Introduction to enhanced recovery methods for heavy oil and tar sands /

Introduction to enhanced recovery methods for heavy oil and tar sands /

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Author / Creator:Speight, James G., author.
Edition:Second edition.
Imprint:Cambridge, MA : Gulf Professional Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, 2016.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Subject:
Enhanced oil recovery.
Oil sands.
Enhanced oil recovery.
Oil sands.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11253563
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ISBN:9780128499061
Notes:Includes index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed March 10, 2016).
Summary:Introduction to Enhanced Recovery Methods for Heavy Oil and Tar Sands, Second Edition, explores the importance of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and how it has grown in recent years thanks to the increased need to locate unconventional resources such as heavy oil and shale. Unfortunately, petroleum engineers and managers aren't always well-versed in the enhancement methods that are available when needed or the most economically viable solution to maximize their reservoir's productivity. This revised new edition presents all the current methods of recovery available, including the pros and cons of each. Expanded and updated as a great preliminary text for the newcomer to the industry or subject matter, this must-have EOR guide teaches all the basics needed, including all thermal and non-thermal methods, along with discussions of viscosity, sampling, and the technologies surrounding offshore applications.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Part I. Reservoirs and Reservoir Fluids
  • 1. Heavy Oil and Tar Sand Bitumen
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. History
  • 1.3. Petroleum
  • 1.4. Conventional Petroleum
  • 1.5. Other Members of the Petroleum Family
  • 1.6. Heavy Oil
  • 1.7. Tar Sand Bitumen
  • 1.8. Rationalization of the Definitions
  • References
  • 2. Occurrence and Reservoir Evaluation
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Origin of Petroleum and Heavy Oil
  • 2.3. Occurrence and Distribution
  • 2.4. Exploration
  • 2.5. Reserves
  • 2.6. Oil Pricing
  • References
  • 3. Sediments, Reservoirs, and Deposits
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Sediments
  • 3.3. Occurrence
  • 3.4. Mineralogy
  • 3.5. Clastic Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
  • 3.6. Chemical Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
  • 3.7. Biochemical and Organic Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
  • 3.8. Diagenesis
  • 3.9. Lithification
  • 3.10. Texture
  • 3.11. Packing
  • 3.12. The Structure of Sediments
  • 3.13. Transportation
  • 3.14. Stratification and Bedding
  • 3.15. Layering and Bedding
  • 3.16. Sedimentary Facies
  • 3.17. Other Sediment Markers
  • 3.18. Classification
  • 3.19. Reservoirs and Deposits
  • 3.20. Reservoirs
  • 3.21. Deposits
  • 3.22. Reservoir Productivity
  • References
  • 4. Reservoir Fluids
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Classes of Fluids
  • 4.3. Water
  • 4.4. Solids Deposition During Recovery
  • References
  • 5. Evaluation of Reservoir Fluids
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Evaluation of Reservoir Fluids and Fluid Assay
  • 5.3. Chemical and Physical Properties
  • 5.4. Thermal Properties
  • 5.5. Metals Content
  • 5.6. Bulk Composition and Molecular Weight
  • References
  • Part II. Oil Recovery
  • 6. General Methods of Oil Recovery
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Primary Recovery Methods
  • 6.3. Secondary Recovery Methods
  • 6.4. Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods
  • 6.5. Fluids Production
  • 6.6. Microscopic Displacement Efficiency
  • 6.7. Hydraulic Fracturing
  • References
  • 7. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Microbial Alteration of Petroleum Constituents
  • 7.3. Processes Types
  • References
  • 8. Nonthermal Methods of Recovery
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Primary Recovery Methods
  • 8.3. Secondary Recovery Methods
  • 8.4. Enhanced Recovery Methods
  • 8.5. Tar Sand Mining
  • 8.6. Nonmining Methods
  • References
  • 9. Thermal Methods of Recovery
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. Thermal Stimulation
  • 9.3. Steam-Based Processes
  • 9.4. In Situ Combustion Processes
  • 9.5. Comparison of Recovery Methods
  • References
  • 10. Upgrading During Recovery
  • 10.1. Introduction
  • 10.2. Upgrading In Situ
  • 10.3. Partial Upgrading at the Surface
  • 10.4. The Future
  • References
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • Index

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