55 gallons!
The drum has a capacity of 55 gallons. We have no way of knowing how many gallons are actually in it at any particular time.
55 gallons = 208 liters
55 gallons
1 drum = 55 us gallons 1 us gallon = 128 ounces 128 ounces x 55 us gallons = 7040 ounces 7040 ounces = 1 drum thus, there are 7040 ounces in a 55 gallon drum ;)
It is closer to 46 Imperial gallons. (55 US gallons = 45.7970612 Imperial gallons).
55 Imperial gallons = 250 L55 US gallons = 208.2 L
55 as the name implies
55 gallons is equal to 7040 ounces.
55 US liquid gallons equates to 208.197 liters.
-- You can put as much or as little as you want to into a 55-gallon drum, as long as you don't exceed 55 gallons. -- A "barrel of oil" is not a 55-gallon drum. It's 35 imperial gallons, which is approximately 42.5 US gallons. (So the price of oil by the barrel is even higher than it sounds.)
4 quarts to a gallon. IF a 55 gallon drum is actually holding 55 gallons, it would be 4x55=220 quarts.