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Fact Sheet - 13 - Saf Metrics and Conversions - 4

This document provides conversions between different metrics used to measure sustainable aviation fuel quantities. It notes that fuel is often referred to by volume (gallons or liters) or weight (metric tonnes) and outlines standard conversions between these units. The key conversions presented are: - 1,000 gallons = 3,785 liters = 3.028 tonnes - 1,000 liters = 264 gallons = 0.8 tonnes - 1,000 tonnes = 1,250,000 liters = 330,250 gallons Additional context is provided on related terminology like barrels of oil and cubic meters.

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Fact Sheet - 13 - Saf Metrics and Conversions - 4

This document provides conversions between different metrics used to measure sustainable aviation fuel quantities. It notes that fuel is often referred to by volume (gallons or liters) or weight (metric tonnes) and outlines standard conversions between these units. The key conversions presented are: - 1,000 gallons = 3,785 liters = 3.028 tonnes - 1,000 liters = 264 gallons = 0.8 tonnes - 1,000 tonnes = 1,250,000 liters = 330,250 gallons Additional context is provided on related terminology like barrels of oil and cubic meters.

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FACT SHEET #13 / FEBRUARY 2021

SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL METRICS


Fuel quantities are calculated in a range of different ways by different parties and in different parts of the world. How
do you make conversions between these different metrics?

Some airlines will refer to fuel by volume, some by weight. While on an operational level, these things are standardised, when
you are looking at the volumes of fuel being used worldwide, or the need to embark on our energy transition to sustainable
aviation fuel (SAF), a simple set of conversion factors may be a useful resource. These conversions are also available as an online
calculator at www.aviationbenefits.org/convert

Metric tonnes
Standard conversions
In general, when speaking about SAF deployment, we will be The global average conversions for the most common
using metric tonnes as the measurement. This is to simplify metrics used are as follows:
and standardise the measures used as much as possible
and also useful to relate to the reason we are shifting to SAF
instead of fossil fuel - the reduction in CO2 emissions, which are Gallons to litres
commonly referred to in metric tonnes. Multiply gallons by 3.785 for litres
It also avoids measurement issues that occur when speaking 1,000 gallons = 3,785 litres
about fuel in a volumetric sense: depending on the ambient
Gallons to tonnes
temperature, the volume of fuel can go up or down (based
on the expansion of the liquid), whereas the weight stays the Multiply gallons by 3.028, then divide by 1,000
same. 1,000 gallons = 3.028 tonnes
Gallons to barrels
Related terminology Multiply gallons by 0.02380
• A barrel of oil is a standard international measurement 1,000 gallons = 23.81 barrels
of volume primarily associated with the oil industry and
equalling 42 US gallons, or very close to 159 litres of oil.
Litres to gallons
Barrel is also shortened to bbl. Divide litres by 3.785
• Sometimes, aside from litres, tonnes and gallons, fuel is 1,000 litres = 264 gallons
also measured in cubic metres (m3).
• As noted above, the volume of a liquid can change, Litres to tonnes
depending on the ambient temperature, so for the
conversions noted on the right, a generally accepted
Divide litres by 1,250
average worldwide density of jet fuel of 0.8 is used: 1,000 litres = 0.8 tonnes
• If 1 kilogram of water is 1 litre, 0.8 kilograms of jet
fuel is 1 litre.
Litres to barrels
• 1 tonne (1,000 kilograms) of jet fuel is 1,250 litres. Divide litres by 159
• 1,000 tonnes is 1 kilotonne 1,000 litres = 6.29 barrels
• 1,000,000 tonnes is 1 megatonne (Mt)
• Tonne is a metric tonne Tonnes to litres
• Ton is a US ton (a different measure), but sometimes these
words are unknowingly interchanged.
Multiply tonnes by 1,250
• Gallons (to the right) are US Gallons 1,000 tonnes = 1,250,000 litres (1.25 million litres)
• Litre is the European spelling, Liter the US spelling for the
same measurement.
Tonnes to gallons
Multiply tonnes by 330.25
1,000 tonnes = 330,250 gallons
Tonnes to barrels
Multiply tonnes by 7.86
1,000 tonnes = 7,862 barrels

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