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U.S. Bakken oil more flammable than others, regulator says
CBC News ^
| Jan 02, 2014
| CBC News
Posted on 01/02/2014 4:28:41 PM PST by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels
Petroleum burns, who would’a thunk it?
To: rickmichaels
*head-------------->desk*
Yer kidding, right? No, this is the statists looking for ways, any ways to throttle lucrative, economy boosting energy with regulations.
The shooting needs to start.
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posted on
01/02/2014 4:38:09 PM PST
by
98ZJ USMC
To: rickmichaels
A top transportation safety regulator
.....with a degree in Feminist Pacific Islander Art studies.
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posted on
01/02/2014 4:40:07 PM PST
by
98ZJ USMC
To: rickmichaels
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posted on
01/02/2014 4:44:09 PM PST
by
WellyP
(question!)
To: WellyP
Most crudes seem to be full of straight run gasoline and lighter stuff.
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posted on
01/02/2014 4:48:43 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: rickmichaels
"... traditional heavy crude oil.."
Probably thinking of Asphalt.
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posted on
01/02/2014 4:49:32 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: rickmichaels
Maybe it’s purer. Seriously, the answer to the problem is the pipeline that our nitwit POTUS keeps vetoing.
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posted on
01/02/2014 4:52:23 PM PST
by
Gumdrop
To: Paladin2
It’s not your fault, it’s not my fault, it’s the asphault...
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posted on
01/02/2014 4:55:51 PM PST
by
null and void
(It is as if they all had one head. Too bad they donÂ’t all have one neck.)
To: 98ZJ USMC
Everybody knows 42 gravity West Texas Sweet doesn’t burn.
To: null and void
Good point.
Bammy's fault (no pipelines FOR YOU!) ---> assphault.
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posted on
01/02/2014 4:57:11 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Tijeras_Slim
Petroleum burns,
Yeah, but different crudes have different ratios of hydrocarbon molecules.
Basic refining is really fractional distillation.
So, heating a load of crude, you'll get, starting with the smallest HC molecule to the largest - methane, ethane (acetylene), propane, butane, gasoline, kerosene (jet fuel), #2 fuel oil (diesel), motor oils, heavy oils, tar, and asphalt among other products I've forgotten.
Hence, the market variations for any given crude depending on what is in demand, and what refinery capacity is tuned to get what out of a particular crude oil composition.
Apparently, the volatility of Bakken crude suggests that the ratio skews towards the gases, gasolines, and kerosenes, rather than tar and asphalt.
To: rickmichaels
“A top transportation safety regulator warned...”
The top transportation safety regulator has no name and no credentials and thus this inane warning cannot be properly attributed to a warm body.
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posted on
01/02/2014 5:01:33 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Some people might call it a confidence game or swindle, others call it ObamaCare!)
To: thackney
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posted on
01/02/2014 5:03:08 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: rickmichaels
is more flammable that other forms of oil and needs more careful treatment.Put some Ethanol in it, that will slow it down.
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posted on
01/02/2014 5:17:08 PM PST
by
hadaclueonce
(Because Brawndo's got electrolytes. Because Ethanol has Big Corn Lobby)
To: 98ZJ USMC
love the head 2 desk. my first thought about regulating the boom, too.
To: rickmichaels
A top Marxist transportation official warned that Baakan oil is bad and needs to be stopped.
Pray America is Waking
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posted on
01/02/2014 5:22:05 PM PST
by
bray
("The Republic of Texas 2022" is coming in Feb)
To: WellyP
I saw a bottle of Bakken crude, it was crystal clear, light brown/green, and about the same viscosity as #2 diesel. It smelled like #2 diesel too. It’s so good some people in the Bakken fields run the crude in their diesel engines straight out of the wells.
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posted on
01/02/2014 5:23:48 PM PST
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
To: rickmichaels
More dangerous than other crude oil...kinda like black guns are more dangerous because they are black.
Liberals make my head hurt.
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posted on
01/02/2014 5:25:33 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: Calvin Locke
Apparently, the volatility of Bakken crude suggests that the ratio skews towards the gases, gasolines, and kerosenes, rather than tar and asphalt. In most worlds, thats considered a good thing.
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posted on
01/02/2014 5:26:41 PM PST
by
marron
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