Kerosene (No. 1 Fuel oil) 134,000BTU/gallon
Burner fuel oil (No. 2 oil) 140,000BTU/gallon
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Grade Heating Value
(Btu/US gal) Comments
Fuel Oil No. 1 132900 - 137000 Small Space Heaters
Fuel Oil No. 2 137000 - 141800 Residential Heating
Fuel Oil No. 4 143100 - 148100 Industrial Burners
Fuel Oil No. 5 (Light) 146800 - 150000 Preheating in General Required
Fuel Oil No.5 (Heavy) 149400 - 152000 Heating Required
Fuel Oil No. 6 151300 - 155900 Bunker C
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113% #2 diesel is 129500 btu and gasoline 114000btu.
With the price of diesel being 20-30% more expensive than gasoline the past 9-10 years. The 113% more btu in diesel still makes diesel cost more per btu of energy.
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Gasoline gallon equivalent tables[edit]
GGE calculated for gasoline in US gallons at 114000 BTU per gallon,
or 7594 kilocalories per litre[2]
Fuel: liquid, US gallons GGE GGE % BTU/gal kWh/gal HP-hr/gal kcal/litre
Gasoline (base)[3] 1.0000 100.00% 114,000 33.41 44.79 7594.0
Gasoline (conventional, summer)[3] 0.9960 100.40% 114,500 33.56 44.99 7624.5
Gasoline (conventional, winter)[3] 1.0130 98.72% 112,500 32.97 44.20 7496.5
Gasoline (reformulated gasoline, E10 - ethanol)[3] 1.0190 98.14% 111,836 32.78 43.94 7452.4
Gasoline (reformulated gasoline, ETBE)[3] 1.0190 98.14% 111,811 32.77 43.93 7452.4
Gasoline (reformulated gasoline, MTBE)[3] 1.0200 98.04% 111,745 32.75 43.90 7445.1
Gasoline (10% MTBE)[4] 1.0200 98.04% 112,000 32.83 44.00 7445.1
Gasoline (regular unleaded)[5] 1.0000 100.00% 114,100 33.44 44.83 7594.0
Diesel #2[5] 0.8800 113.64% 129,500 37.95 50.87 8629.8
Biodiesel (B100)[5] 0.9600 104.17% 118,300 34.80 46.65 8629.5
Bio Diesel (
B20)[5] 0.9000 111.11% 127,250 37.12 49.76 8437.7
Liquid natural gas (LNG)[5] 1.5362 65.10% 75,000 21.75 29.16 4943.3
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Propane / Autogas) (LPG)[5] 1.2470 80.19% 91,500 26.82 35.95 6089.84
Methanol fuel (M100)[5] 2.0100 49.75% 56,800 16.62 22.28 3778.1
Ethanol fuel (E100)[5] 1.5000 66.67% 76,100 22.27 29.85 5062.7
Ethanol (E85)[5] 1.3900 71.94% 81,800 24.04 32.23 5463.3
Jet fuel (naphtha)[6] 0.9700 103.09% 118,700 34.44 46.17 7828.9
Jet fuel (kerosene)[6] 0.9000 111.11% 128,100 37.12 49.76 8437.7
Nitromethane fuel ~2.3 41.23% 47,000
GGE calculated on non-liquid fuels
Fuel: non-liquid GGE GGE % BTU/unit kWh/unit
Gasoline (base)[3][7] 1.0000 100.00% 114,000 BTU/gal 33.41
Compressed natural gas (CNG)[8] 126.67 cu ft (3.587 m3) 20,268 BTU/lb
Hydrogen at 101.325 kPa 357.37 cu ft 319 BTU/cu ft[9]
Hydrogen by weight 0.997 kg (2.198 lb)[10] 119.9 MJ/kg (51,500 BTU/lb)[11]
Electricity 33.40 kilowatt-hours 3,413 BTU/(kW·h) [12][13] 33.40
