Quantity Mass Moles Force Length Area Volume - liquids Volume - gases Pressure Temperature Flowrate - liquids Flowrate

- gases Viscosity Permeability

Symbol

Fundamental Units

Oilfield Units

SI Units

m n F L A V V p T q q

m n mL/t2 L L2 L3 L3 m/Lt2 T L3/t L3/t m/Lt L2

lbm lbmol lbf ft acres bbl ft3 psi R bbl/d ft3/d cp md

kg kmol N m m2 m3 m3 kPa K m3/d m3/d mPas m2

SI Mass Length Area Volume Temperature 1 kg 0.3048 m 4,046.873 m2 1 m3 1K K = C+273.15 C = (F-32)/1.8 Pressure 6.894757 kPa 1 MPa 101.325 kPa 1 bar = 100 kPa Dynamic viscosity Density Water density @ 60F/1 atm Energy 1 mPas 1000 kg/m3

Oilfield 2.2046225 lbm 1 ft 1 acre = 43,560 ft2 6.2898106 bbl 1 bbl = 5.614583 ft3 1.8 R R = F+459.67 F = 1.8 C+32 1 psi 145.03774 psi 1 atm = 14.69595 psi 14.503774 psi 1 cp 62.42797 lbm/ft3 8.345405 lbm/gal 62.368 lbm/ft3 1 btu 3412.14 btu 1 btu=778.169 ftlbf 1 hp=550 ftlbf/s psia ft 3 10.7315 lbmol R btu 1.98586 lbmol R

999.04 kg/m3 1.055056 kJ 1 kWh

Power Universal gas constant

745.700 W kPa m3 8.31441 kmol K kJ 8.31441 kmol K

Molecular weight of air Gravitational conversion constant Permeability

28.9625 kg/kmol kg m 9.80665 2 s kgf

1 m2 1 m 2 0.0864 m mPa s d kPa
2

28.9625 lbm/lbmol lbm ft 32.1740 2 s lbf

1013.25 md

158.0206 md 1

ft 2 cp d psi bbl cp 887.220 md 1 ft d psi