Natural-Gas-Energy Unit Converter

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Natural-Gas-Energy Units and Descriptions

Below are descriptions and historical context for each Natural-Gas-Energy unit available in this converter.

British Thermal Unit (Btu)

British Thermal Unit, the amount of energy needed to heat one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. Standard unit for measuring natural gas energy content.

Million British Thermal Units (MMBtu)

Million British Thermal Units, commonly used in natural gas trading and industrial applications. Equal to 1 Dth (decatherm).

US Therm (Therm)

One therm equals 100,000 Btu. Commonly used for residential natural gas billing in the United States.

Decatherm (Dth)

Decatherm equals 10 therms or 1 million Btu (1 MMBtu). Standard unit for wholesale natural gas trading.

Cubic Foot (cf)

Cubic foot of natural gas at standard conditions. Contains approximately 1,038 Btu based on 2023 US average heat content.

Hundred Cubic Feet (Ccf)

Hundred cubic feet of natural gas. Commonly used unit for residential natural gas billing, equal to 103,800 Btu.

Thousand Cubic Feet (Mcf)

Thousand cubic feet of natural gas. Used in commercial and industrial natural gas measurements, equal to 1.038 MMBtu.

Billion Cubic Feet (Bcf)

Billion cubic feet of natural gas. Used for large-scale natural gas production, storage, and pipeline capacity measurements.

Watt Hour (Wh)

A watt-hour (Wh) is a unit of energy that measures the total amount of power used over a period of time.

Kilowatt Hour (kWh)

Kilowatt hour, electrical energy unit. Natural gas power plants convert gas energy to electrical energy with typical efficiency of 35-60%.

Megawatt Hour (MWh)

Megawatt hour, equal to 1,000 kWh. Used for larger electrical energy measurements in power generation and industrial applications.

Gigawatt Hour (GWh)

Gigawatt hour, equal to 1 million kWh. Used for utility-scale power generation and regional energy consumption measurements.

Terawatt Hour (TWh)

Terawatt hour, equal to 1 billion kWh. Used for national energy statistics and very large-scale energy measurements.

Joule (J)

A joule (J) is the SI unit of energy, defined as the amount of work done when a force of one newton moves an object one meter. It's a small amount of energy, but in everyday terms, it's comparable to the energy needed to lift a small apple about one meter off the ground.

Kilojoule (kJ)

A kilojoule is 1000 Joules.

Gram Calorie (gCal)

A gram calorie is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius, at standard atmospheric pressure.

Electron Volt (eV)

One electron volt is the energy gained by an electron moving through a one-volt potential difference.

Base Unit Conversion Factors

The table below shows the conversion factors from each unit to the base unit, which is the British Thermal Unit (Btu).

  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 1.0E-6 Million British Thermal Units (MMBtu)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 1.0002390571347E-5 US Therm (Therm)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 1.0E-6 Decatherm (Dth)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 0.00096339113680154 Cubic Foot (cf)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 9.6339113680154E-6 Hundred Cubic Feet (Ccf)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 9.6339113680154E-7 Thousand Cubic Feet (Mcf)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 9.6339113680154E-13 Billion Cubic Feet (Bcf)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 0.29307121044271 Watt Hour (Wh)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 0.00029307121044271 Kilowatt Hour (kWh)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 2.9308323563892E-7 Megawatt Hour (MWh)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 2.9308323563892E-10 Gigawatt Hour (GWh)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 2.9308323563892E-13 Terawatt Hour (TWh)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 1055.0559865459 Joule (J)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 1.0550559865459 Kilojoule (kJ)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 252.16419923998 Gram Calorie (gCal)
  • 1 British Thermal Unit (Btu) = 6.5850125115238E+21 Electron Volt (eV)