Effective Crude Characterization Causes of Crude Quality Variation
Crude Blend Changes
- Shutdown of fields
- Startup of new component fields
Production Company
- Intentional blending or spiking a crude with a condensate or lighter material
- Blending of several crudes to match a given set of quality constraints (BCF-17)
Loadport Variation
- Saharan Blend (Arzew vs. Bejaia)
- Urals (Ventspils vs. Novo vs. Rostock etc.)