Oil Sand Production Processes

Author : James G. Speight
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780124045521

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Oil Sand Production Processes by James G. Speight Pdf

The combination of global warming and peak oil has made finding alternative sources of energy more important than ever. Written in an easy-to-read format, Oil Sands Production Processes provide the reader with an understandable overview of the chemistry, engineering, and technology of oil sands. The various chapters have been written to include the latest developments in the oil sands industry, including evolving and new processes as well as the various environmental regulations. Overview of the chemistry, engineering, and technology of oil sands Updates on the evolving processes and new processes Evolving and new environmental regulations regarding oil sands production processes

Author : James G. Speight
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780124017481

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Heavy Oil Production Processes by James G. Speight Pdf

As conventional-oil resources are depleted worldwide, vast heavy oil reserves available in various parts of the world become increasingly important as a secure future energy source. Brief but readable, Heavy Oil Production Processes discusses the latest improvements in production processes including; thermal methods (steam floods, cyclic steam stimulation, SAGD) as well as non-thermal methods (cold flow with sand production, cyclic solvent process, VAPEX). The book begins with an overview of the chemistry, engineering, and technology of heavy oil as they evolve into the twenty-first century. The preceding chapters are written to provide a basic understanding of each technology, evolving processes and new processes as well as the various environmental regulations. Clear and rigorous, Heavy Oil Production Processes will prove useful for those scientists and engineers already engaged in fossil fuel science and technology as well as scientists, non-scientists, engineers, and non-engineers who wish to gain a general overview or update of the science and technology of fossil fuels. The not only does the book discuss the production processes but also provides methods which should reduce environmental footprint and improve profitability. Overview of the chemistry, engineering, and technology of oil sands Updates on the evolving processes and new processes Evolving and new environmental regulations regarding oil sands production

Author : Marc Humphries
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781437938074

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North American Oil Sands by Marc Humphries Pdf

When it comes to future reliable oil supplies, Canada¿s oil sands will likely account for a greater share of U.S. oil imports. In 2008 oil sands accounted for 46% of Canada¿s total oil production and oil sands production is increasing as conventional oil production declines. Since 2004, when a substantial portion of Canada¿s oil sands were deemed economic, Canada has ranked second behind Saudi Arabia in oil reserves. As oil sands production in Canada is predicted to increase to 2.8 million barrels per day by 2015, environ. issues are a cause for concern. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) World Oil Sands Reserves and Resources: What Are Oil Sands?; U.S. and Canada Oil Sand Resources; (3) History of Development. Charts and tables.

Author : Shouwei Zhou,Fujie Sun
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118961896

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Sand Production Management for Unconsolidated Sandstone Reservoirs by Shouwei Zhou,Fujie Sun Pdf

This book investigates sand production problems in the development of unconsolidated sand reservoirs and suggests novel technical solutions and improvements to sand management issues. This book is divided into six chapters: (1) geologic characteristics of unconsolidated sand heavy oil reservoirs and concept of sand management technology; (2) sand production mechanisms and its effect on reservoir petrophysical quality; (3) sand production quantity prediction and well productivity evaluation methods, especially for fluid-solid coupling prediction model; (4) completion technology for sand management; (5) sand flow in well bore and surface processing; (6) the application of sand management technology in China’s Bohai heavy oil field. Readership: Petroleum reservoir engineers and production managers worldwide.

Author : Davorin Matanovic,Marin Cikes,Bojan Moslavac
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642256141

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Sand Control in Well Construction and Operation by Davorin Matanovic,Marin Cikes,Bojan Moslavac Pdf

Produced sand causes a lot of problems. From that reasons sand production must be monitored and kept within acceptable limits. Sand control problems in wells result from improper completion techniques or changes in reservoir properties. The idea is to provide support to the formation to prevent movement under stresses resulting from fluid flow from reservoir to well bore. That means that sand control often result with reduced well production. Control of sand production is achieved by: reducing drag forces (the cheapest and most effective method), mechanical sand bridging (screens, gravel packs) and increasing of formation strength (chemical consolidation). For open hole completions or with un-cemented slotted liners/screens sand failure will occur and must be predicted. Main problem is plugging. To combat well failures due to plugging and sand breakthrough Water-Packing or Shunt-Packing are used.

Author : Havard Devold
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Gas fields
ISBN : 9781105538643

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Oil and Gas Production Handbook: An Introduction to Oil and Gas Production by Havard Devold Pdf

Author : Andrew Nikiforuk
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781553656272

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Tar Sands by Andrew Nikiforuk Pdf

Tar Sands critically examines the frenzied development in the Canadian tar sands and the far-reaching implications for all of North America. Bitumen, the sticky stuff that ancients used to glue the Tower of Babel together, is the world’s most expensive hydrocarbon. This difficult-to-find resource has made Canada the number-one supplier of oil to the United States, and every major oil company now owns a lease in the Alberta tar sands. The region has become a global Deadwood, complete with rapturous engineers, cut-throat cocaine dealers, Muslim extremists, and a huge population of homeless individuals. In this award-winning book, a Canadian bestseller, journalist Andrew Nikiforuk exposes the disastrous environmental, social, and political costs of the tar sands, arguing forcefully for change. This updated edition includes new chapters on the most energy-inefficient tar sands projects (the steam plants), as well as new material on the controversial carbon cemeteries and nuclear proposals to accelerate bitumen production.

