After a brief retrospection about the import of crude oils into Japan before the late War and the properties of those imported crudes, the author presented the test results of the Arabian (Ahquaiq) crude which had been firstly imported by the Nihon Oil Co.after the War, and also the operation data with that crude at the Kashiwazaki refinery of the same company.
The, author said that the Arabian crude was paraffinic and rich in sulphur, its gasoline fraction had a lower octane number, its gas.-oil fraction was of good quality as Diesel fuel, the paraffin wax-which yield being about 2% of the crude-was rich in the component of higher melting point, the lubricating oil of high viscosity index was obtained by dewaxing followed by sulphuric acid and clay treatment from the residual oil, and the asphalt was inferior.The attempt of protecting equipments from the corro-sion with the sulphur compounds in the crude was explained.The analytical results of these compounds in the gasoline and kerosene fractions were showed.
Then, it was briefly described about the permission of G.H.O.for the reopening of the Pacific coast refineries as well as the import of crudes, and the recent plan for the import and refining of crudes.Several problems about these items, i.e., the comparison of Japanese crudes with Arabian crudes in price and quality, the refin-ingequipments and their management etc., were also discussed.
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