Sweet crude oil
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Sweet crude
)Sweet crude oil is a type of petroleum. The New York Mercantile Exchange designates petroleum with less than 0.5% sulfur as sweet.[1][2]
Petroleum containing higher levels of sulfur is called sour crude oil.[3]
Sweet crude oil contains small amounts of
gas oil
).
The term sweet originates from the fact that a low level of sulfur provides the oil with a relatively sweet taste and pleasant smell, compared to sulfurous oil. Nineteenth-century prospectors would taste and smell small quantities of oil to determine its quality.[4]
Producers
Producers of sweet crude oil include:
- Asia/Pacific:
- North America:
- Europe:
- Russia
- Azerbaijan
- The North Sea area:
- Africa:
- South America:
- The Guianas:
- Andean Region
- Southern Cone
Pricing
The term "
NYMEX or the U.S. Energy Information Administration
.
See also
- Petroleum Classification
- List of crude oil products
- Oil price increases since 2003
References
- ^ "Oil markets explained". BBC News.
'Sweet' crude is defined as having a sulphur content of less than 0.5%.
- S2CID 154524771.
Crudes are considered to be sweet when the sulphur content does not exceed 0.5% and sour otherwise.
- )
- ^ "Description of the MC 252 Crude Oil" (PDF). Oil Spill Academic Task Force, State of Florida. Retrieved January 28, 2011.