CARBON NUMBER vs HYDROCARBON STREAM NAMES

Carbon #

Boiling Pt degF

Industry / Refining Names

C 1

-251

Natural

C 2

-128

Gas

C 3

-40

LPG

C 4

32

C 5

94

C 6

150

Straight

C 7

200

Run

C 8

240

Heavy

C 9

290

C ###

330

C 11

360

C ###

400

C ###

430

C ###

470

C ###

500

C ###

530

C ###

560

C ###

590

C ###

620

C ###

640

C ###

670

C ###

690

C ###

720

C ###

740

C ###

770

C ###

790

C ###

810

C ###

830

C ###

860

C ###

880

C ###

900

C ###

920

C ###

940

C ###

960

C ###

980

C ###

1000

C ###

1020

C ###

1040

C ###

1060

C ###

1070

C ###

1090

C ###

1110

C ###

1130

C ###

1140

C ###

1160

C ###

1180

C ###

1200

C ###

1210

C ###
C

50+

LNG
LPG

Motor

Fuel Gas
Naphtha

API RBI Rep Fluids

LNG CNG

Refinery

Light

Pentane
Kerosene

Straight

Gasoline, naphtha, light

straight run, heptane

Gasoline

Aviation

Straight

Diesel

Gas Oil

Run Jet
Light

Jet Fuel, Kerosent,

Atmospheric Gas Oil

LGO

Atmos

Gas Oil

Jet Fuel
Heavy

Bunker
Vacuum
Gas oil, typical crude

IGO

Fuel

Atmos

Long

Gas Oil

HGO
Asphalt

Gas Oil
Short
Resid
Residium, heavy crude

Resid

1230
1240plus

Diesel, Kerosene

Run

VTB

ATB

Fuel Oil

Chemistry Names Used in Refining

Methane
Ethane, Ethene, Ethylene
Propane, Propene, Propylene
Butane, Isobutane, Butene, Butylene, Butadiene
Pentane, Isopentane, Neopentane, Pentene, Amylene, Cyclopentane
Hexane, Hexene, Cyclohexane, Methylcyclopentane
Octane