Crude Oil Characterization

Test Description

Method

Recommended Tests:

Density and Relative Density of Crude Oils by Digital Density Analyzer

ASTM D 5002

Water and Sediment in Crude Oil, BS&W

ASTM D 4007

Water by Distillation, Crude Oil

ASTM D 4006

Sediment in Crude Oil by NMR Spectroscopy (NMRS)

ASTM D 4807

Pour Point of Crude Oils

ASTM D 5853

Salt Content of Crude Oil, Electrometric Method

ASTM D 3230

Chloride, Organic, in Crude Oil

ASTM D 4229

Sulfur by X-ray Florescence Spectroscopy, LOD = 0.01 wt%

ASTM D 4294

Vapor Pressure of Crude Oil, Expansion Method

ASTM D 6377

Other Optional Tests:

Boiling Range Distribution of Crude Petroleum by Gas Chromatography

ASTM D 5307

Water in Crude Oils by Potentiometric Karl Fischer Titration

ASTM D 4377

Hempel Distillation

UOP 77

Fractionation of Petroleum Distillates

UOP 79

Crude Oil Classification, Bureau of Mines Index

BMCI

Crude Oil Classification, Paraffinic or Asphaltinic

TOL 5048

True Boiling Point and Distillation of Crude Petroleum (15 Theoretical Plates)

ASTM D 2892

Sample Preparation, Sediments, Soils, Sludges, Acid Digestion

EPA 3050B

Inorganics (Trace Metals) by Inductively Coupled Plasma- Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) per element.

EPA 6010B