Convert US barrels per day to Kilolitres per minute

Convert US barrels per day (bbl/d) to Kilolitres per minute (kL/min) instantly and accurately.

US barrels per day (bbl/d)
Kilolitres per minute (kL/min)

Conversion Formula

kL/min = bbl/d × 0.0001104078437

About US barrels per day

The US barrel per day (bbl/d or bpd) equals 0.158987294928/86400 ≈ 1.840×10⁻⁶ m³/s, the universal unit for crude-oil production, refinery capacity, and petroleum-product supply/demand reporting. Saudi Arabia produces ≈9-10 million bbl/d; global demand is ≈99-102 million bbl/d. All oil-market pricing, OPEC quotas, and EIA reports use bbl/d. 1 bbl/d ≈ 1.840×10⁻⁶ m³/s ≈ 0.15899 m³/d.

About Kilolitres per minute

The kilolitre per minute (kL/min) equals 1/60 m³/s ≈ 0.016667 m³/s, used in Australian water-utility engineering for pump and pipeline sizing. Irrigation district delivery schedules and water-authority trunk-main flow records in Australia and New Zealand frequently use kL/min as an intermediate unit between L/s and ML/d. 1 kL/min = 1 000 L/min ≈ 264.2 US gal/min.

Quick Reference Table

US barrels per day (bbl/d)Kilolitres per minute (kL/min)
1 bbl/d0.000110408 kL/min
2 bbl/d0.000220816 kL/min
5 bbl/d0.000552039 kL/min
10 bbl/d0.00110408 kL/min
25 bbl/d0.0027602 kL/min
50 bbl/d0.00552039 kL/min
100 bbl/d0.0110408 kL/min

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