I would like the answer in cubic miles. If possible. I am pretty sure a barrel of oil is 50 gallons.
2006-09-22 06:29:12 · 6 answers · asked by Mr Smartty Pants 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
4 000 000 000 000 barrel [US, liquid] = 114.429 241 516 cubic mile
2006-09-22 06:34:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The question as stated is meaningless: you are trying to compare area and volume. A barrel of oil is 42 gallons; a gallon is 231 cubic inches; get out your calculator and start punching.
2006-09-22 13:35:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A standard oil barrel is actually 42 U.S. gallons, or about 159 L.
So that would mean your 4 trillion barrels is 636 trillion liters.
One cubic mile is equal to 4,168,181,830,000 liters.
So that would mean that 636 trillion liters is 152.6 cubic miles.
Not so much, on the grand scheme of things.
2006-09-22 13:43:42 · answer #3 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
200 trillion gallons is about 181.6 cubic miles.
If you use 4 trillion barrels US petroleum, it's 152.57 cubic miles.
2006-09-22 13:35:28 · answer #4 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An area the size of Washington, DC.
2006-09-22 13:48:39 · answer #5 · answered by beast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a barrel is a unit of volume, not area.
2006-09-22 13:36:09 · answer #6 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