The US dry quart is a unit of volume in the US customary system with the symbol qt.
1 US dry quart is equal to 1/32 US bushels, 1/8 US pecks, 1/4 US dry gallons or 2 US dry pints. The SI / metric equivalent is ≈ 1.101221 L. There are 38.758 imperial fluid ounces in
The barrel is a unit of volume used in the oil industry with the symbol bbl.
Oil is more commonly expressed in terms of cubic metres (m³) but in the US and in the economic world (mainly because such a large percentage of the world's oil is shipped to the US) as barrels.
The measurement of the barrel originated in the US at the first oil well in Pennsylvania. There were so many variants of barrel size (including those used for wine and other goods) that the distrust became so prevalent a central and standard barrel size was created. This was finally established in 1872 as 42 US gallons.