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Sedco Forex - Drilling Operations: Conversion Factors

This document provides conversion factors between common oilfield measurement units and their metric equivalents for various quantities including length, volume, flow rate, mass, force, pressure, temperature, torque, and capacities. It lists the oilfield unit, the multiplication factor to convert to the metric unit, and the equivalent metric unit.

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Sedco Forex - Drilling Operations: Conversion Factors

This document provides conversion factors between common oilfield measurement units and their metric equivalents for various quantities including length, volume, flow rate, mass, force, pressure, temperature, torque, and capacities. It lists the oilfield unit, the multiplication factor to convert to the metric unit, and the equivalent metric unit.

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Sedco Forex - Drilling Operations

Conversion Factors

Oilfield Unit Multiply by Metric Unit

Length
ft 0.3048 m
in 25.38 mm

Annular Velocity
ft/min 0.305 m/min

Volume
bbl 0.1590 m3
US gal 3.7879 Litre
ft3 0.0283 m3
bbl 158.98 Litre

Flow Rate
gpm 3.7850 l/min
bbl/min 0.1590 m3/min

Mass
lbm 0.0005 Tonne (metric)
94 lb sack 0.0426 Tonne (Cement)
100 lb sack 0.0454 Tonne (Barite)

Force
lbf 4.4484 Newton
lbf 0.4536 kg-f
lbf 0.4464 daN

Mud Weight/ Gradient


psi/ft 22.62 kPa/m
lb/ft3 0.0160 kg/l
ppg 0.1198 kg/l

Power
Hp 0.7457 kW

Pressure
psi 0.0703 Kg-f/cm2
psi 0.0690 Bar
psi 0.0069 Mpa
bar 0.1000 Mpa
psi 6.8966 kPa

Temperature
o
F 5/9(oF -32) o
C
o
F (oF + 459.67)/1.8 o
K

Torque
ft-lbf 0.1356 daN-m
ft-lbf 1.356 Nm

Capacities
lbf/ft 1.488 kgf/m
gal/ft 12.42 l/m

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