Definitions for "Barrels per day"
Keywords:  bpd, crude, petroleum, bbl, kerosene
in the United States, a measure of the rate of flow of a well; the total amount of oil and other fluids produced or processed per day.
Production of crude oil and petroleum products is frequently measured in barrels per day, often abbreviated bpd or bd. A barrel is a volume measure of forty-two United States gallons. Conversion of barrels to tons depends on the density of the specific product. About 7.3 barrels of average crude oil weigh one ton. Heavy crude weighs about seven barrels per ton. Light products, such as gasoline and kerosene, average close to eight barrels per ton.
Recognised world-wide as bpd. Measures the flow of crude oil production from a field or producing company or nation. May also measure the throughput of crude at a refinery or its capacity or output of refined petroleum products.