How many barrels in a metric ton of gasoline?

Answer 1

The answer depends on the density (specific gravity) of the petroleum (and, strictly speaking, also on its temperature and pressure).

From memory, petrol has a specific gravity of about 0.9 compared to water. This means that for any given volume, the mass of the petroleum will be 0.9 times that of the same volume of water.

Now, because the metric system is nice and simple we know that 1 tonne is the same as 1000 kg, and we know that 1000 kg of pure water in it's liquid state has a volume of 1000 litres (=1 m³). So, 1 t of liquid water has a volume 1000 L.

Assuming my figure of 0.9 for the specific gravity of petrol is correct, we can do the maths and see that 1 t of petrol would have a voume of 1,111 L.

Now all you need is the conversion factor to convert litres into barrels which, unfortunately, being metric, I dont have.