b bringing
>1935 barrels, having also sent home 2280 barrels.b [1] These are not the
>standard 42-gallon barrels of todaybs petroleum business. They are, by my
>estimate,
>closer to 100 gallons."
>
>So there you have it!
>Best--Michael Oritt, 100 Le Mans
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