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Enhanced recovery methods for heavy oil and tar sands / James G. Speight

Author
Speight, James G.
Published
Houston, TX : Gulf Pub. Co., [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Physical Description
xiv, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
DEFINITIONS: History -- Petroleum -- Heavy oil -- Tar sand bitumen -- Validity of the definitions -- ORIGIN AND OCCURRENCE: Origin of petroleum and heavy oil -- Reservoirs -- Reserves -- Production -- Oil pricing -- RESERVOIRS AND RESERVOIR FLUIDS: Reservoirs -- Classes of fluids -- Evaluation of reservoir fluids -- Physical composition and molecular weight -- PROPERTIES: Physical properties -- Thermal properties -- Metals content -- EXPLORATION AND GENERAL METHODS FOR OIL RECOVERY: Exploration -- Primary recovery; natural methods -- Secondary recovery -- Enhanced oil recovery -- NONTHERMAL METHODS OF RECOVERY: Primary recovery; natural methods -- Secondary recovery methods -- Enhanced oil recovery methods -- Oil mining -- THERMAL METHODS OF RECOVERY: Hot fluid injection -- Steam based methods -- Other processes -- In situ upgrading -- UPGRADING HEAVY OIL: Surface upgrading -- In Situ Upgrading.
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ISBN
9781933762258 : (alk. paper)
193376225X (alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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