Convert US barrels per second to Cubic feet per hour
Convert US barrels per second (bbl/s) to Cubic feet per hour (ft³/h) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
ft³/h = bbl/s × 20212.5
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.
About Cubic feet per hour
The cubic foot per hour (ft³/h) equals 0.028316846592/3600 ≈ 7.866×10⁻⁶ m³/s, used in US natural-gas metering (residential gas meters read in cubic feet; billing converts to CCF = 100 ft³) and historical furnace-fuel-consumption tables. A US residential gas furnace consumes 80-200 ft³/h of natural gas at full fire. 1 ft³/h ≈ 7.866×10⁻⁶ m³/s.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per second (bbl/s) | Cubic feet per hour (ft³/h) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/s | 20212.5 ft³/h |
| 2 bbl/s | 40425 ft³/h |
| 5 bbl/s | 101063 ft³/h |
| 10 bbl/s | 202125 ft³/h |
| 25 bbl/s | 505313 ft³/h |
| 50 bbl/s | 1010630 ft³/h |
| 100 bbl/s | 2021250 ft³/h |