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weathered crude

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weathered crude [′weth·ərd ′krüd]
(materials)
Crude petroleum that, owing to evaporation and other natural causes during storage and handling, has lost an appreciable quantity of its more volatile components.


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Studies after the Exxon Valdez oil spill demonstrated that fish embryos exposed to low levels of PAHs in weathered crude oil develop a syndrome of edema and craniofacial and body axis defects.
 
 
 
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