TARANKI PETROLEUM.

Grey River Argus, 25 June 1906, Page 1

TARANKI PETROLEUM.

PROFESSOR EASTERFIELtrS

.i A VALUA^LE\PRpDUC^| i Prof esspr. : Easterfield, . M. A., . :5b. D. , o| Victoria jUniversity, ; . Welliiiiton, reports ;as follows on the sampl|s of oil submitted ;■ to 1 him :— < ' Wellington ? June isthv 1906; ;I have exaniine^; the crjude petroleum sent: by' you:; 61J tine .6th. inst. , and - certified as . having^fbeeh drawn in Mr Leary's presence(Messrs Barr, Leary, and Co,-,:f ; W.ellihgton.) >■ ; : .' ' .. :•; - iCrude^. oil.— The sample ,was M a greenisli" colour, red by tranSrmtte'd 1 light;, and without offensive smejti.lt was semi-solid •at the ordinary ifemperature but completely liquid, ,8c Fafir." It contains: sufficient volatile matter to flash at the ordinaryf|em : perature. The specific ; gravity- :%was--84 at 65 deg Fahr. The sample ,^vas> fre from water and grit.- - _ Yy Distillation test.-^-When distilled? the ; oil gave the following products:-^-Benzine distilling between •soi?deg. ,apd 150 C. 20 per ceifc-BurninM^ distilling between ; 120 deg/7 and^fpc^ rdeg. C. 40 per cent hea.vy oil loriu--bricating, '300 and 440 deg. C^.%7 -peir cent. Pitch 2 per cent. Lp^ss 1 ..per cent;- -Total idoY ''- ■- w^ . Benzine. The • crude benzine- has ; a .specificY gravity of -'^64,;' \\rss>^d£ less, and had a-piea^am-'-odby/^-WKen redistilled it yielded 1 W\ per" ; " centY of iaphtKa boiling 20" de^f. C. .::- r;r ' ; ''^ "fL V, Burnng oil.— The; crude; burning^il _had a , slightly ; yiellow color. WSen it yielded water white kerosene with only a faint; blbomUjljje oil: distillmg between isbdeg. and^o &si',,W&-''* : '^?^?^ g-rs^aty '\^^^ fraction with v sul-; phuric. acid and alkali scarcely affect ; edrthe density of the oil; but remoy^ cdi practically the whole .of -■■the, blooms .The lead oxide test indicated the ab-, sence of sulphur .compounds;. ; .JUhe jkerosene is of greater density than "White .Rose .Oil,^; and shows. a : greater tendency to smoke when burnt ;in) American' lamps;;- ThiSY defect; is also shown by Russian kerosenes,.- but is 'largfely; pyerepme. by -; the practical manufacturer.. :; .. . ; " ,-:,.;.. v $6ayy oil and .paraffin^ The heavy pil^ sets, at;,the; ordinary v temperature' owing to; the. deposition: of: solid Baffin. ■ The maxiirlum. amount o f paf' affin seal w.hi<ih;l fdbtained rwas' equal to ;i3 per cent of : the'ibnide petroleum After, pressings. :■ and remelting 1 - the scale showiedl^a'melting 'pY)iht: >T pf 'I^o deg Fahr.: i The [;i yield of paraffin wax .m-ja properly-arrariged distillery;^ fitted xpld filtration, -wbuid-^e -greater iJhan-inf.a laboratory- experiment. Th 4 melting point of wax would; also'; ;bferaifeed Vsy>tematic>sweatin^"is car-, : rieH out by the mpdern manufacturer. : ,; Lubricating 1 - oil-" ;the r h^avy- v oiifll-: ; tered from the Y wax; yielded,: by the :usual < f^atr£ienty; a ' :reddish^brbwn; oil 6i : |opd;ipp^afa n ice. • T^^^H a good /lubricant. ''■ It was tetste^- upon: the; -Crank shaft; bearings •' ?n f^^ he Wghr^ressure^ cylinder? of, a stationary; engine; and . gave' corn-/ plete;s£itisf action: ";Y - : 'T „:_••' .'■'■■■ '-■ T ne '^analysis; is^ most satisfactory, ana as .. the oil seam np-.doubt extends :upr the Carring ton Road and to other parts of- the: Taraiiaki district, lands in likely localities should be. considerably enhanced in value. .