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Heavy Oil Recovery and Upgrading
- 1st Edition - February 28, 2019
- Author: James G. Speight
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 0 2 5 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 0 2 6 - 1
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… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHeavy 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 refining of the product, the book also includes information on in situ upgrading, refining options, and hydrogen production. Rounding out with environmental effects, management methods on refinery waste, and the possible future configurations within the refinery, this book provides engineers with a single source to make decisions and manage the full range of challenges.
- Presents the properties, mechanisms, screening criteria and field applications for heavy oil enhanced recovery projects
- Includes current upgrading options and future methods for refining heavy oil development
- Fills in the gaps between literature and practical application for everyday industry reference
Petroleum engineers; refinery managers; graduate-level petroleum engineering students
- No. of pages: 839
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 28, 2019
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128130254
- eBook ISBN: 9780128130261
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James G. Speight
Dr. Speight has more than fifty years of experience in areas associated with the properties and processing of conventional and synthetic fuels. He has participated in, as well as led, significant research in defining the use of chemistry of tar sand bitumen, heavy oil, conventional petroleum, natural gas, coal, oil shale, and biomass as well as work related to corrosion and corrosion prevention. He has founded and/or edited several international journals, most recently the Proceedings of the Oil Gas Scientific Research Project Institute, Azerbaijan, and Petroleum Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis, until 2020).
Dr. Speight is an author/editor of several databases and encyclopedic works. He has also authored more than 95 books as well as more than 400 publications, reports, and presentations detailing these research activities, and has taught more than eighty related courses.
Affiliations and expertise
CD and W Incorporated, Laramie, United States