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1 gallon of heating oil (with sulfur content at 15 to 500 parts per million) = 138,500 Btu. 1 barrel of residual fuel oil = 6,287,000 Btu. 1 cubic foot of natural gas = 1,036 Btu. 1 gallon of propane = 91,452 Btu. 1 short ton (2,000 pounds) of coal (consumed by the electric power sector) = 18,820,000 Btu.