Convert US barrels per second to UK gallons per second
Convert US barrels per second (bbl/s) to UK gallons per second (gal/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
gal/s = bbl/s × 34.97231575
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 UK gallons per second
The UK (imperial) gallon per second (gal/s) equals 4.54609×10⁻³ m³/s, about 20% larger than the US gallon per second. It appears in pre-metric British fire-fighting standards, large pump test certificates, and naval engineering calculations. A UK fire engine pump rated 1 000 UK gal/min delivers ≈16.67 UK gal/s. 1 UK gal/s = 4.54609×10⁻³ m³/s ≈ 1.201 US gal/s.
Quick Reference Table
| US barrels per second (bbl/s) | UK gallons per second (gal/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 bbl/s | 34.9723 gal/s |
| 2 bbl/s | 69.9446 gal/s |
| 5 bbl/s | 174.862 gal/s |
| 10 bbl/s | 349.723 gal/s |
| 25 bbl/s | 874.308 gal/s |
| 50 bbl/s | 1748.62 gal/s |
| 100 bbl/s | 3497.23 gal/s |