Energy conversion table

Oil

(average reference density 32.35 fAPI, relative density 0.8636)

(a)

l oil: liters of oil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 barrel

(bbl)

158.987 l oil (a)

0.159 m3 oil

162.602 m3 gas

 

5,492 ft3 gas

1 barrel/d

(bbl/d)

~50 t/y

 

5,800,000 btu

 

 

1 cubic meter

(m3)

1,000 l oil

6.29 bbl

1,033 m3 gas

 

36,481 ft3 gas

1 tonne oil equivalent

(toe)

1,160.49 l oil

7,299 bbl

1.161 m3 oil

1,187 m3 gas

41,911 ft3 gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 cubic meter

(m3)

0.976 l oil

0.00643 bbl

35,314.67 btu

 

35,315 ft3 gas

1,000 cubic feet

(ft3)

27.637 l oil

0.1742 bbl

1,000,000 btu

27.317 m3 gas

0.02386 toe

1,000,000 British thermal unit

(btu)

27.4 l oil

0.17 bbl

0.027 m3 oil

28.3 m3 gas

1,000 ft3 gas

1 tonne LNG

(tLNG)

1.2 toe

8.9 bbl

52,000,000 btu

 

52,000 ft3 gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 megawatthour = 1,000 kWh

(MWh)

93.532 l oil

0.5883 bbl

0.0955 m3 oil

94.448 m3 gas

3,412.14 ft3 gas

1 teraJoule

(Tj)

25,981.45 l oil

163.42 bbl

25.9814 m3 oil

26,939.46 m3 gas

947,826.7 ft3 gas

1,000,000 kilocalories

(kcal)

108.8 l oil

0.68 bbl

0.109 m3 oil

112.4 m3 gas

3,968.3 ft3 gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conversion of mass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

kilogram (kg)

pound (lb)

metric ton (t)

kg

 

1

2.2046

0.001

lb

 

0.4536

1

0.0004536

t

 

1,000

22,046

1

 

 

 

 

 

Conversion of length

 

 

 

 

 

 

meter (m)

inch (in)

foot (ft)

yard (yd)

m

1

39,37

3.281

1.093

in

0.0254

1

0.0833

0.0278

ft

0.3048

12

1

0.3333

yd

0.9144

36

3

1

 

 

 

 

 

Conversion of volumes

 

 

 

 

 

 

cubic foot (ft3)

barrel (bbl)

liter (lt)

cubic meter (m3)

ft3

1

0

28.32

0.02832

bbl

5.615

1

159

0.158984

l

0.035311

0.0063

1

0.001

m3

35.3107

6.2898

103

1