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Characterization of crude oil by ultraviolet visible spectroscopy

US9778240B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY · SA

Inventors

Omer Refa Koseoglu · Dhahran, SA
Adnan Al-Hajji · Dammam, SA
Gordon Jamieson · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 21, 2012
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 28, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N21/33
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and a method for characterizing a crude oil sample from the weight and ultraviolet visible spectroscopy of the sample, including calculating a crude oil ultraviolet visible index and using the index to calculate the API gravity and the aromaticity of the sample.

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