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TABLE 4.2 Distillation Data (Cumulative Percent by Weight Distilled) for Bitumen and
Crude Oil

Cut point Cumulative percent by weight distilled
°C °F Athabasca PR Spring Leduc (Canada)
200 392 3 1 35
225 437 5 2 40
250 482 7 3 45
275 527 9 4 51
300 572 14 5
325 617 26 7
350 662 18 8
375 707 22 10
400 752 26 13
425 797 29 16
450 842 33 20
475 887 37 23
500 932 40 25
525 977 43 29
538 1000 45 35
538+ 1000+ 55 65

TABLE 4.3 Properties of Selected Atmospheric (>650) and Vacuum (>1050) Residua

Carbon
Asphaltene residue
Gravity Sulfur Nitrogen Nickel Vanadium (heptane) (Conradson)
Feedstock (°API) (wt %) (wt %) (ppm) (ppm) (wt %) (wt %)
Arabian Light, >650°F 17.7 3.0 0.2 10.0 26.0 1.8 7.5
Arabian Light, >1050°F 8.5 4.4 0.5 24.0 66.0 4.3 14.2
Arabian Heavy, > 650°F 11.9 4.4 0.3 27.0 103.0 8.0 14.0
Arabian Heavy, >1050°F 7.3 5.1 0.3 40.0 174.0 10.0 19.0
Alaska, North Slope,
>650°F 15.2 1.6 0.4 18.0 30.0 2.0 8.5
Alaska, North Slope,
>1050°F 8.2 2.2 0.6 47.0 82.0 4.0 18.0
Lloydminster (Canada),
>650°F 10.3 4.1 0.3 65.0 141.0 14.0 12.1
Lloydminster (Canada),
>1050°F 8.5 4.4 0.6 115.0 252.0 18.0 21.4
Kuwait, >650°F 13.9 4.4 0.3 14.0 50.0 2.4 12.2
Kuwait, >1050°F 5.5 5.5 0.4 32.0 102.0 7.1 23.1
Tia Juana, >650°F 17.3 1.8 0.3 25.0 185.0 9.3
Tia Juana, >1050°F 7.1 2.6 0.6 64.0 450.0 21.6
Taching, >650°F 27.3 0.2 0.2 5.0 1.0 4.4 3.8
Taching, >1050°F 21.5 0.3 0.4 9.0 2.0 7.6 7.9
Maya, >650°F 10.5 4.4 0.5 70.0 370.0 16.0 15.0