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Comment by engineer_22

8 months ago

Barrel is a unit of measure, like gallon.

I know that. But if you show up to an oil field and buy a barrel of oil, they're not going to give it to you in plastic bags.

  • Maybe they could use a plastic bag surrounded by a cardboard box, like the bulk cat litter at Menards.

  • Selling you a single barrel of oil on a once off basis is _almost_ as absurd as expecting delivery in plastic bags.

    • Unless you're in Canada, where they sell everything in plastic bags, and a barrel of oil is a solid chunk of rock at room temperature.