B.T.U.
abbreviation
British thermal unit; British thermal units.
B.T.U.
American
Or
BTU,
abbreviation
Physics.
btu
1
British
abbreviation
BTU
2
British
abbreviation
Btu
Scientific
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The issue is driven by fracking, which has lowered the price of a million B.T.U. of gas to the range of $3.25, down 75 percent from its recent peak.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2013
And with a 10,000 B.T.U. side-burner, it’s ready for anything.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2012
The amount of steam needed to produce a barrel of oil varies according to the age of the field, but 2 million B.T.U. per barrel is typical.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2011
Although the B.T.U. yield of methanol is only half that from gasoline, the eventual mass-production cost will be less than half the cost of gasoline.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maximum calorific power of gas per cubic foot 598 B.T.U.
“High seaborne thermal coal prices will help offset the impact of this ramp up delay, but this is still likely to be an overhang on BTU shares until it is fully resolved,” they wrote.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
In afternoon trading on Monday, futures for February delivery surged 14% to $6.014 per million BTU after touching an intraday high of $6.293.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
The BTU union, which claims to represent 17,000 Lloyds staff but is not recognised as an official union and so it not consulted by Lloyds Banking Group, said it did not support the company's actions.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
Output varies per basin but on average, a new well can deliver some 672 bpd of oil, according to BTU Analytics.
From Reuters ● Jun. 13, 2022
Therefore, the exact relationship of BTU to joules and other energy units depends on the temperature at which BTU is measured.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
The big difference between energy savings and energy cost savings is because natural gas prices are much lower than electricity prices on a Btu basis in many parts of the country.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
And contrary to some false claims, shale gas production has actually slightly increased the heat content of U.S. gas supply, now at at 1,030 Btu per cubic foot.
From Forbes ● Jun. 2, 2015
Using the true Btu equivalent ratio would yield even lower reserve numbers.
From Forbes ● Oct. 14, 2012
The country bought spot shipments at $15 per million Btu in July, according to Ministry of Finance data.
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 18, 2011
Natural gas prices fell 5.2 percent, to $4.37 a million Btu, in the same period.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 12, 2011
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