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German: 10.000 Tonnen Schweröl

English translation: 10,000 tonnes of heavy oil



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German term or phrase:10.000 Tonnen Schweröl
English translation:10,000 tonnes of heavy oil
Entered by:Craig Meulen
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Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci
German term or phrase: 10.000 Tonnen Schweröl
Context: an oil spill at sea

Rund 10.000 Tonnen Schweröl bewegen sich unaufhaltsam auf XXY zu.

This is an estimate of how much oil has leaked from a tanker and is now heading for the coast.

Should I write "10,000 barrels of crude oil" ?
Craig Meulen
Germany
10,000 tonnes of heavy oil
Explanation:
A barrel does not equal a ton and heavy oil is not the same as crude oil

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Note added at 8 mins (2007-10-02 13:22:21 GMT)
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A barrel equals approx. 0.136 tonnes
Selected response from:

Alan Johnson
Germany
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks for clearing this up! (The linguistic 'spill', not the oil!)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1010,000 tonnes of heavy oil
Alan Johnson
3 +210.000 tonnes of fuel oil/ heavy oil Dolores Vázquez


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
10.000 tonnes of fuel oil/ heavy oil

Explanation:
An option.


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Dolores Vázquez
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in GalicianGalician, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Assem: agree
14 mins
  -> Thanks.

agree Sladjana
1 hr
  -> Thanks.

neutral LittleBalu: 10,000 - not 10.000
6 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
10,000 tonnes of heavy oil

Explanation:
A barrel does not equal a ton and heavy oil is not the same as crude oil

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Note added at 8 mins (2007-10-02 13:22:21 GMT)
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A barrel equals approx. 0.136 tonnes

Alan Johnson
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 38
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks for clearing this up! (The linguistic 'spill', not the oil!)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Steffen Walter
7 mins

agree SusieZ
7 mins

agree Sven Petersson
10 mins

agree David Moore
11 mins

agree Assem: agree
12 mins

agree Armorel Young
1 hr

agree Sladjana
1 hr

agree JohnGBell
3 hrs

agree LittleBalu
6 hrs

agree Cilian O'Tuama: and two wrongs don't make a right
11 hrs
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