Heavy and Extra-heavy Oil Upgrading Technologies

by James G. Speight

Overview

Unconventional reservoirs of oil and gas represent a huge additional global source of fossil fuels. However, there is much still to be done to improve techniques for their processing to make recovery and refining of these particular energy sources more cost-effective. Brief but readable, Heavy and Extra-heavy Oil Upgrading Technologies provide readers with a strategy for future production (the up-stream) and upgrading (the down-stream). The book provides the reader with an understandable overview of the chemistry and engineering behind the latest developments and technologies in the industry as well as the various environmental regulations.Clear and rigorous, Heavy and Extra-heavy Oil Upgrading Technologies will prove tool for those scientists and engineers already engaged in fossil fuel science and technology as well as scientists, non-scientists, engineers, and non-engineers who wish to gain a general overview or update of the science and technology of unconventional fossil fuels in general and upgrading technologies in particular. The use of microorganisms and a number of physical methods, such as ultrasound, median microwave, cold plasma, electrokinetic and monocrystalline intermetallics, etc., will be discussed for the first time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124045705
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	05/09/2013
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dr. Speight is currently editor of the journal Petroleum Science and Technology (formerly Fuel Science and Technology International) and editor of the journal Energy

Sources. He is recognized as a world leader in the areas of fuels characterization and development. Dr. Speight is also Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Fuels Engineering at the University of Utah.

James Speight is also a Consultant, Author and Lecturer on energy and environmental issues. He has a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, both from University of Manchester. James has worked for various corporations and research facilities including Exxon, Alberta Research Council and the University of Manchester. With more than 45 years of experience, he has authored more than 400 publications—including over 50 books—reports and presentations, taught more than 70 courses, and is the Editor on many journals including the Founding Editor of Petroleum Science and Technology.

Table of Contents

Part One – Primary Upgrading Technologies 1. Visbreaking 2. Delayed Coking 3. Fluid Coking and Flexicoking 4. Fluid Catalytic Cracking 5. Hydroconversion Part Two – Secondary Upgrading Technologies 6. Hydrocracking 7. Hydrotreatment for Bitumen-Derived Liquids Part Three – Enhanced Upgrading 8. Solvent Deasphalting and Supercritical Extraction 9. Gasification 10. Hydrovisbreaking and Fast Pyrolysis

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"Written in plain language, this slim book explains the different processes for refining heavy feedstocks, highlighting recent improvements in thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, catalytic hydrotreating, hydrocracking, and solvent processes." —Research and Reference Book News, August 2013

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