Universal Barrel of Oil Converter

Did You Know?

• One barrel of oil (42 gallons) is currently worth approximately $75 (subject to wild market swings)
• The average American uses about 2.5 gallons of oil per day
• You could theoretically power a car for ~400 miles with one barrel of oil
• A barrel of oil weighs about 300 pounds when full
• Everything in the modern economy can be measured in barrels of oil (including this website!)
• According to our calculations, you've used 0.00001 barrels of oil reading this page