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<onlyinclude>'''Barrels of oil equivalent''' or BOE is a measure of [[energy]]; it's almost always used to discuss [[primary energy]]. It compares any amount of energy to how much energy is contained in a single [[barrel]] of [[oil]].</onlyinclude><ref>EIA  '' Approximate Heat Content of Petroleum Production, Imports, and Exports'' [Online]. Available: http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec13_2.pdf [August 15th, 2017].</ref> The [[volume]] of a barrel of oil is quite specific and equal to about 35 imperial [[gallon]]s (42 US gallons, about 159 [[liter]]s). A barrel of oil is also significantly heavy. Since average domestic crude oil weighs about 7.21 pounds per gallon, a barrel of oil weighs around 300 pounds or about 136 kilograms.<ref>Chevron. (July 6, 2015). ''What is in a Barrel of Oil?'' [Online]. Available: http://elsegundo.chevron.com/home/abouttherefinery/whatwedo/what_is_in_a_barrel_of_oil.aspx</ref>

The amount of energy that this amount equates to is dependent on the [[energy density]] of oil, and ends up making 1 BOE equal to 5.7 [[M|MTUs]] or 1.7 [[watt-hour|MWh]].<ref name = EIA>EIA, 'About energy units' Online: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/?page=about_energy_units Accessed: Aug 17, 2017.</ref>

A barrel of oil is a lot of energy, so it is typically used when exploration and production companies are reporting the amount of reserves they may have. By giving a BOE figure, analysts, investors and management can assess the total amount of energy the firm has access to, providing an equivalent unit for different amounts of primary energy for [[natural gas]], [[coal]] or even [[uranium]].<ref name=EIA/> 

==Conversions==
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