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Refers to two properties of crude oil, the sulphur content, and API gravity, which affect processing complexity and product characteristics.
Industry:Energy
A containment pond (that preferably has an impermeable lining of clay or synthetic material such as hypalon) to hold liquid wastes and to concentrate the waste through evaporation.
Industry:Energy
The total crude oil put into processing units at refineries.
Industry:Energy
An air-cooling unit that turns air into moist, cool air by saturating the air with water vapor. It does not cool air by use of a refrigeration unit.
Industry:Energy
Stocks of crude oil and lease condensate held at refineries, in pipelines, at pipeline terminals, and on leases.
Industry:Energy
Crude oil consumed as fuel by crude oil pipelines and on crude oil leases.
Industry:Energy
Receipts of domestic and foreign crude oil at a refinery. Includes all crude oil in transit except crude oil in transit by pipeline. Foreign crude oil is reported as a receipt only after entry through customs. Crude oil of foreign origin held in bonded storage is excluded.
Industry:Energy
A contractual agreement in which quantities of crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas, or electricity are delivered, either directly or through intermediaries, from one company to another company, in exchange for the delivery by the second company to the first company of an equivalent volume or heat content. The exchange may take place at the same time and location or at different times and/or locations. Such agreements may also involve the payment of cash. Note: EIA excludes volumes sold through exchange agreements to avoid double counting of data. See energy exchange.
Industry:Energy
A light coloured paraffin wax having the following characteristics:
*viscosity at 210 degrees Fahrenheit (D88)-59.9 SUS (10.18 centistokes) maximum;
*oil content (D721)-0.5 percent maximum;
*other +20 color, Saybolt minimum.
Industry:Energy
