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Crude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons of all lengths and molecular shapes and other odourus compounds like hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans. Included in that mixture are many hydrocarbons which evaporate easily into the air. As a consequence when oil is spilt a portion of it is lost to the air and becomes a sulfidic or hydrocarbon vapor of light ends and aromatic organic compounds. This gives crude oil its characteristic odour.

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