Upgrading oilsands bitumen and heavy oil / Murray R. Gray.

"The high demand for quality petroleum products necessitates ongoing innovation in the science and engineering underlying oilsands extraction and upgrading. Beginning with a thorough grounding in the composition, fluid properties, reaction behaviour, and conomics of bitumen and heavy oil, Murra...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Gray, Murray R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edmonton, Alberta : Pica Pica Press, an imprint of the University of Alberta Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Density and phase behaviour
  • Transport and thermal properties
  • Chemical composition
  • Upgrading reactions and kinetics
  • Marketing of bitumen products
  • Production of bitumen and heavy oil
  • Overview of upgrading processing and economics
  • Separation processes
  • Thermal cracking and coking processes
  • Residue hydroconversion processes
  • Hydrotreating processes
  • Hydrogen production and gas purification processes
  • Appendix A: Glossary and list of acronyms
  • Appendix B: Assay data for bitumen and upgraded products.