Convert US barrels per hour to US barrels per second
Convert US barrels per hour (bbl/h) to US barrels per second (bbl/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
bbl/s = bbl/h × 0.0002777777778
About US barrels per hour
The US barrel per hour (bbl/h) equals 0.158987294928/3600 ≈ 4.416×10⁻⁵ m³/s, standard in petroleum-refinery process engineering for crude-oil unit feed rates and product run-downs. Crude-distillation unit (CDU) feed is sized in bbl/h; a 100 000 bbl/d refinery processes ≈4 167 bbl/h. Process simulation software (Aspen HYSYS) uses bbl/h by default for petroleum streams. 1 bbl/h ≈ 4.416×10⁻⁵ m³/s.
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
| US barrels per hour (bbl/h) | US barrels per second (bbl/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/h | 0.000277778 bbl/s |
| 2 bbl/h | 0.000555556 bbl/s |
| 5 bbl/h | 0.00138889 bbl/s |
| 10 bbl/h | 0.00277778 bbl/s |
| 25 bbl/h | 0.00694444 bbl/s |
| 50 bbl/h | 0.0138889 bbl/s |
| 100 bbl/h | 0.0277778 bbl/s |