Units

Some common units used in the oil and gas industry are listed here as a representative selection of US and metric units, since both are used in different parts of the oil industry. The non-standard factors differ slightly between different sources.

API American Petroleum Institute crude grade
API = (141.5 / Specific gravity ) – 131.5
Spec gravity = 141.5/(API + 131.5) kg/l
Bl Barrel (of oil)
1 Bl = 42 Gallons
1 Bl = 159 liters
1 Bl equiv. to 5487 scf = 147 scm gas
Bpd Barrel per day
1 Bpd 50 tons/tons per year
BTU British thermal unit
1 BTU = 0.293 Wh = 1,055 kJ
Cal Calorie
1 Cal = 4,187 J (Joules)
MMscf Million standard cubic feet

1 MMscf = 23.8 TOE 174 barrels
psi Pounds per square inch
1 psi = 6.9 kPa = 0.069 atm

Scf Standard cubic feet (of gas) defined by energy, not a normalized volume
1 scf = 1000 BTU = 252 kcal
= 293 Wh = 1,055 MJ
0.0268 scm
Scm Standard cubic meter (of gas, also Ncm) Defined by energy content
1 Scm = 39 MJ = 10.8 kWh
1 Scm 37.33 Scf (not a volume conv.)
1 Scm 1.122 kg
TOE Tons oil equivalent
Range 6.6 - 8 barrels at
API range 8 - 52
1 TOE = 1000 kg = 1 Ton (metric) oil
1 TOE = 1 Tone oil (US)
1 TOE 7.33 Barrels (at 33 API)
1 TOE 42.9 GJ =11,9 MWh
1 TOE 40.6 MMBTU
1 TOE 1.51 ton of coal
1 TOE 0.79 ton LNG
1 TOE 1,125 Scm = 42,000 Scf
kWh Kilowatt hour = 1000 joules * 3600 S
1 kWh = 3.6 MJ = 860 kcal = 3,413 BTU


Product specific gravity, API grades
Product
Liters Per Ton
(metric)
API Grade

Specific Gravity
(kg/m3)
Barrels per Ton
At 60°F
LPG
1835
10
1000
6.29
Jet A-1
1254
18
934
6.73
Gasoline
premium/super
Gasoline regular
1353

1418
25

30
904

876
6.98

7.19
Kerosene
1273
33
860
7.33
Gas oil
1177
36
845
7.46
Diesel fuel
1159
39
830
7.60
Fuel oil 80 CST
1065
42
816
7.73
Fuel oil 180 CST
1050
50
780
8.06
Fuel oil 230 CST
1047



Fuel oil 280 CST
1044



Bitumen
979






CO2 Emissions from burning of coal and hydrocarbons
Product
Average Carbon No.
CO2 kg
per kg
CO2 kg
Per kWh
Other unit
Methane
1
2,75
0,178
1,92 kg CO2 / scm
Gasoline
8
3,09
0,241
2,28 kg CO2 / liter
Diesel
12
3,11
0,249
2,68 kg CO2 / liter
Fuel oil
25
3,12
0,268
3,97 kg CO2 / liter
Coal
1
3,67
0,325

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