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API gravity

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000071

American Petroleum Institute measure of specific gravity of crude oil or condensate in degrees. An arbitrary scale expressing the gravity or density of liquid petroleum products. The measuring scale is calibrated in terms of degrees API; it is calculated as follows:

Degrees API = (141.5 / sp.gr.60 deg.F/60 deg.F) - 131.5

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000071
FieldEnergy
SubjectPetroleum
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000071",
  "term": "API gravity",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "American Petroleum Institute measure of specific gravity of crude oil or condensate in degrees. An arbitrary scale expressing the gravity or density of liquid petroleum products. The measuring scale is calibrated in terms of degrees API; it is calculated as follows:\n\nDegrees API = (141.5 / sp.gr.60 deg.F/60 deg.F) - 131.5",
  "subject": "Petroleum",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/api-gravity/"
}

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