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Light, Heavy, Sweet or Sour?

December 20, 2014 by sjw Leave a Comment

As the famous Castrol advertisement suggests: Oils ain't oils! There are big differences between light and heavy crude oil and it can also be sweet or sour as well. Crude Oil, or "petroleum" as it is also called is the raw material found in the ground. Petroleum is actually a Latin word, showing how long humans have used it! To help distinguish between light and heavy the … [Read more...]

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