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sweet crudes

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sweet crudes [′swēt ′krüdz]
(materials)
Crude petroleum oil containing little sulfur.


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Minas, the benchmark for heavy sweet crudes sold in Asia, such as Nile Blend, normally trades below light sweet Brent crude, except at times of acute power shortages in Japan.
Sweet crudes are not more than 30 per cent of total and medium sour may be 10 per cent which means that 60 per cent of crudes are sour.
Indian oil refining companies such as Indian Oil Corporation ( IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd ( BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd ( HPCL) import cheap sour crudes from the Gulf and mix these with the more expensive sweet crudes in the ratio of 65: 35 to reduce costs.
 
 
 
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