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West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil is of very high quality and is at refining a larger portion of gasoline. Its API gravity is 39.6 degrees, which makes it a "light" crude oil, and it contains only about 0.24 percent of sulfur (making a "sweet" crude oil).
Brent Blend is actually a combination of crude oil from fifteen different oil fields located in the North Sea. It is still a "light" crude oil, but not quite as "light" as WTI, and it contains about 0.37 percent of sulfur (making it a "sweet" crude oil, but again slightly less "sweet" than WTI). Brent blend is good for making gasoline and middle distillates.
WTI is more expensive than Brent.
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What is the meaning of Brent oil?
Brent crude oil is a "benchmark crude" oil agreed upon by various suppliers and traders of crude oil. Other crude oils are often priced based on the agreed upon benchmark crude which has a particular set of properties.
What makes rubber?
Crude oils
How do you separate paraffin wax from crude oil?
Waxes are separated from crude oils in a process called solvent dewaxing. A limited number of crude oils are suitable for processing in the lube oil refineries that run this process. These crude oils must have a high wax content in the original crude, resulting in a high pour point, making these types of crude oils difficult to extract and process in other refinery units. See the excellent link below entitled: "The Evolution of Base Oil Technology"
Can a refinery refine all crude oils?
yes
How do you extract crude oils?
Crude oils are extracted by fractioning crude oil in a fractioning tower. They are fractioned by heating to boiling point and rising up the tower where they condensate and come out in another form.
What is the difference between different types of oil?
Vegetable oils are made from plant material. It can be eaten. Mineral Oils are found in nature, created by the breakdown of organic material under pressure and time. Eating it can be deadly. The various types of oil are created by the breakdown of crude oil. By 'cracking' the oil and refining it, different weights and viscosity are broken out. Gasoline is one of the lightest. There are various grades of jet fuel, diesel and lubrication oils, all made from the crude oil.
Which property is used to classify crude oils as either heavy or light?
viscosity. very viscose oils are considered "heavy", oils of low viscosity are considered "light". Oils with little sulfur are considered "sweet", oils with lots of sulfur are considered "sour". The most valuable crude oil is "light sweet".
How do we get oil from crude?
To get lots of different oils from the main crude oil you must put it into a fractional distilaltion chamber.
How do we get crude oil?
To get lots of different oils from the main crude oil you must put it into a fractional distilaltion chamber.
What are the properties difference between Refrigeration and hydraulic oils?
Hydraulic oils are substances that are hot, while refrigeration properties are cold.
What is the melting point for crude oil?
the Melting point depends on different types of Crude oil.. Crude oils are of different types ..so there is no specific Boiling point
How many oils are there?
There is no definite answer to your question. Every reservoir has its "Crude type" that is unique in composition. And that is the answer for "crude oils". Crude types has different viscosity - some flow easy, other can be used as roof covering once cooled down after it surface. The next is the sulfur content, and alphaltines. Crude oil is recovered with water and sand that is removed.
