商品簡介
This collection of twenty-four articles on heavy crude oil provides an overview of the science and technology surrounding the effective extraction and use of this viscous petroleum product. The work is divided into six sections examining definitions of heavy crude oils, reservoir engineering and production, surface transport, upgrading, environmental issues and ongoing technological challenges. Individual chapters cover such topics as properties and composition of heavy crude, mining and processing oil sands, aqueous emulsions, coking and catalytic treatments, greenhouse gas emissions and in situ upgrading of heavy oils. Contributors include oil and resource extraction experts associated with IFP Energies Nouvelles, a French public-private energy think tank. This volume is distributed in the US by Enfield. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
