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US cups to oil barrels

1 US cup in oil barrels
1 cup = 0.0014881 bbl
bbl = cup × 0.001488095238

To convert US cups to oil barrels, multiply by 0.001488095238. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

US cups to oil barrels table

Common US cup values converted to oil barrels.
US cups Oil barrels
1 cup 0.0014881
2 cup 0.0029762
3 cup 0.0044643
4 cup 0.0059524
5 cup 0.0074405
10 cup 0.014881
15 cup 0.022321
20 cup 0.029762
25 cup 0.037202
30 cup 0.044643
40 cup 0.059524
50 cup 0.074405
75 cup 0.11161
100 cup 0.14881
250 cup 0.37202
500 cup 0.74405
1,000 cup 1.488095

How the conversion works

The relationship is bbl = cup × 0.001488095238. Both units measure volume, so the conversion is a fixed factor that never changes. The figure is exact rather than approximate: since the international yard and pound agreement of 1959, an inch is defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres and a pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and every other imperial and US customary unit here is derived from those two.

US cup: US legal cup is 240 mL; the customary cup used here is 236.588 mL.

Oil barrel: Petroleum barrel = 42 US gallons.

Common questions

How many oil barrels are in one US cup?
One US cup equals 0.0014881 oil barrels. bbl = cup × 0.001488095238.
How do you convert US cups to oil barrels?
Use bbl = cup × 0.001488095238. So 10 cup is 0.014881 bbl.
How many US cups are in one oil barrel?
One oil barrel equals 672 US cups, which is the reverse of the conversion above.
Is there more than one kind of US cup?
US legal cup is 240 mL; the customary cup used here is 236.588 mL. Petroleum barrel = 42 US gallons.

Related pages

Sources

  1. Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (Public domain (US Government))
  2. The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
  3. Calculated on this page — At One Place

How these figures are compiled and checked