Distinctive Features of IR Spectra of Crude Oils of the Absheron Peninsula

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy provides useful information about hydrocarbon fluid inclusions in crudeoils. In particular, the presence or absence of hydrocarbon functional groups may be qualitativelydetermined. It is known, there are 12 Oil-gas Production Companies (OGPC) in Azerbaijan, including 8owned by Azerbaijan and 4 Joint Ventures. In most oil spills situations, it is desirable to have more thanone analytical technique for detecting of spilled oil to its suspected source. In this paper we present firstresults of Fourier Transform IR (FTIR) spectroscopy spectra of crude oils taken from 6 OGPC ofAzerbaijan Republic.