Reports & Statistics : Oil and Gas Reference Tools
Common Abbreviations
bbl. = barrel
b/d = barrels per day
Mcf = thousand cubic feet
MMcf = million cubic feet
Bcf = billion cubic feet
Tcf = trillion cubic feet
BTU = British Thermal Unit
NGL = Natural Gas Liquids
LPG = Liquified Petroleum Gases
Energy Conversions
One cubic foot of natural gas equals:
- 7.48 gallons
- 1,030 BTU of energy
- 0.000178 barrel of crude oil
- 0.00004 ton of bituminous coal
One barrel of crude oil equals:
- 42 gallons
- 5,800,000 BTU of energy
- 5,614 cubic feet of natural gas
- 0.22 ton of bituminous coal
One metric ton of crude oil equals:
- 2,204 pounds
- 7.46 barrels of domestic crude oil
- 6.99 barrels of foreign crude oil
One cubic meter of natural gas equals:
- 35.314 cubic feet
One short ton of bituminous coal equals:
- 2,000 pounds
- 26,200,000 BTU of energy
- 4.52 barrels of crude oil
- 25,314 cubic feet of natural gas