Petroleum/Industrial

Issue No. sol-008e

CRUDE OIL QUALITY

Crude Oil Assays

M axxam Analytics takes great care and

diligence in adhering to strict quality
control and quality assurance measures.
This allows us to maintain a high level of
confidence in the results we provide. Our
laboratories offer a broad field of experience
and state of the art instrumentation. Crude
quality has a significant impact on the
quality of finished products and the amount
of resources required to produce petroleum
products. Crude oil assays provide an
accurate evaluation of quality parameters
and factors in crude slate selection and
optimization of refinery operations. The
quality of crude oil directly affects the
commodity pricing of the crude oil and High Vacuum Potstill Distillation
also the profitability. There are a number of
industry trends that are creating more focus
on crude oil quality. Such trends are: Capabilities
Maxxam’s Industrial Division is a leader in
• More sophisticated refinery control full service crude oil assays. Specific assay
systems packages range from the very basic, suitable
for quick evaluation of crude oils, to a full
• Refinery operations are more severe
refinery assay, which provides valuable
• Pipeline changes allow more crude oil information about market value, refinery
segregation and options design, product yield and quality. Additional
services include evaluation of crude oils for
• Refined product specifications are characterization by gas chromatography
tighter simulated distillation. Maxxam offers
• Advances in analytical technology High Temperature Simulated Distillation
allow for rapid determination of (HTSD) which provides the highest quality
quality of analytical results, cost effectiveness and
quick turn around time.
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Typical Crude Oil Assay, Common Testing Methods, Contact Us

Typical Crude Oil Assay

Common Testing Methods

• ASTM D86 - Atmospheric Distillation of
Petroleum Products
• ASTM D1160 - Vacuum Distillation of
Petroleum Products at Reduced Pressure
• ASTM D2892 - TBP Distillation of Crude
Petroleum
• ASTM D5236 – High Vacuum Potstill
Distillation of Heavy Hydrocarbon
Mixtures
• ASTM D2887 - Boiling Range Distribution
of Petroleum Fractions <538°C by Gas
Chromatography
• ASTM D5307 - Determination of Boiling
Range Distribution of Crude Petroleum
by Gas Chromatography (samples with
residues boiling > 538°C)
• HTSD - High Temperature Simulated Distillation
(samples with residues boiling > 720°C)

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