[Peakoil] Saudi crude can't replace Libyan

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Dear Keith

Avgas, I believe. Aviation fuel must be as energy dense and as light as possible. I suspect the specifications for aviation fuel would be much stricter than for terrestrial transport - where you can get away with heavier substitutes and additives. 

Cheers

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> From: keith at evfit.com
> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:34:55 +1100
> To: alex-po at trevbus.org
> CC: peakoil at act-peakoil.org
> Subject: Re: [Peakoil] Saudi crude can't replace Libyan
> 
> The FT comment is a bit subtler than this. Personally, I expect that, unless Gadaffi destroys a significant part of the infrastructure, Libyan oil production will resume within a few weeks. I'm also not so sure Libyan oil is unique. As I recall it, Arabian crude is also classified as "sweet".
> 
> Does anyone know what industrial uses the unreplaceable Libyan oil has?
> -----------------------------
> Keith Thomas
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> On 28/02/2011, at 4:01 PM, Alex Pollard wrote:
> 
> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/02/23/496326/why-you-really-cant-swap-libyan-oil-for-saudi/
> 
> No-one can replace the high-quality Libyan crude, certainly not in the
> short term. Saudi crude isn't of the same high quality. Oil supplies are
> very tight. I expect NATO and maybe China will deploy forces there to
> ensure supply resumes, perhaps under a UN banner.
> 
> Alex Pollard
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