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Gold/Mining/Energy : American International Petroleum Corp
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To: qdog who wrote (6872)1/22/1998 9:47:00 AM
From: Laserbones  Read Replies (1) of 11888
 
From what I've been able to gather...Millennium can dispute this if I'm wrong but I believe it is correct given the information available...Bengash had a well that blew-out with gas/condensate and oil. It was from this site that samples of the oil indicated 41 gravity.

Chikuduk also had a single well blow out from a well the Kasak's drilled using Soviet seismic data. That blow out has been described as gas/condensate. No mention of what type of gas in either case.

Just considering the chemistry aspect of the 41 gravity claim...when the sample was taken can be important. Was it collected immediately from oil soon out? Or was it a sample taken from leakage around the well that't been sitting on the ground for months/years? Even oil after it sits out exposed to air for any length of time may undergo oxidation and the lighter volatiles could start to move out. I'd predict that the oil's specific gravity would increase upon long term exposure to air as heavier organics are left behind.

Have a friend who is a petrol chemist with Elf. Met him when I was working for ATO, an Elf subsidiary. He's been giving me a decent education through email tag about raw-petrol chemistry. Gonna send off an email concerning sp gr changes upon long term exposure to air. The reason I even bring this up is that I read on am aipn thread there is an individual who went to the well site (Bengash) and collected a sample from the spill area. He then had it tested as 41 gravity with low S content. I'm curious if 41 gravity that's been sitting around for a couple years will yield such a sweet number.

Any thoughts?
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