Approximate conversion factors

Statistical Review of World Energy

 Crude oil* To convert
Tonnes (metric) Kilolitres Barrels US gallons Tonnes/year
From Multiply by
Tonnes (metric) 1 1.165 7.33 307.86 –
Kilolitres 0.8581 1 6.2898 264.17 –
Barrels 0.1364 0.159 1 42 –
US gallons 0.00325 0.0038 0.0238 1 –
Barrels/day – – – – 49.8
*Based on the worldwide average gravity

Products To convert
Barrels to Tonnes to Kilolitres to Tonnes to Tonnes to Tonnes to
tonnes barrels tonnes kilolitres gigajoules barrels oil
equivalent
From Multiply by

Ethane 0.059 16.850 0.373 2.679 49.400 8.073

Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) 0.086 11.600 0.541 1.849 46.150 7.542
Gasoline 0.120 8.350 0.753 1.328 44.750 7.313
Kerosene 0.127 7.880 0.798 1.253 43.920 7.177
Gas oil/diesel 0.134 7.460 0.843 1.186 43.380 7.089
Residual fuel oil 0.157 6.350 0.991 1.010 41.570 6.793
Product basket 0.124 8.058 0.781 1.281 43.076 7.039

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 Natural gas and LNG To convert
Billion cubic Billion cubic Petajoules Million Million Trillion Million
metres NG feet NG NG tonnes oil tonnes LNG British barrels oil
equivalent thermal equivalent
units
From Multiply by
1 billion cubic metres NG 1.000 35.315 36.000 0.860 0.735 34.121 5.883
1 billion cubic feet NG 0.028 1.000 1.019 0.024 0.021 0.966 0.167
1 petajoule NG 0.028 0.981 1.000 0.024 0.021 0.952 0.164
1 million tonnes oil equivalent 1.163 41.071 41.868 1.000 0.855 39.683 6.842
1 million tonnes LNG 1.360 48.028 48.747 1.169 1.000 46.405 8.001
1 trillion British thermal units 0.029 1.035 1.050 0.025 0.022 1.000 0.172
1 million barrels oil equivalent 0.170 6.003 6.093 0.146 0.125 5.800 1.000

Units
1 metric tonne = 2204.62 lb = 1.1023 short tons
1 kilolitre = 6.2898 barrels
1 kilolitre = 1 cubic metre
1 kilocalorie (kcal) = 4.1868 kJ = 3.968 Btu
1 kilojoule (kJ) = 0.239 kcal = 0.948 Btu
1 petajoule (Pj) = 1 quadrillion joules (1 x 1015)

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 Units
1 exajoule (EJ) = 1 quintillion joules (1 x 1018)
1 British thermal unit (Btu) = 0.252 kcal = 1.055 kJ
1 tonne of oil equivalent (toe) = 39.683 million Btu = 41.868 million kJ
1 barrel of oil equivalent (boe) = 5.8 million Btu = 6.119 million kJ
1 kilowatt–hour (kWh) = 860 kcal = 3412 Btu = 3600 kJ

Calorific equivalents

One exajoule equals approximately

Heat units • 239 trillion kilocalories

• 948 trillion Btu

Solid fuels • 40 million tonnes of hard coal

• 95 million tonnes of lignite and sub-bituminous coal

Gaseous fuels • See natural gas and LNG table

Electricity • 278 terawatt–hours

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 All fuel energy content is net or lower heating Thermal equivalent efficiency factors used to convert non-
value (i.e., net of heat of vaporisation of water fossil electricity to primary energy
generated from combustion)

1 barrel of ethanol = 0.58 barrels of oil of oil equivalent Year Efficiency Year Efficiency
factor (%) factor (%)

1 barrel of biodiesel = 0.86 barrels of oil of equivalent 1965-2000 36.0 2011 38.6

1 tonne of ethanol = 0.68 tonne of oil equivalent 2001 36.2 2012 38.8

1 tonne of biodiesel = 0.88 tonne of oil of equivalent 2002 36.5 2013 39.1

2003 36.7 2014 39.3

Other terms 2004 36.9 2015 39.5

Tonnes = metric equivalent of tons 2005 37.2 2016 39.8

2006 37.4 2017 40.0

2007 37.6 2018 40.2

2008 37.9 2019 40.4

2009 38.1 2020 40.5

2010 38.4

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