The Great Barrel Blunder: How Six U.S. States Are Breaking U.S. Measurement Standards and Costing Businesses Millions
To the average consumer, a barrel is a barrel—a quintessential cylindrical container associated with oil extraction, brewing, and old-fashioned shipping. But to ask "how many gallons are in a barrel?" is to step into a regulatory minefield. While mathematics and federal law offer straightforward answers, state-level bureaucrats have spent generations muddying the waters. Today, the…
