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Record 1 2004-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

A measure of flow rate of a well, or the rate at which the petroleum is produced at the refinery, approximately equal to 50 t/y.

OBS

It is frequently abbreviated as BPD or bpd and sometimes as b/d or B/D.

OBS

b/d: the abbreviation of barrels per day; used in drilling reports.

OBS

barrels per day: term rarely used in the singular (barrel per day).

Key term(s)
  • barrels/day
  • barrel per day
  • barrel/day

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Unité de production pétrolière à peu près équivalente à 50 t/a.

CONT

Million de barils/jour (Mb/j) : La production d'un pays se mesure en millions de barils par jour. 1 million de barils/jour équivaut à 50 millions de tonnes/an.

CONT

Les données exprimées en barils/jour [...] ont été converties en millions de tonnes/an [en] tenant compte de la marche moyenne des raffineries.

CONT

Grâce à une capacité de production non utilisée, estimée à près de 6,5 millions de barils par jour (b/j) dont plus de la moitié en Arabie saoudite, les pays membres de l'OPEP n'hésiteront pas à accroître leur production [...]

CONT

La mine de la rivière Muskeg produira 155 000 barils par jour (barils/j) de pétrole brut lourd (appelé bitume) qui, après valorisation, sera prêt pour le raffinage.

OBS

barils par jour; barils/jour; barils/j : termes rarement utilisés au singulier (baril par jour; baril/jour; baril/j).

Key term(s)
  • baril/jour
  • baril par jour
  • baril/j

Spanish

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