Heavy Oil Recovery and Upgrading

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Book
March 2019
Elsevier Science and Technology
ID: 4622005

Heavy Oil Recovery and Upgrading covers properties, factors, methods and all current and upcoming processes, giving engineers, new and experienced, the full spectrum of recovery choices, including SAGD, horizontal well technology, and hybrid approaches. Moving on to the upgrading and refining of the product, the book also includes information on in situ upgrading, refining options, and hydrogen production. Rounding out with environmental effects, management methods on refinery waste, and the possible future configurations within the refinery, this book provides engineers with a single source to make decisions and manage the full range of challenges.

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Part I: Recovery 1. Heavy Oil, Extra Heavy Oil, and Tar Sand Bitumen 2. Occurrence and Properties 3. Non-Thermal Methods of Recovery 4. Thermal Methods of Recovery 5. Recovery by Mining

Part II: Upgrading 6. Upgrading during Recovery 7. Refining Heavy Oil and Extra-Heavy Oil 8. Thermal Cracking 9. Catalytic Cracking 10. Hydrotreating and Desulfurization 11. Hydrocracking 12. Hydrogen Production 13. Solvent Processes 14. Environmental Effects 15. Heavy Oil Recovery and Upgrading The Future

Authors

James G. Speight CD and W Incorporated, Laramie, United States. Dr. Speight has more than fifty years of experience in areas associated with the properties and processing of conventional and synthetic fuels. He has participated in, as well as led, significant research in defining the use of chemistry of tar sand bitumen, heavy oil, conventional petroleum, natural gas, coal, oil shale, and biomass as well as work related to corrosion and corrosion prevention. He has founded and/or edited several international journals, most recently the Proceedings of the Oil Gas Scientific Research Project Institute, Azerbaijan, and Petroleum Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis, until 2020). Dr. Speight is an author/editor of several databases and encyclopedic works. He has also authored more than 95 books as well as more than 400 publications, reports, and presentations detailing these research activities, and has taught more than eighty related courses.

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