Convert Megalitres per day to US barrels per second
Convert Megalitres per day (ML/d) to US barrels per second (bbl/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/s = ML/d × 0.07279873577
About Megalitres per day
The megalitre per day (ML/d) equals 1000/86400 ≈ 0.011574 m³/s, numerically identical to million litres per day. It is the preferred notation in Australian water-authority reporting, environmental flow assessments, and reservoir storage accounting. Murray-Darling Basin environmental flows are specified in ML/d; urban water utilities publish reservoir capacity and daily draw in ML/d. 1 ML/d ≈ 0.011574 m³/s = 1 000 m³/d.
About US barrels per second
The US barrel per second (bbl/s) equals 0.158987294928 m³/s, an extremely large flow rate used only for catastrophic spill-rate estimates and very large pipeline surge calculations. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill peaked at ≈60 000 bbl/d ≈ 0.000694 bbl/s; major subsea pipeline ruptures may briefly exceed 1 bbl/s during decompression. 1 US bbl/s = 0.158987 m³/s ≈ 158.987 L/s.
Quick Reference Table
| Megalitres per day (ML/d) | US barrels per second (bbl/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 ML/d | 0.0727987 bbl/s |
| 2 ML/d | 0.145597 bbl/s |
| 5 ML/d | 0.363994 bbl/s |
| 10 ML/d | 0.727987 bbl/s |
| 25 ML/d | 1.81997 bbl/s |
| 50 ML/d | 3.63994 bbl/s |
| 100 ML/d | 7.27987 bbl/s |