barrel
Example Sentences
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Today, its reserves of about 300 billion barrels of oil are counted as the largest in the world, outstripping even those of Saudi Arabia.
From Los Angeles Times
Until 2005, Venezuela was one of the main providers of oil to the United States, with some monthly totals reaching up to 60 million barrels.
From Barron's
Production could get to 1.3 million to 1.4 million barrels a day in two to three years if former operators return to Venezuela.
From Barron's
But when the brewery ran short on bottles, he tried putting leftover beer in the barrels to avoid having to dump it.
The acquisition also supports the company’s overall production at around 500,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day to the end of the decade, it added.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
