Why Crude Oil Differs from Country to Country
In short: How ancient marine life, underground heat and slow degradation give each region its own light or heavy, sweet or sour crude, and why refineries are built around the difference.
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Sources used in this film: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “The United States produces lighter crude oil, imports heavier crude oil - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Springer Nature (book chapter on SpringerLink), “Composition, Classification, and Properties of Petroleum”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Petroleum - Formation, Maturation, Kerogen | Britannica”; U.S. Geological Survey, “An estimate of recoverable heavy oil resources of the Orinoco Oil Belt, Venezuela”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Heavy oil and tar sand | Extraction, Processing & Uses | Britannica”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Attributes of crude oil at U.S. refineries vary by region - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”.
Sources used in this film
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — The United States produces lighter crude oil, imports heavier crude oil - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Springer Nature (book chapter on SpringerLink) — Composition, Classification, and Properties of Petroleum · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Petroleum - Formation, Maturation, Kerogen | Britannica · View →
- U.S. Geological Survey — An estimate of recoverable heavy oil resources of the Orinoco Oil Belt, Venezuela · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Heavy oil and tar sand | Extraction, Processing & Uses | Britannica · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Attributes of crude oil at U.S. refineries vary by region - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): The United States produces lighter crude oil, imports heavier crude oil - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Springer Nature (book chapter on SpringerLink): Composition, Classification, and Properties of Petroleum
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Petroleum - Formation, Maturation, Kerogen | Britannica
- Also: U.S. Geological Survey: An estimate of recoverable heavy oil resources of the Orinoco Oil Belt, Venezuela
- Also: Heavy oil and tar sand | Extraction, Processing & Uses | Britannica
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Attributes of crude oil at U.S. refineries vary by region - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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