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What is natural gas measurement?
Natural gas measurement is the method used for determining how much natural gas is used or produced, as measured by a natural gas meter.
Natural Gas is measured by its volume or "cubic feet."
One cubic foot of natural gas is the amount of natural gas needed to fill the volume of "one cubic foot" under "standard" conditions of pressure and temperature.
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Natural Gas Measurement Terms
Bcf - One Billion Cubic Feet (of natural gas)
One billion cubic feet (1 BCF) of natural gas which is equivalent to one trillion (1,000,000,000,000)
Btu's.
Btu - British Thermal Unit
The Btu or "British Thermal Unit" is a standard unit of measurement for
energy and used extensively when measuring natural gas.
One Btu represents the amount of heat that is required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by 1 degree (Fahrenheit). Many people use the amount of heat energy of one lit match to be equivalent to one Btu.
Mcf - One Thousand Cubic Feet (of natural gas)
One thousand cubic feet (1 MCF) of natural gas is a standard unit of measure
which is the same as one million BTU's of natural gas.
Natural Gas Measurement
1 cubic foot
= 1,000 BTU's
100 cubic feet (1 therm) = 100,000 BTU's
1,000 cubic feet (1 mcf) = 1,000,000 BTU's
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Electricity: |
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1 KW = 3,413 Btu/hr |
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Natural gas: |
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1 Cubic Foot of Natural Gas = 1030 Btu’s |
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1 CCF = 100 Cu Ft = 1 Therm = 103,000 Btu’s |
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1 MCF = 1,000 Cu Ft = 10 Therms = 1,034,000 Btu’s = 1.034 MMBtu’s |
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Propane: |
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1 Gal Propane = 91,600 Btu’s |
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1 Cu Ft Propane = 2,500 Btu’s |
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Gasoline: |
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1 Gal Gasoline (mid grade) = 125,000 Btu’s |
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Ethanol: |
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1 Gal Ethanol = 76,000 Btu’s |
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Fuel Oil: |
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1 Gal of #2 Fuel Oil = 139,000 Btu’s |
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1 Gal of #4 Fuel Oil = 145,000 Btu’s |
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1 Gal of #6 Fuel Oil = 150,000 Btu’s |
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1 Barrel of Oil = 42 Gallons |
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1 Btu = 252 calories |
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1 Btu= .293 watt |
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1 ton of refrigeration = 12,000 Btu/hr |
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1lb residential garbage = 2,500 Btu |
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1lb coal = 12,000 Btu |
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1lb wood = 3,500 Btu |
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1hp = 746 watts |
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1hp = 33, 479 Btu/hr (boiler) |
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1hp = 33,000 foot-lbs./min |
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1hp = 42,440 Btu/min. |
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1 watt = 3.412 Btu |
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1 kilowatt = 1,000 watts |
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1 kilowatt = 1.341 horsepower |
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1000 kilowatts = 1 Megawatt |
All of the following fuels are equivalent to 1,000,000 Btu’s
Electricity 293.083 kWh (3412 Btu/kWh)
Natural Gas: 1 MCF, 10 therms or 1,000 cubic feet
Coal: 83.34 pounds @ 12,000 Btu/pound
Propane 10.917 gallons @ 91,000 Btu/gallon
Gasoline 8.0 gallons @125,000 Btu/gallon
Fuel Oil #2 7.194 gallons @ 139,000 Btu/gallon
Fuel Oil #6 6.67 gallons @ 150,000 Btu/gallon
Wood 285.7 pounds @ 3,500 Btu/pound
America's need for natural gas continues to grow.
Recent governments studies conclude that demand for clean-burning natural gas has continued to rise. In the last 20 years, natural gas consumption has risen nearly 25%.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates there are over 2,100 Trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of "technically recoverable natural gas" reserves in the United States, as reported in the EIA's 2010 Annual Energy Outlook. In 2009, the United States used just over 22 Trillion cubic feet of natural gas, making the U.S. one of the global leaders in natural gas consumption. This means the U.S. has enough natural gas supply to last about 100 years.
With greater demand comes greater need to be able to store natural gas. In the past 20 years, natural gas storage has increased less than 5%. This creates a serious constraint that can impact our nation by failing to keep up with natural gas supply and demand. Existing natural gas storage facilities will not be able to keep up with the demand for natural gas during increasingly greater periods of increasing demand, which could cost all consumers of natural gas billions of dollars.
More Natural Gas Storage is Needed
There is a critical need for new high-volume natural gas storage facilities to meet the escalating demand for natural gas which will provide predictability of natural gas supply and reduce or eliminate volatility of natural gas prices during peak periods. Natural gas storage "balance" the load - or supply and demand requirements of all natural gas consumers and provides the "cushion" needed for large supplies of natural gas to serve all consumers during periods of peak demand.
Natural Gas Storage
Natural gas storage can take place in a number of underground natural gas facilities. From the time the natural gas is produced, it may be stored temporarily in underground natural gas storage facilities that may be; depleted oil or natural gas fields/reservoirs, salt caverns or aquifers.
Most of the natural gas storage in the U.S. takes place in naturally-occurring natural gas or oil reservoirs that have been depleted through production. An underground gas storage facility must contain enough “base gas” or “cushion gas” that provides adequate pressure to re-produce and extract the natural gas.
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