What is it about?
The quality assessment of metal ions in crude petroleum has environmental and industrial importance. The metallic composition data from the crude petroleum sample of an oil field determines the technology for oil field development, refinery processes, ecological lives protection measures and quality level of the crude. For instance, vanadium and nickel-metal elements in crude petroleum have received the attention of investigators because they are found in higher concentrations. Their presence may cause undesirable effects by poisoning the hydrogenation catalyst used during the thermal cracking process of crude petroleum. Heavy metals in petroleum pollute the environment during exploration, production and refinery the process when exposed. Heavy metals ions such as lead, arsenic, mercury, chromium, cadmium and thallium, in crude petroleum, are toxic to lives and may harm both aquatic and terrestrial ecological equilibrium.
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Why is it important?
Qualitative and quantitative analyses of chemical elements in crude petroleum using energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopic technique has attracted the attention of the scientific world because it is fast, cheap, non-destructive and assurance in quality compared to other methods. Metallic element characterisation of crude petroleum is important in the petrochemical industry because it determines rock reservoir properties, the technology needed for extraction and refinery process, hence an exciting field that calls for research.
Perspectives
Developing scientific methods and procedures for determining the characteristics of various crude petroleum from different geological sources for standardisation is therefore important to the petroleum industry and calls for research.
Calvin Kwesi Gafrey
University of Cape Coast
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This page is a summary of: Metallic Composition Analysis of Crude Petroleum from Some Oil Fields in Ghana, Physical Science International Journal, September 2021, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/psij/2021/v25i530256.
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Laser-induced Fluorescence with Multivariate Analysis in Characterizing Crude Oils from Some Selected Oil Fields in Ghana
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