The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum

• Presents the latest methods for recovering heavy oil and tar sand bitumen
• Describes new trends for handling heavier feedstock while avoiding incompatibility issues, particularly with blended feedstock
• Provides current environmental regulations and product specifications
• Examines ways to reduce sulfur levels in liquid fuels to meet tighter product specifications
• Contains new discussions on environmental aspects of refining, including refinery wastes, environmental impact, and analysis
• Enhances the text with over 300 figures and tables, including chemical structures and process flow sheets

Refineries must not only adapt to evolving environmental regulations for cleaner product specifications and processing, but also find ways to meet the increasing demand for petroleum products, particularly for liquid fuels and petrochemical feedstocks. The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum, Fourth Edition offers a 21st century perspective on the development of petroleum refining technologies.

Like its bestselling predecessors, this volume traces the science of petroleum from its subterranean formation to the physicochemical properties and the production of numerous products and petrochemical intermediates. Presenting nearly 50 percent new material, this edition emphasizes novel refining approaches that optimize efficiency and throughput. It includes new chapters on heavy oil and tar sand bitumen recovery, deasphalting and dewaxing processes, and environmental aspects of refining, including refinery wastes, regulations, and analysis. The text also features revised and expanded coverage of instability and incompatibility, refinery distillation, thermal cracking, hydrotreating and desulfurization, hydrocracking, and hydrogen production.

A unique, well-documented, and forward-thinking work, this book continues to present the most complete coverage of petroleum science, technology, and refining available. The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum, Fourth Edition provides an ideal platform for scientists, engineers, and other professionals to achieve cleaner and more efficient petroleum processing methods.