Metric Conversion Chart

To Convert:	Into:	Multiply by:
Volumes
barrels	cubic meters	0.158987
barrels	U.S. gallons	42
cubic feet	cubic meters	0.028328
cubic meters	cubic feet	35.3145
cubic meters	U.S. gallons	264.2
cubic meters	barrels	6.28994
cubic meters (crude oil, light)	Gigajoules (energy content)	38.51 *
thousand cubic feet	cubic meters	28.32
Imperial gallons	cubic meters	0.004546
Imperial gallons	U.S. gallons	1.20094
liters	U.S. gallons	0.2642
U.S. gallons	barrels	0.02381
U.S. gallons	cubic meters	0.003785
U.S. gallons	Imperial gallons	0.83267
U.S. gallons	liters	3.78533
gigajoule	Mcf (thousand cubic feet of natural gas at 1000 Btu per cubic foot)	0.95 *
thousand cubic feet (Mcf)	gigajoules	1.05 *
gigajoule	barrels of oil	0.165 *
* see National Energy Board website
Lengths
centimeters	inches	0.3937
feet	meters	0.3048
inches	centimeters	2.54
kilometers	miles	0.6214
meters	feet	3.28084
miles	kilometers	1.609344
Land Units
acres	hectares	0.404686
hectares	acres	2.4710
Weights
kilograms	pounds	2.205
pounds	tonne	0.00045
pounds	kilograms	0.4536
tonne	pounds	2204.62
Pressures
kilopascals (kPa)	pounds per square inch (psi)	0.145038
pounds per square inch (psi)	kilopascals (kPa)	6.894757

Glossary

m³	cubic meters
10³m³	thousand cubic meters
Mcf	thousand cubic feet (of gas)
MMcf	million cubic feet
Bcf	billion cubic feet
Bcfe	billion cubic feet of gas equivalent
Tcf	trillion cubic feet
Boe	barrel of oil equivalent
Mboe	thousand barrels of oil equivalent
MMboe	million barrels of oil equivalent
Mbbls	thousand barrels
MMbbls	million barrels
NGLs	Natural gas liquids One barrel of oil is the energy equivalent of six Mcf of natural gas.