Word: bbl
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kaposszecsko, Hungary, Joseph Reitinger, native who had made his fortune in the U. S., told the official village announcer to go about with his drum, invite the whole village to the local public house for free drinks, free music. Joseph Reitinger paid for 3 bbl. of wine, 2 bbl. of beer, 7 gal. of spirits. Next night he wished to do the same thing. Officials banned the party: they had been obliged to break up 17 fights...
Last week the independents cheered when the Senate Commerce Committee voted (9-to-6) in favor of the Capper Bill which provides for a reduction in crude imports to 16,000,000 bbl. per year for the next three years, and a total embargo on gasoline during this time...
...French company's first Soviet contract was for 70,000 metric tons of oil. The new contract is for 300,000 metric tons (about 2,250,000 bbl...
...Della Crim Well came in on the Crim farm about twelve miles north of the first well, near the village of Kilgore. The entire town turned out for the event. A notable exception was Mrs. Crim herself, who went to church. With this well, which started flowing 22,000 bbl. per day. the boom started. Malcolm Crim has made a living for the past 20 years financing the local Negro farmers. In so doing he has acquired much land around Kilgore. Now he sits in the back of his general store, smokes a corncob pipe, parcels out his scattered estate...
...Deal. When Dubbs's "cracking" was perfected, President Halle began in 1922 to grant oil companies rights to use Dubbs's patent and pay him royalties. Last year some 250 scattered units "cracked" about 40.000,000 bbl. of gasoline from the residue of crude oil left when other refining processes in use had finished. Among the operating companies were Standard of California and Shell Union; the royalties they had to pay were tremendous. So a holding company for them, called United Gasoline Co., negotiated to buy Universal Oil Products for $22,249.999. Halle, Dubbs, et al and most...