Introduction to enhanced recovery methods for heavy oil and tar sands /
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Author / Creator: | Speight, James G., author. |
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Edition: | Second edition. |
Imprint: | Cambridge, MA : Gulf Professional Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, 2016. |
Description: | 1 online resource. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11253563 |
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