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Crude Oil Chemistry is foremost a scientifically exact guide to the full family of classical and modern analytical and process technologies in petroleum refining. In widening its vision also to incorporate a geological history of petroleum formation, present-day geopolitical and economic issues, and approaches to redress and improve the delicate ties between the petroleum industry and the environment, this reference succeeds as a total representation of the factors going into the chemistry of crude oil and their outward bound ramifications. The book thoroughly evaluates the chemistry and processing of low API gravity high-sulfur heavy crude oil increasingly relied on in the industry.
List of contents
Preface, Part I. Classification and Characterization of Crude Oil, 1. Nature and Classification of Crude Oil, 2. Modern Characterization and Analysis Techniques for Crude Oil, Part II. Regional Petroleum Industry, 3. Petroleum Producing Countries: OPEC and Non-OPEC, 4. International Petroleum Companies, Part III. Main Processes in the Petroleum Refining Industry, 5. Crude Oil Distillation, 6. Processing of Light and Heavy Distillates, 7. Environmental Issues Facing the Refining Industry, Part IV. Heavy Oil Processing—Chemistry of Asphaltenes, 8. Chemistry of Crude Oil Asphaltenes, 9. Processing of Heavy Crude Oils and Crude Oil Residues, Appendix A: Conversion Factors Important for Crude Oil Chemists, Appendix B: Glossary, Index
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Vasily Simanzhenkov, Raphael Idem
Summary
A guide to the family of classical and modern analytical and process technologies in petroleum refining. It evaluates the chemistry and processing of low API gravity high-sulfur heavy crude oil relied on in the industry.
