[duke3522]

I am pretty new here and need a little help. Can someone please point me to some info that will inform me as to the difference between Light Sweet and Heavy Sour crude? My basic understanding is that the more sour the more sulfur. But I am also under the belief that sour crude contains less of the lighter distillates. Last night on CNBC they talked as though the difference is just a matter of removing the sulfur, and that the refineries that can handle sour crude are making a bundle due to the discount of the sour crude.

Please help enlighten a muddled mind.

[RonMN]

You're right...sweet has much less sulpher than sour crude...

The light & heavy is physically lighter or heavier...think of it as motor oil Vs. the tar on the road. now they couldn't actually pump road tar but as it gets heavier it's harder to pump out of the ground.

(that is my understanding...i am NOT an expert).

[FatherOfTwo]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('duke3522', 'I') am pretty new here and need a little help. Can someone please point me to some info that will inform me as to the difference between Light Sweet and Heavy Sour crude? My basic understanding is that the more sour the more sulfur. But I am also under the belief that sour crude contains less of the lighter distillates. Last night on CNBC they talked as though the difference is just a matter of removing the sulfur, and that the refineries that can handle sour crude are making a bundle due to the discount of the sour crude.

Please help enlighten a muddled mind.

[big_rc]

There have been a number of threads adressing this topic. Do a quick search and you will find all of the info you want.