sour crude

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• Sour Crude — The name given to barrels of crude oil that do not meet certain content requirements, such as low levels of sulfur and hydrogen. Sour crude future contracts are not as popular as sweet crude oil contracts, as this type of oil is harder to refine… …   Investment dictionary

• Sour crude oil — is crude oil containing the impurity sulfur. It is common to find crude oil containing some impurities. When the total sulfur level in the oil is > 0.5 % the oil is called sour . [cite web|url=http://www.spe.org/spe/jsp/basic/0,,1104… …   Wikipedia

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• Benchmark (crude oil) — Crude oil benchmarks, also known as oil markers, were first introduced in the mid 1980s. There are three primary benchmarks, WTI, Brent Blend, and Dubai. Other well known blends include the Opec basket used by OPEC, Tapis Crude which is traded in …   Wikipedia

• sour — 1. Crude oils containing a large amount of sulfur and sulfur compounds, which break down in refining to liberate troublesome quantities of corrosive sulfur compounds. 2. Gasoline, naphthas, and other refined oils containing hydrogen sulfide or… …   Petroleum refining glossary

• Sweet crude oil — is a type of petroleum. Petroleum is considered sweet if it contains less than 0.5% sulfur, [BBC News. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/904748.stm Oil markets explained ] . July 14, 2003.] compared to a higher level of sulfur in sour crude… …   Wikipedia

• Dubai Crude — is a light sour crude oil extracted from Dubai. Dubai Crude is used as a price benchmark or oil marker because it is one of only a few Persian Gulf crude oils available immediately. The other two main oil markers are Brent Crude and West Texas… …   Wikipedia

• Sweet Crude — The name given to barrels of crude oil that meet certain content requirements, such as low levels of sulfur and hydrogen. Sweet crude future contracts are the most popular oil contracts traded on commodity markets. This type of oil is much easier …   Investment dictionary

• List of crude oil products — In the international petroleum industry, crude oil products are traded on various oil bourses based on established chemical profiles, delivery locations, and financial terms. The chemical profiles, or crude oil assays, specify important… …   Wikipedia

• Dubai Crude —    A leading benchmark crude oil produced in the United Arab Emirates, used in pricing sour crudes, predominantly for pricing Middle East crude exports to Asia …   Financial and business terms

• Petroleum — For other uses, see Petroleum (disambiguation). Proven world oil reserves, 2009 …   Wikipedia