Sweet

Also known as: low sulfur

In refining, a crude oil grade is called sweet if it has a low sulfur content. As opposed to a sour crude, which is one with a high sulfur content.

Typically, a sweet crude would be one with anything under 1% sulfur content, by weight.

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