Appendix 3

Unit Conversions from China Statutory

Unit to Other Unit Systems

1. Length
km m cm mile ft in.
1 × km 1 1000 105 0.6214 3280.84 39370.08
1 × m 0.001 1 100 6.214 × 10–4 3.28084 39.37008
1 × cm 10–5 0.01 1 6.214 × 10–6 0.0328084 0.393701
1 × mile 1.60934 1609.34 1.60934 × 105 1 5280 63360
1 × ft 3.48 × 10–4 0.3048 30.48 1.839 × 10–4 1 12
1 × in 2.54 × 10–5 0.0254 2.54 1.5783 × 10–5 0.08333 1

2. Area
m2 cm2 ft2 in.2
1 × m2 1 104 10.7639 1550
1 × cm2 10–4 1 1.07639 × 10–3 0.1550
1 × ft2 0.092903 929.03 1 144
1 × in2 6.4516 × 10–4 6.4516 6.9444 × 10–3 1

3. Volume
m3 cm3 ft3 bbl L
3 6
1 × m 1 10 35.3147 6.28978 1000
1 × cm3 10–6 1 3.53147 × 10–5 6.28978 × 10–6 10–3
1 × ft3 0.0283168 2.83168 × 104 1 0.17811 28.3168
1 × bbl 0.158988 1.58988 × 105 5.6146 1 158.99
1 × L 10–3 103 3.53147 × 10–2 6.28978 × 10–3 1

4. Pressure
MPa kPa atm bar kg/cm2 psi
1 × MPa 1 1000 9.86923 10 10.1972 145.038
1 × kPa 0.001 1 9.86923 × 10–3 0.01 0.0101972 0.145038
1 × atm 0.101325 101.325 1 1.01325 1.03323 14.6959
1 × bar 0.1 100 0.986923 1 1.01972 14.5038
1 × kg/cm2 0.0980665 98.0665 0.967841 0.980665 1 14.2233
1 × psi 0.00689476 6.89476 0.068406 0.0689476 0.070307 1

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5. Temperature
°C K °F °R
1 × °C t t + 273.15 1.8t + 32 1.8t + 491.67
1× K T – 273.15 T 1.8T – 459.67 1.8T
1 × °F 5(f – 32)/9 5(f + 459.67)/9 f f + 459.67
1 × °R 5r/9 – 273.15 5r/9 r – 459.67 r

6. Oil Production
m3/d cm3/s bbl/D
1 × m3/d 1 104/864 6.28978
1 × cm3/s 0.0864 1 0.543437
1 × bbl/d 0.158988 1.84014 1

7. Gas production
104m3/d cm3/s Mscf/D MMscf/D
1 × 104m3/d 1 108/864 353.147 0.353147
1 × cm3/s 864 × 10–8 1 3.05119 × 10–3 3.05119 × 10–6
1 × 103ft3/d 2.83168 × 10–3 327.741 1 0.001
1 × 106ft3/d 2.83168 327741 1000 1

8. Compressibility
1/MPa 1/atm 1/(kg/cm2) 1/psi
1/MPa 1 0.101325 0.0980665 0.00689476
1/atm 9.86923 1 0.967841 0.068406
1/(kg/cm2) 10.1972 1.03323 1 0.070307
1/psi 145.038 14.6959 14.2233 1

9. Permeability
mm2 cm2 m2 mD D
2 –8 –12 3
1 × mm 1 10 10 1.0133 × 10 1.0133
1 × mD 0.98692 × 10–3 9.8692 × 10–12 9.8692 × 10–16 1 10–3

10. Viscosity

1mPa ⋅ s = 10 −3 Pa ⋅ s = 10 3 µPa ⋅ s = 1cP

11. Relative density of stock tank oil, (go) and °API

141.5
° API = − 131.5
γ0
γ 0 = 141.5 / (131.5 + ° API)
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12. Gas–oil ratio

1m 3 / m 3 = 5.615scf / STB
1scf / STB = 0.1781m 3 / m 3