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Re: conversion factors



I think I got the 55 from chemicals e.g. C2Cl2, alcohols, etc.

The below agree w/ the ~ 35 (oil)

The second is internally consistent (Imperial / US = ~1.2)

bc


http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/com/Room/Public+Reference/Measurements/Standard+Measures.htm

http://www.eppo.go.th/ref/UNIT-OIL.html


Roger Haar wrote:

HI,

If you but a barrel of paint, it will come in a
55 gal drum, but the oil industry uses a 42 gallon
standard and the imperial is 31.5 at least
according to my very old CRC handbook.

Thanks
Roger

Bernard Cleyet wrote:


I always thought a bbl was 55 ga. However, this site says 42:

http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Metric/number-barrels.html

imperial is even less ~35

bc

Brian Whatcott wrote:



At 09:00 AM 9/8/2004, you wrote:




Regarding Ludwik's conversion factors:





... Below
is a table of conversion factors given by
H. Geller in his 2003 "Energy Revolution:
Politics for a Sustainable Future" book.
...
1 TOE (ton of oil equivalent) = 4.19*10^9 J
=4.19 GJ

1 BBL (barrel of oil) = 6.1*10^9 J = 6.1 GJ
...




Ludwik, do you have a typo somewhere here or does Geller
really claim that a barrel of oil weighs about 3/2 ton?

David Bowman




No time to look it up - but a barrel looks like it might hold
40 gal - and a (US) gal of oil ought to weigh around 6 lb -
so a barrel might possibly be 250 lb hence 8 to the (US) ton
If 1 TOE is really 4.2E9 J then a barrel would comprise
maybe 5.4E8 J - this doesn't look right?



Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!