Publication of the results of experiments on the changes of spilt oil with time
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Production Place

Middle East

Oil Name

Basrah Light Crude

Class

Low Pour Point, Light Gravity

Test conditions : Winter
Sea water temp. : 10deg,C.
Wave rank : 2 Strong Wave (Wave Height 10 - 50cm)
* Viscosity and density of low pour point crude oils show a value measured at 15deg,C.
Experiment dataLine chartsPhotographsProperties
 

Time (hr)

Water (V%)

Vis. (cP)

Density (g/cm3)

Evapo. (w%)

0hr

0.0

15.2

0.8668

0.0

0.5hr

71.4

77.0

0.9805

17.5

1hr

77.2

81.4

0.9808

21.0

2hr

78.0

82.4

0.9817

23.8

4hr

78.0

280

0.9817

25.2

6hr

78.0

1080

0.9816

26.2

8hr

78.2

1480

0.9820

27.3

24hr

78.2

7410

0.9829

29.8

48hr

78.3

12900

0.9831

32.0

72hr

78.4

14800

0.9854

32.5

96hr

78.4

16800

0.9888

35.3