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Heavy oil recovery and upgrading /
'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 ref...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Elsevier,
2019.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Heavy Oil Recovery and Upgrading; Copyright; Contents; About the Author; Preface; Part I: Recovery; Chapter 1: Heavy Oil, Extra Heavy Oil, and Tar Sand Bitumen; 1. Introduction; 2. History; 3. Origin; 3.1. Abiogenic Origin; 3.2. Biogenic Origin; 4. Definitions and Terminology; 4.1. Crude Oil; 4.1.1. Opportunity Crude Oil; 4.1.2. High Acid Crude Oil; 4.1.3. Foamy Oil; 4.2. Heavy Oil; 4.3. Extra Heavy Oil; 4.4. Tar Sand Bitumen; 5. Resources and Reserves; 5.1. Resources; 5.2. Reserves; 5.3. Reserve Estimation; 6. Conclusions; References; Further Reading
- Chapter 2: Nonthermal Methods of Recovery1. Introduction; 2. Primary Recovery Methods; 3. Secondary Recovery Methods; 3.1. Waterflooding; 3.2. Gas Injection; 3.3. Cold Production; 3.4. Pressure Pulse Technology; 3.5. Solvent Processes; 4. Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods; 4.1. Alkaline Flooding; 4.2. Surfactant Flooding; 4.3. Carbon Dioxide Flooding; 4.4. Nitrogen Flooding; 4.5. Polymer Flooding; 4.6. Micellar Flooding; 4.7. Hydrocarbon Miscible Flooding; 4.8. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery; 5. Oil Mining; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Thermal Methods of Recovery; 1. Introduction
- 2. Thermal Stimulation2.1. Wellbore Heating; 2.2. Downhole Heating; 2.3. Hot Fluid Injection; 3. Steam-Based Processes; 3.1. Steam Drive; 3.2. Cyclic Steam Injection; 3.3. Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage; 4. In Situ Combustion Processes; 4.1. Forward Combustion; 4.2. Reverse Combustion; 4.3. The THAI Process; 5. Comparison of Recovery Methods; References; Further Reading; Chapter 4: Recovery of Tar Sand Bitumen; 1. Introduction; 2. Nonmining Methods; 3. Mining Methods; 3.1. Tar Sand Mining; 3.2. Improved Mining; 4. The Hot Water Process; 5. Other Processes; 5.1. The Cold Water Process
- 5.2. Solvent Extraction5.3. The Sand Reduction Process; 5.4. The Spherical Agglomeration Process; 5.5. The Oleophilic Sieve Process; 5.6. The Direct Heating Process; 5.7. Hybrid Technologies; References; Further Reading; Chapter 5: Instability and Incompatibility; 1. Introduction; 2. General Terminology; 3. Instability and Incompatibility; 4. Factors Influencing Instability-Incompatibility; 4.1. Acidity; 4.2. Density/Specific Gravity; 4.3. Elemental Analysis; 4.4. Metals Content; 4.5. Pour Point; 4.6. Viscosity; 4.7. Volatility
- 4.8. Water Content, Salt Content, and Bottom Sediment/Water (BS & W)5. Asphaltene Constituents and Instability-Incompatibility; 5.1. Composition; 5.2. Ultimate (Elemental) Composition; 5.3. Fractional Composition; 5.4. Instability and Incompatibility; 6. Blending; References; Further Reading; Part II: Upgrading; Chapter 6: Upgrading During Recovery; 1. Introduction; 2. In Situ Upgrading; 2.1. Steam Distillation; 2.2. Mild Thermal Cracking; 2.3. Partial Combustion; 2.4. Solvent Deasphalting; 2.5. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery; 3. Partial Upgrading at the Surface