What are the units of measure for natural gas?
Abbreviations used for units of natural gas in the United States include:
- C— one hundred (100)
- M—one thousand (1,000)
- MM—one million (1,000,000)
- cf—cubic foot/feet
- Ccf—100 cubic feet
- Mcf—1,000 cubic feet
- Btu—British thermal unit(s)
- MMBtu—1,000,000 British thermal units
- Therm—100,000 Btu
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