On the believed greater volatility of Bakken crude, ooi, as i know zilch about it so this post and the questions.
Permit Shows Bakken Shale Oil in Casselton Train Explosion Contained High Levels of Volatile Chemicals Wednesday, 08 January 2014 12:47 By Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog | Report
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Benzene is a carcinogen, while toluene, xylene and hexane are dangerous volatiles that can cause severe illnesses or even death at high levels of exposure.
.. lol, the fact they give different gases as the reason for Bakken crude's 'believed to be more dangerous' nature doesn't help .. maybe it just suggests it's a bloody complicated field ..
This one has LFL and UFL limits at at 20C and atmospheric pressure .. LFLs ..
Gases - Explosive and Flammability Concentration Limits
which, i'm guessing means for any mix of gas in any crude (guess different mixes would be a factor, too?), the lower the LFL the more potentially dangerous that gas in the mix could be?
PS: one thing as reported, the Bakken crude in the Buffet train in the Quebec derailment and explosion was not properly labeled as to it's volatility level, even though the company knew it was more volatile.