Crude Oil is an exceedingly complex mixture of organic compounds. Advances in separations and measurement technologies, especially the utilization of Gas Chromatography (GC), allow robust measurement of the distribution of material within a crude oil from C3 up to ca. C110 to C120 calibrated against normal paraffin standards. The focus of this presentation is on the application of Detailed Hydrocarbon Analysis (DHA) for light ends and GC Simulated Distillation for distillable fractions and resids. The presentation will discuss the concepts behind these technologies, the robustness of these measurements, and the importance of the composite yield distribution curve obtained from combining

Attainable product-yield distribution curve: A roadmap to crude oil composition

251st National Meeting (2016)

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