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Heavy crude oils

From geology to upgrading|An overview

01/11/2010

Heavy oils, extra-heavy oils and tar sands, representing a massive resource found worldwide but especially in Canada and Venezuela, will play an important part in the future of energy. Now increasingly commercially viable, less than 1% of the total are under active development and this book covers geology, production, economics and environmental issues. It covers current knowledge and technology and looks at the technical, economic and environmental challenges

Book details

Physical description: 23.4 x 16.8 white & black spine 442pp

Editors: Huc, Alain-Yves

Publisher: Editions Technip

Place of publication: Paris La Defense Cedex, France

ISBN: 9782710808909

Classification: 002.1 -

Keywords: Transport - Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Production - Demand - Projects - Oil sands - properties - Geology - crude oil washing - crude oil specification - Reservoir geology - pumping systems - coking - visbreaking - de-asphalting - flow - enhanced recovery - cold production - catalytic hydrotreatment - hydroconversion

Countries: Canada - Venezuela - Romania - Mexico - California - Sumatra -

Subjects: Geology, Reservoir Engineering, Environment, Protection of ambient air and climate, Project Management, Economics, business and commerce, Refining, Transport, Reclamation, recycling and recovery, Transportation of products, Bitumen, Crude oil, Oil and gas, Oil, Oil sands