Handbook of Heavy Oil Properties and Analysis 1st Edition

Capture the complexities of bitumen and heavy crude with the authoritative resource: Handbook of Heavy Oil Properties and Analysis, 1st Edition by James G. Speight. This concise, expertly written volume immediately engages professionals who need clear, practical guidance on heavy oil characterization and handling.

Inside, you’ll find a focused exploration of the physicochemical properties that define heavy oils and bitumens—density, viscosity, pour point, thermophysical behavior, and the role of asphaltenes and waxes. The book reviews modern analytical and laboratory techniques used for composition analysis, quality assessment, and property prediction, helping you interpret data from chromatographic, spectroscopic, and rheological methods. Clear explanations make complex concepts accessible to petroleum engineers, geoscientists, refinery technologists, and downstream chemists.

Tailored for the global heavy oil market, this handbook is especially relevant to producers and processors in heavy-oil regions such as Canada’s Athabasca, Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt, the Middle East, and unconventional plays worldwide. Practical tables, property correlations, and diagnostic insights enable better decision-making for reservoir management, pipeline design, upgrading, and refining operations.

Whether you’re troubleshooting viscosity issues, planning upgrading strategies, or improving analytical workflows, this book helps you translate laboratory data into actionable engineering choices. The tone is authoritative yet approachable—technical enough for specialists, clear enough for multidisciplinary teams.

Invest in a reference that sharpens your technical understanding and supports operational success across the heavy oil value chain. Order Handbook of Heavy Oil Properties and Analysis, 1st Edition by James G. Speight to strengthen your toolkit for tackling the unique challenges of heavy crudes and bitumen.

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