North America
The Energy Picture
prepared by
North American Energy Working Group
June 2002
(9) Conversion Tables
Metric Units to Imperial (English) Units
1 cubic metre or cubic meter (m3) of oil at 15oC and 922 kg/m3 = 6.29 barrels
1 cubic metre or cubic meter (m3) of natural gas = 35.3 cubic feet
1 tonne or metric ton = 1.102 short tons
1 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) = 1 quad
1 kilojoule = 0.9482 Btu
1 gigajoule (GJ) = approximately 0.95 million Btu
1 petajoule (PJ) = approximately 0.95 billion cubic feet of natural gas
1 litre or liter (L) = approximately 0.22 Imperial gallon
1 kilogram (kg) = approximately 2.2046 pounds
1 metre or meter (m) = approximately 3.28 feet
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Abbreviation |
Prefix |
Multiple |
|
k |
kilo |
103 |
|
M |
mega |
106 |
|
G |
giga |
109 |
|
T |
tera |
1012 |
|
P |
peta |
1015 |
|
E |
exa |
1018 |
|
GJ |
gigajoule |
109 Joules |
|
TJ |
terajoule |
1012 Joules |
|
PJ |
petajoule |
1015 Joules |
|
EJ |
exajoule |
1018 Joules |
|
kW |
kilowatt |
103 Watts |
|
MW |
megawatt |
103 kW |
|
GW |
gigawatt |
106 kW |
|
TW |
terawatt |
109 kW |