RI 3358 Analyses Of Crude Oils From Some Of The More Recently Discovered Rocky Mountain Fields ? Introduction (e1fc4126-1ce4-4e1e-8b23-4bd175fa4798)

For a number of years the Bureau of Mines has been studying the properties of crude petroleums produced in the United States and the Western Hemisphere. A number of reports have been published giving the analyses of crudes from the different field and regions as made by the Bureau of Mines Hempel method of analysis.4/ Several of these reports include analyses off crude oils from the Rocky Mountain region.5/ The search for new fields and new producing horizons in old fields in the Rocky Mountain region has been quite intensive during the last few years, and a number of discoveries have been made.