Word: bbl
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...oilfields gush again. Pennsylvania's old wells, though they still yield the richest crude oil in the world, have slowed down to an average of less than half a barrel a day from each well. From his single shaft at Franklin, Ranney expects to get more than 120 bbl...
since 1940, with possible reserves of 300,000,000 bbl...
Some 2,800 stockholders in two lately obscure U.S. corporations are about to be inundated with 255,000 bbl. of rye and Kentucky bourbon. That is 12,240,000 gal., or 48,960,000 quarts, or 61,200,000 fifths of Christmas cheer. The cheer...
...York's American Distilling Co., now busy with "buna and bombs," this week announced it would sell all of its 245,000 bbl. of bourbon and rye to its stockholders at cost (around $30 a bbl.). Two days before, OPA had hit American with a $7,500,000 ceiling violation suit...
...facts touched off the American Distilling surge. For if & when all the other deals go through, American will be about the biggest independent left. Wall Street is already awash with rumors that American, too, is not long for this world. In any case, at $100 each, its 200,000 bbl. of liquor translate into $80 for every one of its 250,000 shares of stock-v. a top price last week...