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The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum
About this book
With demand for petroleum products increasing worldwide, there is a tendency for existing refineries to seek new approaches to optimize efficiency and throughput. In addition, changes in product specifications due to environmental regulations greatly influence the development of petroleum refining technologies. These factors underlie the need for t
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Author
- Chapter 1: History and Terminology
- Chapter 2: Classification
- Chapter 3: Origin and Occurrence
- Chapter 4: Reservoirs and Reservoir Fluids
- Chapter 5: Kerogen
- Chapter 6: Exploration, Recovery, and Transportation
- Chapter 7: Recovery of Heavy Oil and Tar Sand Bitumen
- Chapter 8: Chemical Composition
- Chapter 9: Fractional Composition
- Chapter 10: Petroleum Analysis
- Chapter 11: Structural Group Analysis
- Chapter 12: Asphaltene Constituents
- Chapter 13: Structure of Petroleum
- Chapter 14: Instability and Incompatibility
- Chapter 15: Introduction to Refining Processes
- Chapter 16: Refining Chemistry
- Chapter 17: Distillation
- Chapter 18: Thermal Cracking
- Chapter 19: Catalytic Cracking
- Chapter 20: Solvent Processes
- Chapter 21: Hydrotreating and Desulfurization
- Chapter 22: Hydrocracking
- Chapter 23: Hydrogen Production
- Chapter 24: Product Improvement and Treating
- Chapter 25: Gas Processing
- Chapter 26: Petroleum Products
- Chapter 27: Petrochemicals
- Chapter 28: Refinery Wastes
- Chapter 29: Environmental Aspects of Refining
- Chapter 30: Environmental Analysis
- Conversion Factors
- Glossary
- Back Cover