9780128130261

0128130261

9780128130254

0128130253

Ebook version :

Print version: Speight, James G. Heavy oil recovery and upgrading. Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, 2019

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

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