Methane - Liquid vs. Gaseous Units
Commonly used units to measure Natural Gas or Methane - LNG - volume and weight:
| Multiply with | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To | From | |||||||
| 1 thermie 106 | 1 therm 106 | 1 bbl liquid | 1 m3 gas 109 | 1 m3 liquid | 1 ft3 106 | 1 ft3 liquid | 1 long ton liquid | |
| long ton liquid | 74.12 | 1868 | 0.0664 | 704374 | 0.4177 | 19.91 | 0.011826 | 1 |
| ft3 liquid | 6268 | 157985 | 5.615 | 59.56 106 | 35.315 | 1599 | 1 | 84.56 |
| ft3 gas | 3.92 106 | 98.79 106 | 3512 | 37.25 109 | 22090 | 106 | 625.43 | 52886 |
| m3 liquid | 177.44 | 4472 | 0.159 | 1.686 106 | 1 | 45.27 | 0.0283 | 2.394 |
| m3 gas | 105228 | 2.652 106 | 94.27 | 109 | 593 | 26847 | 16.789 | 1419.7 |
| bbl liquid | 1116.2 | 28132 | 1 | 10.61 106 | 6.29 | 284.785 | 0.1781 | 15.06 |
| therm | 39669 | 106 | 35.54 | 0.377 109 | 223.55 | 10121 | 6.329 | 535.2 |
| th | 106 | 25.207 106 | 859.8 | 9.503 109 | 5635.2 | 255115 | 159.54 | 13491 |
- ft3 measured at 60oF and 14.696 lbf/in2
- m3 measured at 0oC and 760 mmHg
Example - Converting 10 m3 methane liquid to m3 gas
From the table above - multiply (m3 liquid) with 593 to calculate (m3 gas) - as
qgas = 593 (10 m3 liquid)
= 5930 (m3 gas)
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