﻿OIL 
  OF 
  THE 
  SANTA 
  MARIA 
  DISTRICT. 
  

  

  117 
  

  

  Proximate 
  analysis 
  oj 
  a 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  oil. 
  a- 
  

   [Gravity, 
  16.9° 
  Baume.] 
  

  

  Per 
  cent. 
  

  

  Gravity 
  

   (°B.). 
  

  

  DISTILLATION. 
  

  

  Below 
  150° 
  C 
  

  

  150° 
  to 
  270° 
  C 
  

  

  Above 
  270° 
  C 
  

  

  Asphalt, 
  grade 
  D 
  

  

  Loss 
  

  

  CALCULATED 
  ANALYSIS. 
  

  

  Total 
  gasoline 
  

  

  Kerosene 
  

  

  Middlings 
  and 
  lubricants 
  

  

  Asphalt, 
  by 
  volume 
  b 
  

  

  Loss 
  

  

  1.0 
  

   24.0 
  

   31.1 
  

   41.9 
  

  

  2.0 
  

  

  39.5 
  

  

  2.7 
  

   16.8 
  

   36.6 
  

   41.9 
  

  

  2.0 
  

  

  55 
  

   41 
  

  

  a 
  Prutzman, 
  P. 
  W., 
  Bull. 
  California 
  State 
  Mining 
  Bureau, 
  No. 
  32, 
  1904, 
  Table 
  25. 
  

   b 
  By 
  weight 
  (154 
  pounds 
  per 
  barrel) 
  , 
  46.2 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  analyses 
  of 
  oils 
  from 
  the 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  district 
  have 
  

   been 
  kindly 
  furnished 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Edmond 
  O'Neill, 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  

   California, 
  who 
  writes 
  concerning 
  them 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  1 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  the 
  exact 
  locations 
  of 
  the 
  wells 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  oils 
  were 
  derived, 
  

   but 
  they 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  wells 
  opened 
  in 
  the 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  property 
  [probably 
  the 
  

   Hartnell 
  or 
  the 
  Santa 
  Maria 
  Oil 
  and 
  Gas 
  Company 
  lease]. 
  There 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  differ- 
  

   ence 
  in 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  oils 
  from 
  all 
  this 
  district, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  light 
  

   constituents 
  and 
  the 
  corresponding 
  percentage 
  of 
  sulphur. 
  Most 
  of 
  these 
  oils 
  contain 
  

   water, 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  either 
  in 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  fine 
  emulsion, 
  or 
  possibly 
  in 
  some 
  feeble 
  

   form 
  of 
  hydration 
  — 
  that 
  is, 
  frequently 
  the 
  water 
  will 
  not 
  settle 
  out 
  on 
  standing, 
  even 
  

   by 
  centrifugalizing 
  — 
  nor 
  will 
  it 
  all 
  be 
  driven 
  off 
  at 
  a 
  temperature 
  of 
  100° 
  Centigrade; 
  

   but 
  at 
  a 
  somewhat 
  higher 
  temperature 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  off 
  almost 
  with 
  explosive 
  

   violence. 
  

  

  Analyses 
  and 
  tests 
  of 
  six 
  samples 
  of 
  oil 
  from 
  wells 
  near 
  Santa 
  Maria. 
  

  

  [Made 
  by 
  Edmond 
  O'Neill.] 
  

   ANALYSES. 
  

  

  Gravity 
  at 
  15.5° 
  C 
  (=60° 
  F.) 
  

  

  Gravity 
  in 
  degrees 
  Baume" 
  

  

  Flash 
  point, 
  open 
  tester 
  

  

  Flash 
  point, 
  closed 
  tester 
  

  

  Burning 
  point, 
  open 
  tester 
  

  

  Gasoline 
  precipitate 
  (asphaltine, 
  etc.) 
  percent.. 
  

  

  Sulphur 
  do 
  

  

  Calorific 
  value 
  calories. 
  . 
  

  

  Calorific 
  value 
  B.T.U.. 
  

  

  No. 
  3. 
  

  

  0.891 
  

   27. 
  800 
  

   («) 
  

   («) 
  

   23°C.=73.4°F. 
  

   0.6 
  

   1.57 
  

   10, 
  260 
  

   18, 
  468 
  

  

  No. 
  4. 
  

  

  0.894 
  

   27. 
  600 
  

  

  («) 
  

  

  (a) 
  

  

  22° 
  C. 
  =71. 
  6° 
  F. 
  

  

  0.3 
  

  

  1.59 
  

  

  10, 
  363 
  

  

  18, 
  653 
  

  

  No. 
  5. 
  

  

  0.893 
  

   27. 
  500 
  

   («) 
  

   («) 
  

   21° 
  0=70° 
  F. 
  

   0.8 
  

   1.56 
  

   10, 
  229 
  

   18, 
  415 
  

  

  Gravity 
  at 
  15.5° 
  C. 
  ( 
  = 
  60° 
  F. 
  ) 
  

  

  Gravity 
  in 
  degrees 
  Baume 
  

  

  Flash 
  point, 
  open 
  tester 
  

  

  Flash 
  point, 
  closed 
  tester 
  

  

  Burning 
  point, 
  open 
  tester 
  

  

  Gasoline 
  precipitate 
  (asphaltine, 
  etc.) 
  percent.. 
  

  

  Sulphur 
  do 
  

  

  Calorific 
  value 
  calories 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Calorific 
  value 
  B.T.U.. 
  

  

  No. 
  6. 
  

  

  0.897 
  

   26. 
  800 
  

   (a) 
  

   (a) 
  

   21°C.=68°F. 
  

   0.7 
  

   1.61 
  

   10, 
  284 
  

   18, 
  512 
  

  

  No. 
  7. 
  

  

  20° 
  

  

  0.908 
  

   24. 
  800 
  

   (a) 
  

   [a) 
  

   C.=68°F. 
  

   1.6 
  

   2.09 
  

   18, 
  375 
  

   18,676 
  

  

  No. 
  13. 
  

  

  0.926 
  

   21. 
  670 
  

  

  («) 
  

  

  (a) 
  

  

  24° 
  C.=75° 
  F. 
  

   3.0 
  

   1.8 
  

   8,078 
  

   14, 
  541 
  

  

  a 
  Under 
  15° 
  C. 
  = 
  60° 
  F. 
  

  

  