Convert US barrels per second to Kilolitres per second
Convert US barrels per second (bbl/s) to Kilolitres per second (kL/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
kL/s = bbl/s × 0.1589872949
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 second
The kilolitre per second (kL/s) equals 1 m³/s, so 1 kL/s is identical to 1 m³/s. The term kilolitre is favoured in Australian and South African engineering over the equivalent cubic metre per second. Municipal water-main flow and stormwater-channel capacity are sometimes expressed in kL/s in these countries. 1 kL/s = 1 m³/s = 1 000 L/s ≈ 15 850 US gal/min.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per second (bbl/s) | Kilolitres per second (kL/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/s | 0.158987 kL/s |
| 2 bbl/s | 0.317975 kL/s |
| 5 bbl/s | 0.794936 kL/s |
| 10 bbl/s | 1.58987 kL/s |
| 25 bbl/s | 3.97468 kL/s |
| 50 bbl/s | 7.94936 kL/s |
| 100 bbl/s | 15.8987 kL/s |