The pour point of a liquid is the lowest temperature at which it becomes semi solid and loses its flow characteristics. In crude oil a high pour point is generally associated with a high paraffin content, typically found in crude deriving from a larger proportion of plant material. That type of crude oil is mainly derived from a kerogen Type II.
Read more about Pour Point: Measuring The Pour Point of Crude Oils, See Also, External Links
Famous quotes containing the words pour and/or point:
“If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)
“The art of writing books is not yet invented. But it is at the point of being invented. Fragments of this nature are literary seeds. There may be many an infertile grain among them: nevertheless, if only some come up!”
—Novalis [Friedrich Von Hardenberg] (1772–1801)