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n: unrefined liquid petroleum. It ranges in gravity from 9. API to 55. API and in colour from yellow to black. and may have a paraffin, asphalt, or mixed base. If a crude oil, or crude, contains a sizeable amount of sulphur or sulphur compounds, it is called a sour crude;if it has little or no sulphur, it is called a sweet crude. In addition, crude oils may be referred to as heavy or light according to API gravity, the lighter oils having the higher gravities.

n: The petroleum which is not being processed.

adj: containing or caused by hydrogen sulfide or another acid gas (e.g., sour crude, sour gas, sour corrosion).

H2S containing.

n: see sour crude oil.

crude oil that contains more than 1% total sulfur content. Typically applied as a label to oils with sour smell.

n: oil containing hydrogen sulfide or another acid gas.

west Texas sour crude oil.