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The following tables includes a selection of commonly used units which were provided as a compliance of CEC for the convenience of the users:

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Liquids:

Abbreviation Description
b/d barrels per day
bbl barrels
m3 cubic metre
m3/d cubic metres per day
Mb/d thousand barrels per day
MMb million barrels
MMb/d million barrels per day

Natural Gas:

Abbreviation Description
Bcf billion cubic feet
Bcf/d billion cubic feet per day
Btu/cf British thermal units per cubic feet
cf cubic feet
m3 cubic metre
m3/d cubic metres per day
Mcf thousand cubic feet
MMBtu million British thermal units
MMcf million cubic feet
MMcf/d million cubic feet per day
Tcf trillion cubic feet

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Electricity:

Abbreviation Description
MW megawatt
kW.h kilowatt hour
MW.h megawatt hour
GW.h gigawatt hour
TW.h terawatt hour

Common Conversions:

From To Multiply By
metres (m) feet 3.2808
kilometres (km) miles 0.621
hectares (ha) acres 2.471
kilograms (kg) pounds 2.205
cubic metres (m3) barrels (oil or natural gas liquids) 6.292
cubic metres (m3) cubic feet of natural gas
(@ 14.73 psia and 60oF)		 35.301
litres (L) US gallons 0.265
litres (L) imperial gallons 0.220
imperial gallons US gallons 1.201
barrels (bbl) US gallons 42.0
barrels (bbl) imperial gallons 34.972
metric tonnes (t) pounds 2204.6
kilometers/litre miles/gallon 2.825
gigajoules (GJ) million British thermal units 0.95

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Prefixes and Equivalents:

Prefixes Equivalent
k (kilo) 103
M (mega) 106
G (giga) 109
T (tera) 1012
P (peta) 1015
E (exa) 1018

Energy Content

The energy content of a 30-litre tank of gasoline is approximately one gigajoule or 0.95 million Btu of energy. A petajoule is one million gigajoules. On average, Canada consumes about one petajoule of energy every 50 minutes for all uses (heat, light and transportation) for both commercial and residential use.

Energy

Unit Equivalent to
gigajoule (GJ) 109 joules
0.95 million Btu
0.95 thousand cubic feet of natural gas at 1000 Btu/cf
0.165 barrels of oil
0.28 megawatt hour of electricity

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Crude Oil

Unit Equivalent to
1 cubic metre (m3) (pentanes plus) 35.17 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (light) 38.51 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (heavy) 40.90 GJ

Natural Gas

Unit Equivalent to
1 cubic metre (m3) 35.301 cubic feet @ 14.73 psia and 60oF
thousand cubic feet (Mcf) 1.05 GJ
million cubic feet (MMcf) 1.05 TJ
billion cubic feet (Bcf) 1.05 PJ
trillion cubic feet (Tcf) 1.05 EJ

Natural Gas Liquids

Unit Equivalent to
1 cubic metre (m3) (ethane) 18.36 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (propane) 25.53 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (butane) 28.62 GJ

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Electricity

Unit Equivalent to
gigawatt hour (GW.h) 106 kW.h
3 600 GJ
0.0036 PJ
kilowatt hour (kW.h) 0.0036 GJ
megawatt hour (MW.h) 3.6 GJ
terawatt hour (TW.h) 109 kW.h
3.6 PJ

Coal

Unit Equivalent to
1 tonne (t) (anthracite) 27.70 GJ
1 tonne (t) (bituminous) 27.60 GJ
1 tonne (t) (lignite) 14.40 GJ
1 tonne (t) (subbituminous) 18.80 GJ

Petroleum Products

Unit Equivalent to
1 cubic metre (m3) (asphalt) 44.46 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (aviation gasoline) 33.52 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (aviation turbo fuel) 35.93 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (diesel) 38.68 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (heavy fuel oil) 41.73 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (kerosene) 37.68 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (light fuel oil) 38.68 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (lubes and greases) 39.16 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (motor gasoline) 34.66 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (naphtha specialties) 35.17 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (petrochemical feedstock) 34.17 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (petroleum coke) 42.38 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (still gas) 41.73 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (other products) 39.82 GJ

Other Fuels

Unit Equivalent to
1 cubic metre (m3) (ethanol) 23.60 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (hydrogen) 0.12 GJ
1 cubic metre (m3) (methanol) 15.60 GJ

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Natural Gas Conversions:
Unit     <--> Equivalent to
1 cubic metre (m3)     35.301 cubic feet @ 14.73 psia and 60oF
thousand cubic feet (Mcf)     1.05 GJ
million cubic feet (MMcf)     1.05 TJ
billion cubic feet (Bcf)     1.05 PJ
trillion cubic feet (Tcf)     1.05 EJ


