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Author:   James Speight
Publisher:   Gulf Publishing Company
Imprint:   Gulf Publishing Company
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.730kg
ISBN:  

9781933762258

ISBN 10:   193376225
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   01 July 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Figures List of Tables Preface Chapter 1 Definitions 1.1 History 1.2 Petroleum 1.3 Heavy Oil 1.4 Tar Sand Bitumen 1.5 Validity of the Definitions 1.6 Conclusions 1.7 References Chapter 2 Origin and Occurrence 2.1 Origin of Petroleum and Heavy Oil 2.1.1 Abiogenic Origin 2.1.2 Biogenic Origin 2.1.3 Occurrence and Distribution 2.2 Reservoirs 2.3 Reserves 2.3.1 Definitions 2.3.2 The Real Numbers 2.4 Production 2.5 Oil Pricing 2.5.1 Oil Price History 2.5.2 Pricing Strategies 2.5.3 The Role of Heavy Oil in the Future 2.6 References Chapter 3 Reservoirs and Reservoir Fluids 3.1 Reservoirs 3.1.1 Structural Traps 3.1.2 Heterogeneity 3.2 Classes of Fluids 3.3 Evaluation of Reservoir Fluids 3.3.1 Sampling Methods 3.3.2 Data Acquisition and QA/QC 3.4 Physical (Bulk) Composition and Molecular Weight 3.4.1 Sampling 3.4.2 Asphaltene Separation 3.4.3 Fractionation 3.4.4 Molecular Weight 3.5 Reservoir Evaluation 3.6 References Chapter 4 Properties 4.1 Physical Properties 4.1.1 Sampling 4.1.2 Elemental (Ultimate) Analysis 4.1.3 Metals Content 4.1.4 Density and Specific Gravity 4.1.5 Viscosity 4.2 Thermal Properties 4.2.1 Carbon Residue 4.2.2 Specific Heat 4.2.3 Heat of Combustion 4.2.4 Volatility 4.2.5 Liquefaction and Solidification 4.2.6 Solubility 4.3 Metals Content 4.4 References Chapter 5 Exploration and General Methods for Oil Recovery 5.1 Exploration 5.2 Primary Recovery (Natural) Methods 5.3 Secondary Recovery 5.4 Enhanced Oil Recovery 5.4.1 Thermal Recovery Methods 5.4.2 Gas Flood Recovery Methods 5.4.3 Chemical Flood Recovery Methods 5.5 References Chapter 6 Nonthermal Methods of Recovery 6.1 Primary Recovery (Natural) Methods 6.2 Secondary Recovery Methods 6.2.1 Waterflooding 6.2.2 Gas Injection 6.2.3 Cold Production 6.2.4 Pressure Pulse Technology 6.2.5 Solvent Processes 6.3 Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods 6.3.1 Alkaline Flooding 6.3.2 Carbon Dioxide Flooding 6.3.3 Cyclic Carbon Dioxide Stimulation 6.3.4 Nitrogen Flooding 6.3.5 Polymer Flooding 6.3.6 Micellar Polymer Flooding 6.3.7 Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery 6.4 Oil Mining 6.5 References Chapter 7 Thermal Methods of Recovery 7.1 Hot-Fluid Injection 7.2 Steam-Based Methods 7.2.1 Steam Drive Injection (Steam Injection) 7.2.2 Cyclic Steam Injection 7.2.3 Steam Drive 7.3 In Situ Combustion Processes 7.3.1 Forward Combustion 7.3.2 Reverse Combustion 7.3.3 The THAI Process 7.4 Other Processes 7.4.1 Horizontal Well Technology 7.4.2 Inert Gas Technology 7.4.3 Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) 7.4.4 Hybrid Processes 7.5 In Situ Upgrading 7.6 References Chapter 8 Upgrading Heavy Oil 8.1 Surface Upgrading 8.1.1 Thermal Cracking Processes 8.1.2 Catalytic Cracking Processes 8.1.3 Hydrogen Addition Processes 8.1.4 Solvent Processes 8.2 In Situ Upgrading 8.2.1 Solvent-Based Processes 8.2.2 Bulk Thermal Processes 8.3 References App A Conversion Factors Glossary Index

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James G. Speight is a senior fuel consultant as well as an Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Fuels Engineering at the University of Utah, USA. He is recognized internationally as an expert in the characterization, properties, and processing of conventional and synthetic fuels and as a chemist with more than 35 years of experience in thermal/process chemistry, thermodynamics, refining of petroleum, heavy oil, and tar sand bitumen, and physics of crude with emphasis on distillation, visbreaking, coking units, and oil-rock or oil catalyst interactions. Speight is currently Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology, Energy Sources-Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, and Energy Sources-Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy. He is also the author/editor/compiler of more than 25 books and bibliographies related to fossil fuel processing and environmental issues. Speight was Chief Scientific Officer and then Chief Executive Officer of the Western Research Institute, Laramie, WY, USA, from 1984 to 2000. During this period he led a staff of more that 150 scientists, engineers, and technicians in developing new technology for gas processing, petroleum, shale oil, tar sand bitumen, and asphalt. Speight has considerable expertise in evaluating new technologies for patentability and commercial application. As a result of his work, he was awarded the Diploma of Honor, National Petroleum Engineering Society, for outstanding contributions to the petroleum industry in 1995 and the Gold Medal of Russian Academy of Sciences (Natural) for outstanding work in the area of petroleum science in 1996. He has also received the Specialist Invitation Program Speakers Award from NEDO (New Energy Development Organization, Government of Japan) in 1987 and again in 1996 for his contributions to coal research. In 2001, he was also awarded the Einstein Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Natural) in recognition of outstanding contributions and

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