# So, how many gallons in a cubic meter?

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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 11, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-gallons-in-a-cubic-meter/542749 "2010-06-11T03:26:20Z")
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### Author: ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-gallons-in-a-cubic-meter/542749/21 "2010-06-12T22:41:28Z")

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Anyway. Thanks guys, the answer is more interesting than I thought.

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### Author: ![Khendrask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-gallons-in-a-cubic-meter/542749/22 "2010-06-14T13:24:58Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> Since this is _British_ Petroleum one wonders if they make quantities seem smaller by quoting in _Imperial gallons_ which are 20% larger than U.S. liquid gallons.
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> Just saying.

Nitpick - No, it is not _British_ Petroleum. The name was officially changed several years ago to simply BP, which is currently the global brand. The company actually expands that out into Beyond Petroleum for marketing, but the actual global brand is only BP.

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