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Ever wondered how many BTU were in a kilowatt hour (kwh) of electricity? Ever wondered how many BTU were in a barrel of oil?
Here are a few conversions:
| 1 (one) kilowatt-hour (kwh) of electricity |
3,412 Btu* |
| 1 (one) megawatt of electricity |
1,000 KW |
| 1 (one) average megawatt of electricity |
8,760,000 KWh |
| 1 (one) therm of natural gas |
100,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of oil |
42 gallons |
| 1 (one) barrel ofcrude oil |
5,848,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of distillate oil |
5,825,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of residual oil |
6,287,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of gasoline |
5,248,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of kerosene |
5,670,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of jet fuel |
5,513,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) |
4,011,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) cord of oak |
32,000,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) cord of lodgepole pine |
20,000,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) ton of wood pellets |
16,000,000 Btu |
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