Types of Oil and Their Properties

Very Light Oils (Jet Fuels, Gasoline)

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Fig.1Very Light Oil UCSB Geog Dept. (2001)

A general summary of how very light oil can affect shorelines (taken from NOAA, 2001):

  • Very light oil is highly volatile and should evaporate within 1 to 2 days.

  • It contains high concentrations of toxic (soluble) compounds.

  • It can have localised and severe impacts to the water column and intertidal resources.

  • There is no clean up mechanism possible.

Field-Determined Oil TypeDesignationRepresentative OilsDiagnostic PropertiesPhysical / Chemical Properties
 A  Light Volatile Oils.  Distillate fuel and most light crude oils.  Highly fluid, usually transparent but can be opaque, strong odour, rapid spreading, can be rinsed from plant sample by simple agitation.  May be flammable, high rate of evaporative loss of volatile components, assumed to be highly toxic to marine or aquatic biota when fresh, tend to form unstable emulsions, may penetrate substrates. 
Tab.1Type 1 - Very Light Fuel Oils (Breuel, 1981)
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