The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum offers a 21st century perspective on the development of petroleum refining technologies.

The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum traces the science of petroleum from its subterranean formation to the physicochemical properties and the production of numerous products and petrochemical intermediates.

Presenting nearly 50 percent new material, The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum emphasizes novel refining approaches that optimize efficiency and throughput.

The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum features:

• Presents the latest methods for recovering heavy oil and tar sand bitumen
• Describes new trends for handling heavier feedstock while avoiding incompatibility issues, particularly with blended feedstock
• Provides current environmental regulations and product specifications
• Examines ways to reduce sulfur levels in liquid fuels to meet tighter product specifications
• Contains new discussions on environmental aspects of refining, including refinery wastes, environmental impact, and analysis
• Enhances the text with over 300 figures and tables, including chemical structures and process flow sheets

Contents

History, Occurrence, and Recovery

History and Terminology

1. Historical Perspectives
2. Modern Perspectives
3. Definitions and Terminology
4. Native Materials
5. Manufactured Materials
6. Derived Materials
7. Oil Prices
8. Classification
9. Classification Systems
10. Miscellaneous Systems
11. Reservoir Classification

Origin and Occurrence

12. Origin
13. Occurrence

Kerogen

14. Properties
15. Composition
16. Classification
17. Isolation
18. Methods for Probing Kerogen Structure
19. Structural Models
20. Kerogen Maturation

Exploration, Recovery, and Transportation

21. Exploration
22. Drilling Operations
23. Well Completion
24. Recovery
25. Products and Product Quality
26. Transportation

New! Recovery of Heavy Oil and Tar Sand Bitumen

27. Oil Mining
28. Nonmining Methods

Composition and Properties

29. Chemical Composition
30. Ultimate (Elemental) Composition
31. Chemical Components
32. Chemical Composition by Distillation

Fractional Composition

33. Distillation
34. Solvent Treatment
35. Adsorption
36. Chemical Methods
37. Use of the Data

Petroleum Analysis

38. Petroleum Assay
39. Physical Properties
40. Thermal Properties
41. Electrical Properties
42. Optical Properties
43. Spectroscopic Methods
44. Chromatographic Methods
45. Molecular Weight
46. Use of the Data

Chapters 47-62

Refining

Dewatering and Desalting

63. Early Processes
64. Distillation
65. Thermal Methods
66. Catalytic Methods
67. Hydroprocesses
68. Reforming
69. Isomerization
70. Alkylation Processes
71. Polymerization Processes
72. Solvent Process
73. Refining Heavy Feedstocks
74. Petroleum Products
75. Petrochemicals

Completely Revised! Refining Chemistry

76. Cracking
77. Hydrogenation
78. Isomerization
79. Alkylation
80. Polymerization
81. Process Chemistry

Chapters 82-145

Environmental Issues

144. New! Environmental Aspects of Refining
145. Definitions
146. Environmental Regulations
147. Process Analysis

Index

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