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Overview
CPC Blend is a light crude oil which was first introduced to the market at the end of 2001 with the commissioning of a 1,580km pipeline by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC). The CPC pipeline links major oil fields in Western Kazakhstan to a Black Sea export terminal opened in 2001 at Yuzhnaya Ozereevka, located 40km North-West of Novorossiysk (Russia). At the end of 2004, CPC Blend consisted of seven crude oil streams: Tengiz, Aktobe, Kumkol, Martyshi, Arman, Karachaganak and Siberian Light. The most significant developments in 2004 were the introduction of Karachaganak in June, and the beginning of Russian crude injection, principally Siberian Light, in November. Despite new streams being injected to the pipeline, Tengiz remains the single largest component of CPC Blend.
Whole Crude Properties *
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| Gravity, API° | 44.2 | 44.2 |
| Gravity SG | 0.8054 | 0.8046 |
| Sulfur, wt% | 0.54 | 0.53 |
| Total Nitrogen, ppm | | 380 |
| Hydrogen, wt% | | 13.9 |
| Acid Number, mg KOH/g | 0.05 | 0.07 |
| Pour Point, °F / °C | -37 / -34 | -34 / -37 |
| Charact. Factor (K-FACTOR) | | 12.1 |
| Viscosity, cSt at 40°C (104°F) | 1.96 | 1.96 |
| Viscosity, cSt at 50°C (122°F) | | 1.69 |
| Vanadium, ppm | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Nickel, ppm | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| MCR, wt% | 0.75 | 0.87 |
| Ramsbottom Carbon, wt% | | 0.78 |
| Asphaltenes, (H.C7) wt% | | 0.10 |
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