Author : J. Peter Findlay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Energy development
ISBN : 1784670510

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The Future of the Canadian Oil Sands by J. Peter Findlay Pdf

Author : John Ward Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Air
ISBN : UCSD:31822011997665

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Oil Shale and Tar Sands by John Ward Smith Pdf

Author : Loren G. Hepler,Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority,Russell G. Smith
Publisher : Alberta, Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Oil sands
ISBN : 0773213155

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The Alberta Oil Sands by Loren G. Hepler,Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority,Russell G. Smith Pdf

Author : Ezra Levant
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780771046438

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Ethical Oil by Ezra Levant Pdf

Canada's "no. 1 defender of freedom of speech" and the bestselling author of Shakedown makes the timely and provocative case that when it comes to oil, ethics matter just as much as the economy and the environment. In 2009, Ezra Levant's bestselling book Shakedown revealed the corruption of Canada's human rights commissions and was declared the "most important public affairs book of the year." In Ethical Oil, Levant turns his attention to another hot-button topic: the ethical cost of our addiction to oil. While many North Americans may be aware of the financial and environmental price we pay for a gallon of gas or a barrel of oil, Levant argues that it is time we consider ethical factors as well. With his trademark candor, Levant asks hard-hitting questions: With the oil sands at our disposal, is it ethically responsible to import our oil from the Sudan, Russia, and Mexico? How should we weigh carbon emissions with human rights violations in Saudi Arabia? And assuming that we can't live without oil, can the development of energy be made more environmentally sustainable? In Ethical Oil, Levant exposes the hypocrisy of the West's dealings with the reprehensible regimes from which we purchase the oil that sustains our lifestyles, and offers solutions to this dilemma. Readers at all points on the political spectrum will want to read this timely and provocative new book, which is sure to spark debate.

Author : Ramasamy Marappa Gounder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781839684098

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Processing of Heavy Crude Oils by Ramasamy Marappa Gounder Pdf

Author : James G. Speight
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780124017474

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Heavy and Extra-heavy Oil Upgrading Technologies by James G. Speight Pdf

Unconventional reservoirs of oil and gas represent a huge additional global source of fossil fuels. However, there is much still to be done to improve techniques for their processing to make recovery and refining of these particular energy sources more cost-effective. Brief but readable, Heavy and Extra-heavy Oil Upgrading Technologies provide readers with a strategy for future production (the up-stream) and upgrading (the down-stream). The book provides the reader with an understandable overview of the chemistry and engineering behind the latest developments and technologies in the industry as well as the various environmental regulations.Clear and rigorous, Heavy and Extra-heavy Oil Upgrading Technologies will prove tool for those scientists and engineers already engaged in fossil fuel science and technology as well as scientists, non-scientists, engineers, and non-engineers who wish to gain a general overview or update of the science and technology of unconventional fossil fuels in general and upgrading technologies in particular. The use of microorganisms and a number of physical methods, such as ultrasound, median microwave, cold plasma, electrokinetic and monocrystalline intermetallics, etc., will be discussed for the first time. Overview of the chemistry, engineering, and technology of oil sands Microorganisms and a number of physical methods such as ultrasound, median microwave, cold plasma, electrokinetic and monocrystalline intermetallics Evolving and new environmental regulations regarding oil sands production processes

Author : Gerd Brunner
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780444594181

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Hydrothermal and Supercritical Water Processes by Gerd Brunner Pdf

Hydrothermal and Supercritical Water Processes presents an overview on the properties and applications of water at elevated temperatures and pressures. It combines fundamentals with production process aspects. Water is an extraordinary substance. At elevated temperatures (and pressures) its properties change dramatically due to the modifications of the molecular structure of bulk water that varies from a stable three-dimensional network, formed by hydrogen bonds at low and moderate temperatures, to an assembly of separated polar water molecules at high and supercritical temperatures. With varying pressure and temperature, water is turned from a solvent for ionic species to a solvent for polar and non-polar substances. This variability and an enhanced reactivity of water have led to many practical applications and to even more research activities, related to such areas as energy transfer, extraction of functional molecules, unique chemical reactions, biomass conversion and fuel materials processing, destruction of dangerous compounds and recycling of useful ones, growth of monolithic crystals, and preparation of metallic nanoparticles. This book provides an introduction into the wide range of activities that are possible in aqueous mixtures. It is organized to facilitate understanding of the main features, outlines the main applications, and gives access to further information Summarizes fundamental properties of water for engineering applications Compares process and reactor designs Evaluates processes from thermodynamic, economic, and social impact viewpoints

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:732754551

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The Big Space Shuttle by Anonim Pdf