Natural gas: HHV = 1027 Btu/ft3 = 38.3 MJ/m3
                  LHV    = 930 Btu/ft3 = 34.6 MJ/m3
1,012      Btu/standard cubic foot methane            
           1,050     Btu/standard cubic foot natural gas
Methane      0.941      Million Btu/Thousand Cubic Feet
 
 
LNG Conversions:
 
• 1 LNG tonne = 2,200 lbs / 3.5 = 621 LNG gallons per LNG tonne
• Typical LNG composition = 97mol% C1, 1.5% C2, <0.25% C3+, balance N2
• 1 LNG Gallon = 82.6 standard cubic feet of natural gas
• 1 LNG gallon = 82,644 Btu
• 1,000,000 Btu / 82,644 Btu per gallon = 12.1 LNG gallons per MMBtu
• 10,000 gallons = 826 MCF
 
• 1 LNG road tanker = 9,500 LNG gallons = 33,670 lbs of LNG = 785 MCF
• 1 LNG gallon weighs 3.5 lbs
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Liquids  Natural Gas
BBLS - barrels BCF - billion cubic feet
BOE - barrel of oil equivalent MCF - thousand cubic feet
MBBLS - thousand barrels MMCF - million cubic feet
BBLS/D - barrels per day MCF/D - thousand cubic feet per day
BOPD - barrels of oil per day MMCF/D - million cubic feet per day
NGL - natural gas liquids MMBTU - million British thermal units
STB - stock tank barrels    
MSTB - thousand stock tank barrels    
2127 liters - one ton LNG 47,000 tons = 100 thousand kiloliters LNG
135,000 m3 (62,000 tons) LNG ship unloads 12 hrs docked 21
one month trip Korea from Middle East, 15 days Australia		 1 cubic meter of natural gas ~ 1/2 metric ton.

CONVERSIONS

Prefix Unit
Kilo 103
Mega 106
Giga 109
Tera 1012
Peta 1015
Metric Imperial
1 kilogram 2.204 pounds
1 tonne 1.10231 US short ton (2 000 lbs)
1 tonne 0.98421 UK long ton (2 240 pounds)
1 kilolitre 6.28981 barrels (bbls)
1 barrel (of oil, bbl) 158.987 litres 
42 US gallons
0.1364 tonnes
1 cubic metre (1 kilolitre) 35.3147 cubic feet
1 kilojoule 0.94781 British Thermal Units (Btus)
1 calorie 4.186 joules
Other  
1 cubic metre  35.3147 cubic feet
Table 2 Petroleum and coal
Mass or volume gas Energy & other
1 cubic metre of gas  38 megajoules as methane
44 megajoules as W.A. NWS LNG
1 billion cubic metres of natural gas 730 000 tonnes of LNG
1 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) Approx. 1 000 petajoules
20 million tonnes
1 tonne of gas 1 333 cubic metres
1 terajoule 26 300 cubic metres of gas
0.929 million cubic feet of natural gas
17.63 tonnes of LNG
1 MCF (eg. per day) (millions cubic feet) of gas (also 1MMSFD = 1 million cubic feet per day)  28 317 cubic metres
19.39 tonne of LNG
1 057 Gigajoules
1.1 Terajoules
1 tonne of LNG 1 460 cubic metres (at 20ºC) (or 1 333 at 0ºC)
54.5 Gigajoules
9.5 bbl of Arab crude oil by energy equivalence
51.7 MMBTUs
1 tonne of crude oil 7.33 bbls
42.1 gigajoules
1 MMBTU 1.055 Gigajoules
3.6 gigajoule 1 MWh
1 petajoule (1 terajoule) ca. 20 000 tonnes (20 tonnes) gas
1 terajoule of gas per day ca. 7 200 tonnes per year.
1 million tonnes of LNG per year 1.333 billion cubic metres per year
3.65 million cubic metres of natural gas per day
100 MW power station (33% efficiency) ca. 25 terajoules per day (10 Gigajoules/1MWh)
Coal ca. 20 Gigajoules per tonne
Condensate ca. 32 Megajoules per Litre
Crude oil ca. 37 Megajoules per Litre
LNG ca 25 Megajoules per Litre
Natural gas ca. 38 Megajoules per Cubic Metre
Average Energy Conversion Factors
  U.S. Customary Unit Metric Equivalent
Crude oil 1 barrel 0.1364 metric tons
5.75 gigajoules
Coal 1 short ton 0.9072 metric tons
Natural gas 1 cubic foot 0.0283 cubic meters
Natural gas plant liquids 1 barrel 0.0862 metric tons
Btu/joule 1 Btu 1 055.1 joules
Petroleum products
Motor gasoline 1 barrel 0.1172 metric tons
Distillate fuel oil 1 barrel 0.1340 metric tons
Residual fuel oil 1 barrel 0.1502 metric tons
  cubic metre cubic foot gas million Btu therm gigajoule kilowatt hour cubic metre of LNG ton of LNG
1 cubic meter gas  1 35.3 0.036 0.36 0.038 10.54 0.00171 0.000725
1 cubic foot gas  0.0283 1 0.00102 0.0102 0.00108 0.299 0.00005 0.00002
1-million Btu  27.8 981 1 10 1.054 292.7 0.048 0.0192
1 therm  2.78 98.1 0.1 1 0.105448 29.27 0.0048 0.00192
1 gigajoule  26.3 930 0.95 9.5 1 277.5 0.045 0.018
1 kilowatt hour  0.0949 3.3 0.003415 0.03418 0.0036 1 0.000162 0.000065
1 cubic meter LNG  584 20 631 21.04 210.4 22.19 6,173 1 0.405
1 ton LNG  1,379 48 690 52 520 54.8 15 222 2.47 1
1 barrel Arabian Lt.  0.152 5 350 5.46 54.6 5.75 1 597 0.259 0.105
1 ton Arabian
Lt. 		 1.111 39 218 40 400 42.2 11 708 1.9 0.769

