Unit Conversions

Unit conversions
Quantity Units Conversion factors SI units Symbol
property multiply by
Depth Feet 0.3048 meters m
Weight on bit Pounds 0.445 decanewtons daN
4.535 x 10-4 tonne tonne

Nozzle size 32nds inch 0.794 millimeters mm

Drill rate Feet/hour 0.3048 meters/hour m/h
Volume Barrels 0.1590 cubic meters m3
US gal/stroke 3.785 x 10-3 Cubic meters/stroke m3/stroke
Pump output US gal/min 3.875 x 10-3 cubic meteres/minute m3/min

Flow rate bbls/stroke an oil barrel is cubic meters/stroke m3/stroke

0.159873m3exactly
bbls/mi 0.1590 cubic meters/minute m3/min
Annular velocity Feet/min 0.3048 meters per minute m.min
Slip velocity
Linear lengths & inches 25.4 millimeters mm
diameter
Pressure Psi 6.895 kilopascals kPa
0.006895 Megapascals MPa
0.06895 Bar Bar
Bentonite yield bbls/ton 0.175 cubic meters/tonne m3/t
Temperature ° Farenheit °F - 32/1.8 °Celsius °C
° Celsius (1.8 x°C) +32 ° Farenheit °F
Mud density lbs/gal (US) 119.83 kilograms/cubic meter kg/m3

Mud gradient Psi/foot 22.621 kilopascals/meters kPa/m

Funnel viscosity s/qt (US) 1.057 secs per liter s/L
Apparent & Plastic centipoise 1 millipascal mPas
Viscosity seconds
Get Strength & lbs/100 ft2 0.4788 pascals Pa
Stress (0.5 for field use)
Cake thickness 32nds inch 0.794 millimeters mm
Filter loss millimeteres 1 cubic centimeters cm3
MBT lbs/bbls 2.85 kilograms/cubic meter kg/m3
(bentonite
equivalent)
material lbs/barrel 2.85 kilograms/cubic meter kg/m3
concentration
Shear rate Reciprocal 1 reciporocal seconds kg/m3
seconds
Torque foot pounds 1.3358 newton meters nm