Southern Lights Diluent Analysis

Stream Description

Southern Lights condensate is a pentanes plus stream originating in the US midwest and transported to Edmonton, AB on the Enbridge Mainline system. It is delivered into CRW at the Edmonton Terminal on a continuous, rateable basis.

Most Recent Sample Details

Batch: SLD-447 --- Date: October 03, 2024 --- Sample Location: Edmonton

Viscosity was slightly reduced, while heptanes and octanes were elevated for the October sample of Southern Lights Diluent.

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Viscosity Data Removal

Due to errors in viscosity test results, data has been removed from Southern Lights Diluent between January 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022.

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Property (unit)	Most Recent: 2024-10-03	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
Density (kg/m³)	667.0	666.1	663.9	665.0
Gravity (°API)	80.5	80.8	81.5	81.1
Sulphur (wt%)	ND	ND	ND	ND
Micro Carbon Residue (wt%)	ND	ND	ND	ND
Viscosity @ 7.5°C (cSt)	0.35	0.36	0.38	0.42
Sediment (ppmw)	170	57	54	34

Component by GC/FID	Most Recent: 2024-10-03	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
C3- (vol%)	ND	0.02	0.03	0.03
iC4 iso-Butane (vol%)	0.42	0.47	0.50	0.55
nC4 n-Butane (vol%)	2.52	2.75	3.21	2.91
iC5 iso-Pentane (vol%)	24.32	25.42	25.56	25.28
nC5 n-Pentane (vol%)	26.20	27.64	27.66	27.28
C6 Hexanes (vol%)	20.11	20.04	20.29	20.08
C7 Heptanes (vol%)	13.76	12.76	12.49	12.54
C8 Octanes (vol%)	6.74	5.58	5.28	5.67
C9 Nonanes (vol%)	2.32	1.78	1.49	1.73
C10 Decanes (vol%)	1.76	1.49	1.35	1.61

Component by GC/FID	Most Recent: 2024-10-03	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
C5+ (vol%)	97.06	96.75	96.25	96.51
C6+ (vol%)	46.54	43.69	43.03	43.94
C7+ (vol%)	26.43	23.65	22.74	23.87
C7 - C12 (vol%)	26.23	23.49	22.39	23.51
C12- (vol%)	99.80	99.84	99.65	99.64
C13+ (vol%)	0.20	0.16	0.35	0.36

Component by GC/FID	Most Recent: 2024-10-03	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
Methylcyclopentane (vol%)	2.79	2.76	2.70	2.60
Benzene (vol%)	0.60	0.61	0.58	0.59
Cyclohexane (vol%)	2.02	1.94	1.90	1.89
Methylcyclohexane (vol%)	2.06	1.78	1.75	1.85
Toluene (vol%)	0.72	0.68	0.63	0.66
Ethylbenzene (vol%)	0.11	0.10	0.09	0.08
m&p-Xylenes (vol%)	0.38	0.34	0.27	0.29
o-Xylene (vol%)	0.13	0.12	0.09	0.10
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene (vol%)	0.15	0.14	0.12	0.14
BTEX Total (vol%)	1.94	1.85	1.66	1.71

Component by ASTM D5623	Most Recent: 2024-10-03	6 Month Average	1 Year Average	5 Year Average
Methanethiol (mass ppm)	0.50	ND	ND	ND
Ethanethiol (mass ppm)	5.70	6.08	5.91	6.77
iso-Propanethiol (mass ppm)	7.30	8.60	8.92	9.81
t-Butanethiol (mass ppm)	0.70	0.82	0.74	1.04
n-Propanethiol (mass ppm)	1.30	2.03	1.83	2.16
sec-Butanethiol (mass ppm)	2.30	2.63	2.67	3.59
iso-Butanethiol (mass ppm)	ND	ND	ND	ND
n-Butanethiol (mass ppm)	ND	ND	ND	ND
n-Pentanethiol (mass ppm)	ND	ND	ND	ND
n-Hexanethiol (mass ppm)	ND	ND	0.65	2.54
n-Heptanethiol (mass ppm)	0.60	0.55	0.85	1.53
Volatile Mercaptans (mass ppm)	14.80	16.80	16.69	18.46
C7- Mercaptans (mass ppm)	18.40	21.07	21.95	27.61

Property (units)	Five Year Average	2024-10-03	2024-09-02	2024-08-06	2024-07-03	2024-06-03	2024-05-04
Density (kg/m³)	665.0 ± 4.0	667.0	666.6	667.9	672.5	663.8	658.5
Gravity (°API)	81.1 ± 1.3	80.5	80.6	80.2	78.7	81.5	83.2
Sulphur (wt%)	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Micro Carbon Residue (wt%)	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Viscosity @ 7.5°C (cSt)	0.42 ± 0.05	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.34	0.39	0.37
Sediment (ppmw)	34 ± 34	170	48	40	ND	67	19

Component by GC/FID	Five Year Average	2024-10-03	2024-09-02	2024-08-06	2024-07-03	2024-06-03	2024-05-04
C3- (vol%)	0.03 ± 0.01	ND	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.03
iC4 iso-Butane (vol%)	0.55 ± 0.17	0.42	0.50	0.55	0.51	0.41	0.45
nC4 n-Butane (vol%)	2.91 ± 0.60	2.52	2.97	2.54	2.85	2.76	2.88
iC5 iso-Pentane (vol%)	25.28 ± 1.47	24.32	23.45	25.08	25.52	25.64	28.50
nC5 n-Pentane (vol%)	27.28 ± 1.37	26.20	26.49	26.23	28.78	28.49	29.64
C6 Hexanes (vol%)	20.08 ± 0.87	20.11	20.87	19.30	20.29	20.27	19.40
C7 Heptanes (vol%)	12.54 ± 0.91	13.76	13.21	13.17	12.56	12.29	11.59
C8 Octanes (vol%)	5.67 ± 0.95	6.74	6.16	6.26	5.02	5.06	4.23
C9 Nonanes (vol%)	1.73 ± 0.57	2.32	2.31	2.24	1.43	1.46	0.89
C10 Decanes (vol%)	1.61 ± 0.57	1.76	1.64	2.06	1.14	1.42	0.91

Component by GC/FID	Five Year Average	2024-10-03	2024-09-02	2024-08-06	2024-07-03	2024-06-03	2024-05-04
Methylcyclopentane (vol%)	2.60 ± 0.20	2.79	2.83	2.71	2.70	2.78	2.75
Benzene (vol%)	0.59 ± 0.05	0.60	0.65	0.63	0.62	0.57	0.57
Cyclohexane (vol%)	1.89 ± 0.16	2.02	1.92	1.99	1.94	1.82	1.97
Methylcyclohexane (vol%)	1.85 ± 0.25	2.06	1.75	1.95	1.70	1.60	1.59
Toluene (vol%)	0.66 ± 0.10	0.72	0.74	0.77	0.65	0.73	0.49
Ethylbenzene (vol%)	0.08 ± 0.02	0.11	0.13	0.12	0.11	0.10	0.05
m&p-Xylenes (vol%)	0.29 ± 0.09	0.38	0.44	0.39	0.37	0.31	0.16
o-Xylene (vol%)	0.10 ± 0.03	0.13	0.15	0.14	0.13	0.11	0.05
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene (vol%)	0.14 ± 0.05	0.15	0.16	0.17	0.12	0.15	0.09
BTEX Total (vol%)	1.71 ± 0.23	1.94	2.11	2.05	1.88	1.82	1.32

Southern Lights Diluent