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back to Index 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 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 http://www.minerals.nsw.gov.au/prodServices/publications/commodities/petroleum/gas_publications http://www.minerals.nsw.gov.au/geology 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 [Ref: Chemical Engineers Handbook. John H Perry, ed. McGraw-Hill Book Company: New York, 1963. Pg 9-9.] 19 1,050 Btu/standard cubic foot natural gas Methane 0.941 Million Btu/Thousand Cubic Feet http://www.nrel.gov/vehiclesandfuels/ngvtf/pdfs/lng_fuel_sys_tech_wegrzyn.pdf
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Liquids BBLS - barrels BOE - barrel of oil equivalent MBBLS - thousand barrels BBLS/D - barrels per day BOPD - barrels of oil per day NGL - natural gas liquids STB MSTB - stock tank barrels - thousand stock tank barrels Natural Gas BCF - billion cubic feet MCF - thousand cubic feet MMCF - million cubic feet MCF/D - thousand cubic feet per day MMCF/D - million cubic feet per day MMBTU - million British thermal units

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
CONVERSIONS
Prefix Kilo Mega Giga Unit 103 106

1 cubic meter of natural gas ~ 1/2 metric ton.

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109 Tera Peta Metric 1 kilogram 1 tonne 1 tonne 1 kilolitre 1 barrel (of oil, bbl) 1012 1015 Imperial 2.204 pounds 1.10231 US short ton (2 000 lbs) 0.98421 UK long ton (2 240 pounds) 6.28981 barrels (bbls) 158.987 litres 42 US gallons 0.1364 tonnes 35.3147 cubic feet 0.94781 British Thermal Units (Btus) 4.186 joules

1 cubic metre (1 kilolitre) 1 kilojoule 1 calorie Other 1 cubic metre

35.3147 cubic feet Table 2 Petroleum and coal

Mass or volume gas 1 cubic metre of gas 1 billion cubic metres of natural gas 1 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) 1 tonne of gas 1 terajoule

Energy & other 38 megajoules as methane 44 megajoules as W.A. NWS LNG 730 000 tonnes of LNG Approx. 1 000 petajoules 20 million tonnes 1 333 cubic metres 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 28 317 cubic metres = 1 million cubic feet per day) 19.39 tonne of LNG 1 057 Gigajoules 1.1 Terajoules 1 tonne of LNG 1 460 cubic metres (at 20C) (or 1 333 at 0C) 54.5 Gigajoules 9.5 bbl of Arab crude oil by energy equivalence 51.7 MMBTUs 1 tonne of crude oil 1 MMBTU 3.6 gigajoule 1 petajoule (1 terajoule) 1 terajoule of gas per day 1 million tonnes of LNG per year 100 MW power station (33% efficiency) Coal Condensate Crude oil LNG Natural gas 7.33 bbls 42.1 gigajoules 1.055 Gigajoules 1 MWh ca. 20 000 tonnes (20 tonnes) gas ca. 7 200 tonnes per year. 1.333 billion cubic metres per year 3.65 million cubic metres of natural gas per day ca. 25 terajoules per day (10 Gigajoules/1MWh) ca. 20 Gigajoules per tonne ca. 32 Megajoules per Litre ca. 37 Megajoules per Litre ca 25 Megajoules per Litre ca. 38 Megajoules per Cubic Metre Average Energy Conversion Factors U.S. Customary Unit Crude oil Coal 1 barrel 1 short ton Metric Equivalent 0.1364 metric tons 5.75 gigajoules 0.9072 metric tons

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Natural gas Natural gas plant liquids Btu/joule Motor gasoline Distillate fuel oil Residual fuel oil cubic metre cubic foot gas 1 cubic meter gas 1 cubic foot gas 1-million Btu 1 therm 1 gigajoule 1 kilowatt hour 1 cubic meter LNG 1 ton LNG 1 barrel Arabian Lt. 1 ton Arabian Lt. 1 0.0283 27.8 2.78 26.3 0.0949 584 1,379 0.152 1.111 35.3 1 981 98.1 930 3.3 20 631 48 690 5 350 39 218 million Btu 0.036 0.00102 1 0.1 0.95 0.003415 21.04 52 5.46 40

1 cubic foot 1 barrel 1 Btu Petroleum products 1 barrel 1 barrel 1 barrel therm 0.36 0.0102 10 1 9.5 0.03418 210.4 520 54.6 400 gigajoule 0.038 0.00108 1.054 0.105448 1 0.0036 22.19 54.8 5.75 42.2 kilowatt hour 10.54 0.299 292.7 29.27 277.5 1 6,173 15 222 1 597 11 708

0.0283 cubic meters 0.0862 metric tons 1 055.1 joules 0.1172 metric tons 0.1340 metric tons 0.1502 metric tons cubic metre of LNG ton of LNG 0.00171 0.00005 0.048 0.0048 0.045 0.000162 1 2.47 0.259 1.9 0.000725 0.00002 0.0192 0.00192 0.018 0.000065 0.405 1 0.105 0.769

The following table sets forth certain standard conversions from Standard Imperial Units to the International System of Units (or metric units). http://www.eppo.go.th/ref/UNIT-OIL.html

NG OIL OIL COAL boe/y tce/y 106 mmcF/d toe/y 109 Nm3/y ----------------------------------------------------------------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 MCF Cubic meters BBLS (U.S. 42 gallons) Cubic meters ("m") Feet Meters Miles Kilometers Acres Hectares To Cubic meters ("m") Cubic feet Cubic meters ("m") BBLS Meters Feet Kilometers Miles Hectares Acres Multiply By 28.174 35.494 0.159 6.290 0.305 3.281 1.609 0.621 0.405 2.471

LNG t/y

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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 1 lb-mole gas = = 22.41 Nm 3 @ 101.325kPa(A) and 0 oC 379.49 scf @ 14.696psia and 60 oF

Price Conversions for Natural Gas "US$ 1.00/MMBTU" is equal to: for other fuels multiply by to obtain
5.46 40.22 51.32 46.63 42.66 13.10 26.98 US$/ barrel of oil US$/ ton. fuel oil US$/ ton. LNG US$/ ton. PLG US$/ ton. diesel US$/ ton. firewood US$/ ton. charcoal

expressed in R$ multiply by
Exchange rate x 37.30 Exchange Rate x 1.06 Exchange Rate x 0.10 Exchange Rate x 3.97 Exchange Rate x 3.42 Exchange Rate x 0.95

to obtain
US$/ mil m natural gas US$/ mil ft natural gas US$/ therm US$/ cal US$/ mwh US$/ Gjoule

Exchange Rate in R$

million BTU
'000 cubic meters natural gas ton LNG ton PLG ton diesel ton fuel oil ton charcoal national coal (4,500 kcal/Kg) ton firewood barrel petroleum 37.30 51.32 46.63 42.66 40.22 26.98 17.86 13.10 5.46

'000 cubic meters natural gas

1.00 1.38 1.25 1.14 1.08 0.72 0.48 0.35 0.15

Ton LNG
0.73 1.00 0.91 0.83 0.78 0.53 0.35 0.26 0.11

Ton PLG
0.80 1.10 1.00 0.91 0.86 0.58 0.38 0.28 0.12

Ton fuel oil

0.93 1.28 1.16 1.06 1.00 0.67 0.44 0.33 0.14

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

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