Application of the SI Metric System: Part 1 The Basic System

The SPE Symbols and Metrication Committee has developed several voluntary standards that are used worldwide. Like all detailed standards, these can be tedious to use unless one is very familiar with them. This is the first in a series of articles designed to enhance the convenience of using--and converting to or from--SI metric units (for Le Systeme International d'Unites). Each subsequent article in the series will address SI applications in a specific area: drilling, logging, production facilities, etc. We hope these articles will prove helpful to SPE members.