Convert US barrels per second to Kilolitres per day
Convert US barrels per second (bbl/s) to Kilolitres per day (kL/d) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
kL/d = bbl/s × 13736.50228
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 Kilolitres per day
The kilolitre per day (kL/d) equals 1/86400 ≈ 1.157×10⁻⁵ m³/s, the standard unit for per-household and per-property water-consumption billing in Australia. Sydney Water and other Australian utilities charge tariffs per kL/d consumed; a typical Australian household uses 0.6-1.0 kL/d. 1 kL/d = 1 m³/d ≈ 264.2 US gal/d.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per second (bbl/s) | Kilolitres per day (kL/d) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/s | 13736.5 kL/d |
| 2 bbl/s | 27473 kL/d |
| 5 bbl/s | 68682.5 kL/d |
| 10 bbl/s | 137365 kL/d |
| 25 bbl/s | 343413 kL/d |
| 50 bbl/s | 686825 kL/d |
| 100 bbl/s | 1373650 kL/d |