PETROLEUM NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 142, 13 July 1909, Page 3

PETROLEUM NEWS.

IRIGHNESS OF THE TARAXAKI ARTICLE. ,Thc well-maintained flow of oil from »o. 2 ,boro oi the Xaranaki Petroleam lompany is reviving the question of the erection of a refining ,plant. Some two vf" - ° r » SO ag ° th(! coul P a "y consulted rrm ti : • Cmi ß' Ull '> of «l«4iOH, the only British linn of note enin designing and supplying o ilplants In order thai .Messrs. -laig might advise exactly the kind of Jldiit required here, a barrel (40 galWo™ f Pf trol ™ni wa ß shipped to for analysis by the firm's chemieen tr.ilf ■" l>le Sellt Uome ha <l »ot lock so™ V* lmd ,becn in >IOCK some tune, and; as the report .hows, contained 0 per eent. of water which had not been drawn off. Here'dved from ° f r' C rc|>ort as re " u ! Messrs. Craig, .vhowiucr the Alas"" 1 ■as, y removed by settling, and the oil ts.elf as then dealt with, the results' >e.ng given in terms of the elean oilbpenfic gravity, .8373 at 00 Fahr. settling point, 87 Fahr The crude petroleum was distilled ia '?nf P nf S t? Ce r E . sufficient steam, 6 per ent. of the distillate immediately prodding the last 1.3 per eent iJL',, cracked" without steam. The distillate ' vas collected in four portions: iii'« , . . JSp.Gr. S.P. A Crude 6 pmt 21.53 .708 ■d) Crude kerosene 25.74 824 S&; « «•»»«>'. i (A) Redistilled with steam only, yieldid finished spirit, 6.51 per cent, at 735 o P.^^d 7 .B o p er eent P a t.7 7 3 sp.y- „ (Ti J? , f l ' ent ' at - 7505 5 P' gr. f m P eratur « «"1 G (£) Crude" scale—-13.40 per cent., ? "Kiting point 118.75 F an.l ■ containing 13.57 per cent, or f, oil, equivalent to 1211 D »r cent., m.p. 121.1 F., containing £ 4 per cent. oil. " (IV) Blue oil 35.14 per cent., sp. gr. B .8814 settling point 23 F. After treatment with 2 per cent, acid $ and ly 3 per cent, s'oda-34.29 „ ... sp. gr. .8808. n ; After distillation yielded—- 0 Percent. Sp.Gr. S.P. wS rOS ? e , 10 ' 87 - 850 Mixed with (B) ™ H) Gas oil 10.80 .8078 27 F 3 < I) Spindle oil 10.18 .009 47 p* m !J) R'esiduum 0,81) ' !0 87) a1 41 C 7fl de keroseae <25-74, 5.15, 2! ! u.»7), 41.78 per cent. (sn or «oi«\ b( "J er -f eatm « nt wi «' 1-5 per cent, acid ~ md .75 per cent, soda, 41.29 per cent After distillation yielded— , ' |

(K)Kerosene SBPiBGrfL) Kerosene 4 70 <M) Gas Oil Hi ™ (K) was treated with 0.7 per cent t - L> ,T® s r mixed with 1.52 per cent u°HtvV° r reflD l d X " eroSMequality, 02a percent, (sp. s r. .834). (M) and (H) were mixed for gas oil m P Al Cent - (s P' &■ -5602). Jj' , t , rcat,M >>t' with 3 per cent, acid a:nd soda and extraction of the soft scale (0.38 per cent., m.p. 100 F * I Kl !i P" a P' e r - -9078, s.p. 23 Fj. " Total scale—.(E) and (I), 12.5 per cent. (m.p. 120 F.), equivalent to 12 44 per cent, containing 4 per cent, of oil By hydraulic pressing of the scale'™ as to reduce the percentage of oil to 4 per cent, as above, there would be obcm.de oii sca,e (e > ■ton ■JI3 40 per cent, on the crude petrocum), containing 13.57 per cent, of oil, there was obtained by sweating the fol.owmg.proportions 0 f wax g of gooJ Melting Point. Wax .. 130.25 F. 44.18-p.c. 6.01 Wax .. 121.5 p. 10.48-p.c. 2.(11 Wax .. no. f. 12.71-p.c. l.iO Residue .. 80. F. 77.00^T10~32

Residue .. 80.0 F. 23.00-p.c. 3.08 Refined products—Per cent, by volume or Gallons, per 100 Gallons. Per cent S.G. F P S P Spirit .. 6.51 .735 .. 7.80 ' .773 , , , Tl. 14.31 .7505 J.eroi'ene, Ist nualitv .. 3-2.00 .8157 7!) F 2nd quality .. 6.25 .834 7o! F.' Gas oil .. 14.81 .8602 27. F Spindle oil .. 8176 .0078 23 T?' (Viscosity, about 181. at 60. F. (Redwood). Good quality and ■high average M.P.) Residue oil from— Wax .. 1.80 Kesidum .. 2.22 00.85 Tlic flash point was determined by Abel's close test apparatus. The products are all of excellent quality. color and smell, anil there is a large proportion of wax of high mcith" point.

The vis'cositv of the spindle oi! is, however, somewhat low. considering the specific gravity of the oil.

Chemical examination of the products proves the crude petroleum to contain only a very small proportion of unsaturated hydrocarbons, and to resemble in character and purity Pennsylvaaian petroleum."