This invention relates to geology, geochemistry, oil refinery and
petroleum chemistry and can be implemented for determination of paraffin
and asphaltene concentration in oil, in particular, for analysis of heavy
oils and bitumens. To determine concentration of paraffins and
asphaltenes in oil, three crude oil samples are extracted; two extracted
samples are dissolved in a solvent and the solvent alongside with light
oil fractions is then removed; meanwhile, asphaltenes are removed from
one of the solvent-treated samples. A nucleic magnetic resonance method
is employed for measuring free inductance drop-down curves for all three
samples; thereafter, a ratio of solid hydrogen-containing fractions
suspended in oil, to liquid hydrogen-containing fractions is defined. The
paraffin concentration is judged by the content of solid
hydrogen-containing fractions in the solvent-treated sample, from which
asphaltenes have been removed. The asphaltene concentration is judged by
the content of solid hydrogen-containing fractions in the other
solvent-treated sample, with the consideration of the defined
concentration of paraffins. The concentration of paraffins and
asphaltenes in original oil is determined based on the defined
paraffin-to-asphaltene ratio in solid hydrogen-containing fractions.