Sweet crude oil
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Sweet crude oil is a type of petroleum. Petroleum is considered "sweet" if it contains less than 0.5% sulfur[1], compared to a higher level of sulfur in sour crude oil. Sweet crude oil contains small amounts of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. High quality, low sulfur crude oil is commonly used for processing into gasoline and is in high demand, particularly in the United States and China.
Producers of sweet crude oil include:
- Iraq
- Saudi Arabia
- Romania
- Sudan
- United Kingdom (Brent Crude)
- United States (West Texas Intermediate)
- United States (Nevada Great Basin Sweet)
- United States (Wyoming Sweet)
- United States (Louisiana Sweet)
- Oman
- Yemen
- Nigeria
- Malaysia
- Norway
- Canada
- Indonesia
- Trinidad and Tobago
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[edit] References
- ^ BBC News. Oil markets explained. July 14, 2003.
[edit] See also
- Petroleum Classification
- Brent Crude
- Light crude oil
- Sour crude oil
- West Texas Intermediate a.k.a. Texas Sweet Light
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