ABSTRACT

The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum, Third Edition fully covers the subject, from the underground formation of petroleum to recovery of refined products. The third edition contains additional chapters on the structure of petroleum, refining heavy feedstocks, instability and incompatibility in petroleum products, environmental aspects of refin

chapter 1|34 pages

History and Terminology

chapter 2|20 pages

Classification

chapter 3|66 pages

Origin and Occurrence

chapter 4|28 pages

Kerogen

chapter 5|66 pages

Exploration, Recovery, and Transportation

chapter 6|29 pages

Chemical Composition

chapter 7|56 pages

Fractional Composition

chapter 8|58 pages

Properties and Evaluation

chapter 10|56 pages

Asphaltenes

chapter 11|31 pages

The Structure of Petroleum

chapter 12|37 pages

Refining Chemistry

chapter 13|29 pages

Refinery Distillation

chapter 14|20 pages

Thermal Cracking

chapter 15|19 pages

Catalytic Cracking

chapter 16|37 pages

Hydroprocessing

chapter 17|39 pages

Refining Heavy Feedstocks

chapter 18|29 pages

Product Improvement

chapter 19|38 pages

Treatment Processes

chapter 20|30 pages

Gas Cleaning

chapter 21|41 pages

Products

chapter 22|17 pages

Instability and Incompatibility

chapter 23|19 pages

Petrochemicals

chapter 24|21 pages

Environmental Aspects of Refining