The following table sets forth certain standard conversions from Standard Imperial Units to the International System of Units (or metric units).
LNG NG OIL OIL COAL t/y 106 MMSCFD toe/y boe/y tce/y
----------------------------------------------------------------- 109 Nm3/y Metric ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1.41 1.22 25 1.9 0.71 1 0.87 18 39 0.82 1.15 1 20 1.55 0.04 0.056 0.049 1 0.076 0.53 0.74 0.64 13 1 -----------------------------------------------------------------

To Convert From  To 
Multiply By
     
MCF Cubic meters ("m³")
28.174
Cubic meters Cubic feet
35.494
BBLS (U.S. 42 gallons) Cubic meters ("m³")
0.159
Cubic meters ("m³") BBLS
6.290
Feet Meters
0.305
Meters Feet
3.281
Miles Kilometers
1.609
Kilometers Miles
0.621
Acres Hectares
0.405
Hectares Acres
2.471

1 million tones LNG

=~

2.2 million cubic meter LNG

1 million tones per year (tpy) LNG

=~

140 million standard cubic per day (MMscfd) gas

100 MMscfd gas

~

730,000 tpy LNG

 

~

2,100 tpd LNG

1 million cubic meter LNG

=

6.29 million bbl LNG

 

=~

460,000 tonnes LNG

1 cubic meter LNG

~

600 cubic meter gas

 

~

21200 cubic foot gas

 

=~

 

1 standard cubic foot (scf)

=

0.0268 normal cubic meter (Nm 3)

1 standard cubic meter (scm)

=

1.057 normal cubic metter (Nm 3)

 

 

 

1 kmole gas

=

22.41 Nm 3 @ 101.325kPa(A) and 0 oC

1 lb-mole gas

=

379.49 scf @ 14.696psia and 60 oF

Price Conversions for Natural Gas
"US$ 1.00/MMBTU" is equal to:

for other fuels
expressed in R$
multiply by   to obtain  multiply by   to obtain 
5.46 US$/ barrel of oil Exchange rate x 37.30 US$/ mil m³ natural gas
40.22 US$/ ton. fuel oil Exchange Rate x 1.06 US$/ mil ft³ natural gas
51.32 US$/ ton. LNG Exchange Rate x 0.10 US$/ therm
46.63 US$/ ton. PLG Exchange Rate x 3.97 US$/ cal
42.66 US$/ ton. diesel Exchange Rate x 3.42 US$/ mwh
13.10 US$/ ton. firewood Exchange Rate x 0.95 US$/ Gjoule
26.98 US$/ ton. charcoal Exchange Rate in R$  
 
  million
BTU 		'000 cubic meters
natural gas 		Ton
LNG 		Ton
PLG 		Ton
fuel oil
'000 cubic meters natural gas 37.30 1.00 0.73 0.80 0.93
ton LNG 51.32 1.38 1.00 1.10 1.28
ton PLG 46.63 1.25 0.91 1.00 1.16
ton diesel 42.66 1.14 0.83 0.91 1.06
ton fuel oil 40.22 1.08 0.78 0.86 1.00
ton charcoal 26.98 0.72 0.53 0.58 0.67
national coal (4,500 kcal/Kg) 17.86 0.48 0.35 0.38 0.44
ton firewood 13.10 0.35 0.26 0.28 0.33
barrel petroleum 5.46 0.15 0.11 0.12 0.14

natural gas: 1 cubic meter = 9,400 Kcal (20º and 1 atm)
1 million BTU ( 1 MMBTU) = 26.8 cubic meters ( m³) natural gas.


 

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