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2. Drum (container) - Wikipedia

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   Many drums nominally measure just under 880 millimetres (35 in) tall with a diameter just under 610 millimetres (24 in), and have a common nominal volume of 208 litres (55 US gal) whereas the barrel volume of crude oil is 42 US gallons (159 L). In the United States, 25-US-gallon (95-litre) drums are also in common use and have the same height.

3. Barrel - Wikipedia

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   Blue 55-US gallon (44 imp gal, 200 L) barrel (drum) Wooden casks of various sizes were used to store whale oil on ships in the age of sail. Its viscous nature made sperm whale oil a particularly difficult substance to contain in staved containers. Oil coopers were probably the most skilled coopers in pre-industrial cooperage.

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5. Barrel (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Both the 42-US-gallon (159 L) barrels (based on the old English wine measure), the tierce (159 litres) and the 40-US-gallon (150 L) whiskey barrels were used. Also, 45-US-gallon (170 L) barrels were in common use. The 40 gallon whiskey barrel was the most common size used by early oil producers, since they were readily available at the time.

6. Reusable Industrial Packaging Association - Wikipedia

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   NABADA was eventually renamed as the Reusable Industrial Packaging Association (RIPA). Though originally focused on steel drums and barrels, RIPA has come to represent other areas of the industrial packaging industry, such as plastic and fiber packaging. [6] [7] From 1948 to 1983, RIPA was headed by Morris Hershson. [8]

7. Greif, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   Greif Bros logo, 1978. The company was founded in Cleveland in 1877 as "Vanderwyst and Greif" by Charles Greif and his partner Albert Vanderwyst. After three brothers from the Greif family joined the company, it was renamed Greif Bros. Company, and focused on cooperage for the transportation of post-Civil War goods.