At the Midway-Sunset oil fields outside Bakersfield, crude oil is extracted from Monterey Shale.
A naturally occurring brown to black a naturally occurring brown to black flammable liquid.
Crude oils are principally found in oil reservoirs associated with sedimentary rocks beneath the earth’s surface.
It is generally agreed that crude oils derived from marine animal and plant debris subjected to high temperatures and pressures.
HC compound : All hydrocarbon classes are present in the crude mixture, except alkenes and alkynes. (alkanes, cycloparaffins, aromatic compounds)
Mainly HC mixed with:
Sulfur
Nitrogen
Oxygen compound
Trace amount of metals in the forms of inorganics salts or organometallic compounds (corrosive or poisonous to processing catalyst)
Pump jack. Oil well
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