User talk:Manknewl

Is the conversion between Mbbl/d and t/a wrong for pipeline capacity? Does Mbbl/d stands for million of barrels a day instead of thousands? If that is not the case then: (maybe the unit Mbbl/d shouldnt be use if it is going to arise confusion instead, in the oil industry it is used as thousands, in other industries as mega)

According to http://www.transcanada.com/100.html the pipeline capacity is of 590000 bbl/d. Wikipedia show a capacity of 0.59 Mbbl (590 bbl/d) which is wrong by a factor of 1000. However, the figure reported in t/a units, which comes up automatically once the capacity is bbl/d is specified, is right when the capacity is shown as 0.59 Mbbl.

When the capacity is 0.59 Mbbl, wikipedia reports 2.9x10^7 t/a If the capacity is corrected to 590Mbbl/d (0.59MMbbl/d), wikipedia reports 2.9*10^10 t/a

0.59Mbbl/d should be around 31270 t/a 590 Mbbl/d should be around 31270 000 t/a = 3.1 x 10^7 t/a

Therefore, the maximum discharge should be corrected to 590 Mbbl/d and the automatic formula to convert Mbbl/d to tonnes/annum should be corrected.