The chemistry and technology of petroleum /
James G Speight
- Florida : CRC Press, 2014
- xxvi, 927 p. : il. ; 26 cm.
- Chemical industries, .
History and terminology -- Classification -- Origin and occurrence -- Reservoirs and reservoir fluids --Kerogen --Exploration, recovery, and transportation -- Recovery of heavy oil and tar sand bitumen --Chemical composition -- Fractional composition --Petroleum analysis --Structural group analysis --Asphaltene constituents --Structure of petroleum --Instability and incompatibility --Introduction to refining processes --Refining chemistry --Distillation --Thermal cracking --Catalytic cracking --Solvent process --Hydrotreating and desulfurization --Hydrocracking --Hydrogen production --Product improvement and treating --Gas processing --Petroleum products --Petrochemicals --Refinery wastes --Environmental aspects of refining --Environmental analysis.
History and terminology -- Classification -- Origin and occurrence -- Reservoirs and reservoir fluids --Kerogen --Exploration, recovery, and transportation -- Recovery of heavy oil and tar sand bitumen --Chemical composition -- Fractional composition --Petroleum analysis --Structural group analysis --Asphaltene constituents --Structure of petroleum --Instability and incompatibility --Introduction to refining processes --Refining chemistry --Distillation --Thermal cracking --Catalytic cracking --Solvent process --Hydrotreating and desulfurization --Hydrocracking --Hydrogen production --Product improvement and treating --Gas processing --Petroleum products --Petrochemicals --Refinery wastes --Environmental aspects of refining --Environmental analysis.