Meanings of organic chloride in anglès

High levels of organic chloride damages refinery equipment.

Industry sources said levels of the organic chloride at Novorossiisk had risen since early May but remained below 10 ppm limit.

It said on Tuesday it was not to blame for the organic chloride contamination because it could only have been added by producers.

Some oil tanks in Ust-Luga have already received normal quality crude with organic chloride content of below 10 parts per million (ppm).

At least 5 million tonnes of oil, or about 36.7 million barrels, was tainted with high levels of organic chloride.

Terminals in Europe's biggest storage area, Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp, told customers they would not accept any crude with organic chloride above 50 ppm, three trading sources said.

Oil from Ust-Luga, which ships 500,000 bpd to global markets, or 22 large tankers a month, has also been contaminated with organic chloride.

However, the latest tanker that loaded at Ust-Luga on Friday still had an organic chloride content 3.5 times above the norm at 35 ppm.

Transneft allows no more than 10 parts per million (ppm) of organic chlorides.

Organic chloride should be removed before oil enters the supply chain as it can damage refining equipment.

CNPC Aktobemunaigas, a Kazakh subsidiary of Chinese energy group CNPC, has cut oil output after detecting a high content of organic chlorides last month.