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Conversion factors relevant to petrochemical activities.

Derivatives from gas BPAmoco Conversion Another for petroleum/gas
Table 1 Prefix Kilo Mega Giga Tera Peta Metric 1 kilogram 1 tonne 1 tonne 1 kilolitre 1 barrel (of oil, bbl) Unit 103 106 109 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

Energy & other 38 megajoules as methane 44 megajoules as W.A. NWS LNG

1 billion cubic metres of natural gas 1 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF)

730 000 tonnes of LNG Approx. 1 000 petajoules Approx. 20 million tonnes

1 tonne of gas 1 terajoule

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 = 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 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

7.33 bbls 42.1 gigajoules

1 MMBTU 3.6 gigajoule 1 petajoule (1 terajoule) 1 terajoule of gas per day 1 million tonnes of LNG per year

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

100 MW power station (33% efficiency) Coal Condensate Crude oil LNG Natural gas

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

Mass or volume gas 1 cubic metre of gas

Energy & other 38 megajoules as methane 44 megajoules as W.A. NWS LNG

1 billion cubic metres of natural gas 1 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF)

730 000 tonnes of LNG Approx. 1 000 petajoules Approx. 20 million tonnes

1 tonne of gas 1 terajoule

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 = 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 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

7.33 bbls 42.1 gigajoules

1 MMBTU 3.6 gigajoule 1 petajoule (1 terajoule) 1 terajoule of gas per day 1 million tonnes of LNG per year

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

100 MW power station (33% efficiency) Coal Condensate Crude oil LNG Natural gas

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 Metric Equivalent 0.1364 metric tons 5.75 gigajoules 0.9072 metric tons 0.0283 cubic meters 0.0862 metric tons 1 055.1 joules 0.1172 metric tons 0.1340 metric tons 0.1502 metric tons 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 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

Crude oil Coal Natural gas Natural gas plant liquids Btu/joule Motor gasoline Distillate fuel oil Residual fuel oil cubic metre cubic foot gas million Btu 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 0.036 0.00102 1 0.1 0.95 0.003415 21.04 52 5.46 40

1 barrel 1 short ton 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

Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1995, DOE/EIA0384(95) (Washington, DC, July 1996), Appendix B.

Gas in perspective 1TCF of gas could power the average family vehicle around the earth (40 000 kilometres) in excess of 10 million times.

1TCF of gas could power the average family vehicle around the earth (40 000 kilometres) in excess of 10 million times.
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