Table 1
Characteristics of some crude oils from various worldwide locations
Arabian
light
Arabian
heavy
Iranian
light
Iranian
heavy
(Gach
Saran)
Iraq
(Kirkuk)
Kuwait
Algerian
(Hassi
Messaoud)
Libyan
(Brega)
Nigerian
(Bonny
medium)
North
Sea
(Ekofisk)
South
American
(Bachequero)
% vol.
boiling
below
350
C
54.0
46.5
55.0
53.0
61.1
49.0
75.2
64.0
54.5
61.2
30.0
Gravity,
API
33.4
28.2
33.5
30.8
35.9
31.2
44.7
40.4
26.0
36.3
16.8
Sulfur, wt%
1.8
2.84
1.4
1.6
1.95
2.5
0.13
0.21
0.23
0.21
2.4
PONA of heavy naphtha, vol%
Cut,
C
100–150
100–150
149–204
149–204
100–150
100–150
95–175
100–150
100–150
100–200
93–177
Paraffins
69.5
70.3
54.0
50
69.0
67.9
56.5
53.0
27.5
56.5
27.6
Olefins
–
–
–
–
265 ppm
–
–
20 ppm
1.5
–
–
Naphthenes
18.2
21.4
30.0
35
21.0
22.1
32.9
39.3
57.0
29.5
58.5
Aromatics
12.3
8.3
16.0
15
9.8
10.0
10.6
7.7
14.0
14.0
13.9
Metals in residuum
Residuum
temp.
C
>565
>565
>538
>538
>370
>370
>350
>570
>535
>350
>350
Vanadium,
wt ppm
94
171
188
404
58
59
<5
24
7
1.95
437
Nickel, wt
ppm
22
53
70
138
<3
1 8
<5
32
52
5.04
75
The Bachequero pour point is 16
C
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