Meaning & use

Mcf

noun·Academic

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An abbreviation for one thousand cubic feet, a unit commonly used to measure volumes of natural gas.

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The well produced roughly 600 mcf of natural gas per day.

Utility bills sometimes list gas usage in mcf rather than cubic meters.

A note on using this word

The 'M' comes from the Roman numeral for one thousand, so 'MMcf' denotes one million cubic feet.

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