ABSTRACT

Crude Oil Chemistry is foremost a scientifically exact guide to the full family of classical and modern analytical and process technologies in petroleum refining. In widening its vision also to incorporate a geological history of petroleum formation, present-day geopolitical and economic issues, and approaches to redress and improve the delicate ties between the petroleum industry and the environment, this reference succeeds as a total representation of the factors going into the chemistry of crude oil and their outward bound ramifications. The book thoroughly evaluates the chemistry and processing of low API gravity high-sulfur heavy crude oil increasingly relied on in the industry.

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Part I CLASSIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CRUDE OIL

part |2 pages

Part II REGIONAL PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

chapter 4|19 pages

International Petroleum Companies

part |2 pages

Part III MAIN PROCESSES IN THE PETROLEUM REFINING INDUSTRY

chapter 5|37 pages

Crude Oil Distillation

chapter 6|39 pages

Processing of Light and Heavy Distillates

part |2 pages

Part IV Heavy Oil Processing—Chemistry of Asphaltenes