Monday, March 2, 2015

Unit Conversion

Length:

  • 1 mi = 5280 ft

  • 1 mi = 1.6 km

  • 1 ft = 30.48 cm

  • 1 in = 2.54 cm

  • 1 m = 3.28 ft

Area:

  • 1 acre = 4047 m2 ≈ 64m×64m

  • 10 acre = 4 hectare (ha) = 4×10000 m2 = 200m×200m

  • 1 acre = 43560 ft2 ≈ 200 ft×200ft

  • 1 acre = 0.0015625 mi2 ≈ 0.04 mi×0.04mi

  • 1 mi2 = 640 acre = 1 section
  • 1 township  = 36 mi2 = 36 section

  • 1 mi2 = 2.6 km2

Mass:

  • 1 kg = 2.20462 lb

Volume:

  • 1 bbl = 5.6146 cft
  • 1 bbl = 42 US Liquid Gallon
  • 1 gal = 3.7854 L
  • 1 gal = 231 cubic in
  • 3.4 fl oz = 100 ml (limit for carry-on liquids)
  • 1 fl oz = 29.5735 ml
  • 1 m^3 = 6.2898 bbl = 264.172 US Gallon

Density:

  • 1 g/cc = 8.345404 ppg
  • 1 lb/ft3 = 0.13368056 ppg

Permeability:

  • 1 Darcy = 0.9869233$\times 10^{-12}$ $m^2$ = 0.9869233 $\mu m^2$ $\approx$ 1 $\mu m^2$
  • 1 mD $\approx$ $1 \times 10^{-15}$ $m^2$ 


Fracture Toughness (link):

  • 1 kpsi$\sqrt (in)$ = 1.09884 Mpa$\sqrt(m)$

  • 1 psi$\sqrt (in)$ = 1098.84 pa$\sqrt(m)$

Stress:

  • 1 psi = 6895 pa

  • 1 atm = 0.1 Mpa

  • 1 Mpa = 145 psi

  • 7 Mpa ~ 1 Kpsi

Young's Modulus:

  • 20 - 100 GPa = 3 - 14.5 MMpsi

Viscosity:

  • 1 Poise (Poiseuille) = 0.1 Pa-s

  • 1 cP (centi-Poiseuille) = 1 mPa-s
  • 1 cP = 1 mPa-s = $10^{-3}$ Pa-s = $10^{-3} \times 0.000145038 psi \times \frac{1}{60} min$ = $2.4173 \times 10^{-9} psi \cdot min$

Permeability-Viscosity-Pressure Combination:

\[1 \frac{[mD][psi]}{[cp]}= \frac{10^{-3} \times [D][psi]}{10^{-3} \times [Pa] \cdot [s]} =  \frac{0.9869233 \times 10^{-12} [m^2] \times 10.7639[\frac{ft^2}{m^2}][psi]}{0.000145038 [psi] \frac{1}{60\times 60\times 24}[day]} =  0.006328 \frac{[ft^{2}]}{[day]}
\]

Pressure Gradient (Note: use TVD, true vertical depth):

  • Fresh Water, 62.4 lbm/cft/144 = 0.433 psi/ft
  • Brine Water, S.G. $\times$ 0.433 psi/ft
  • Drilling Mud, 0.051498 or 0.052 $\times$ Mud Weight (ppg) psi/ft
\[ ppg=\frac{lb}{gal}=\frac{lb}{231\,inch^{3}}=\frac{lb}{231\,inch^{2}}\frac{12}{ft}=0.051948\frac{psi}{ft} \approx 0.052\frac{psi}{ft}
\]

Pressure:
  • 1 lbf = 1 lbm×32.2 $ft/s^2$ = 32.2 lbm×ft/s^2
Whom to blame to create all those conversions...

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