Natural Gas Conversion Pocketbook

Natural Gas
Conversion Pocketbook

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Contents
Conversion Tables
Standard

4 - 15

Key Assumptions

16 - 17

Natural Gas (NG)

18 - 21

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

22 - 23

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

24 - 25

Inter-Fuel

26 - 37

References/Links

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Standard Conversion Tables

Conversion factors are rounded up to at most four decimal places for approximation purpose.

(1) Length multiply by

centimetre
(cm)
cm

4

metre
(m)

kilometre
(km)

inch
(in)

foot
(ft)

yard
(yd)

mile

0.01

1.0 x 10-5

0.3937

0.0328

0.0109

6.214 x 10-6

0.001

39.37

3.281

1.094

6.214 x 10-4

m

100

km

100,000

1,000

in

2.54

0.0254

2.540 x 10-5

ft

30.48

0.3048

3.048 x 10-4

12

yd

91.44

0.9144

9.144 x 10

-4

36

3

mile

160,934

1,609

1.609

63,360

5,280

39,370

3,281

1,094

0.6214

0.0833

0.0278

1.578 x 10-5

0.3333

1.894 x 10-4
5.682 x 10-4

1,760

Example: To convert 100 centimetres (cm) to inches (inch): 100 centimetres = 100 x 0.3937 = 39.37 inches

(2) Area multiply by

square metre
(m2)
m2 in 2

square inch
(in2)

square foot
(ft2)

square yard
(yd2)

acre

hectare

1,550

10.76

1.196

2.471 x 10-4

1.0 x 10-4

0.0069

6.452 x 10

-4

2

ft

0.0929

144

7.716 x 10

-4

0.1111

yd2

0.8361

1,296

9

acre

4,047

6,272,640

43,560

4,840

hectare

10,000

15,500,031

107,639

11,960

1.594 x 10

-7

6.452 x 10-8

2.296 x 10

-5

9.290 x 10-6

2.066 x 10-4

8.361 x 10-5
0.4047

2.471

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(3) Volume multiply by

cubic metre (m3)

cubic inch
(in3)
61,024

m3 in3 1.639 x 10-5

6

cubic foot
(ft3)

cubic yard
(yd3)

References: The IGU wishes to thank and record its appreciation to the respective publishers and organisations:[1] NATURAL GAS Physical and Engineering Data, Shell Companies in Malaysia, March 1983 [2] Natural Gas Equivalents, Shell International Gas Limited, 1992 [3] Natural Gas Fundamentals by Malcolm W.H. Peebles, Shell International Gas Limited, 1992 [4] The Alphatania Natural Gas Glossary of Terms & Measurements and Natural Gas Conversion Tables, Alphatania Ltd.