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Conversion Factors

The document provides conversion factors for various units of crude oil, natural gas, and LNG, including tonnes, kilolitres, barrels, and US gallons. It also includes units of measure and calorific equivalents for oil and other fuels. Additionally, it outlines the energy produced from one million tonnes of oil in a power station.

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Conversion Factors

The document provides conversion factors for various units of crude oil, natural gas, and LNG, including tonnes, kilolitres, barrels, and US gallons. It also includes units of measure and calorific equivalents for oil and other fuels. Additionally, it outlines the energy produced from one million tonnes of oil in a power station.

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To Convert

Crude Oil* tonnes (metric) kilolitres barrels US gallons tonnes/


year
From Multiply by
Tonnes (metric) 1 1.165 7.33 307.86 -
Kilolitres 0.8581 1 6.2898 264.17 -
Barrels 0.1364 0.159 1 42 -
US Gallons 0.00325 0.0038 0.0238 1 -
Barrels/day - - - - 49.8
*Based on worldwide average gravity.

From
Products barrels to tonnes tonnes to barrels kilolitres to tonnes tonnes to kilolitres
Multiply by
LPG 0.086 11.6 0.542 1.844
Gasoline 0.118 8.5 0.740 1.351
Kerosene 0.128 7.8 0.806 1.240
Gas oil / diesel 0.133 7.5 0.839 1.192
Fuel oil 0.149 6.7 0.939 1.065

To Convert

Natural Gas & LNG billion cubic billion cubic million tonnes oil million tonnes trillion British million barrels oil
metres NG feet NG equivalent LNG thermal units equivalent
From Multiply by
1 billion cubic metres 1 35.3 0.90 0.73 36 6.29
NG
1 billion cubic feet NG 0.028 1 0.026 0.021 1.03 0.18
1 million tonnes oil 1.111 39.2 1 0.805 40.4 7.33
equivalent
1 million tonnes LNG 1.38 48.7 1.23 1 52.0 8.68
1 trillion British thermal 0.028 0.98 0.025 0.02 1 0.17
units
1 million barrels oil 0.16 5.61 0.14 0.12 5.8 1
equivalent

Units of Measure

1 metric tonne = 2204.62 lb.


= 1.1023 short tons
1 kilolitre = 6.2898 barrels
1 kilolitre = 1 cubic metre
1 kilocalorie (kcal) = 4.187 kJ = 3.968 Btu
1 kilojoule (kJ) = 0.239 kcal = 0.948 Btu
1 British thermal unit (Btu) = 0.252 kcal = 1.055 kJ
1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 860 kcal = 3600 kJ = 3412 Btu

Calorific equivalents

One tonne of oil equivalent equals approximately:


Heat units 10 million kilocalories
42 gigajoules
40 million Btu
Solid fuels 1.5 tonnes of hard coal
3 tonnes of lignite
Gaseous fuels See natural gas and LNG table
Electricity 12 megawatt-hours

One million tonnes of oil produces about 4500 gigawatt-hours (=4.5 terawatt hours) of electricity in a modern power station.

Tonnes = metric tons

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