Rashid Khan 2006-07 SPE Distinguished Lecture - Society of ...

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Does crude oil quality matter? • Crude oil must be converted yet there is “brick wall” when discussing crude quality • Quality is impacted during or after production • Sulfur and gravity do NOT adequately define crude quality; other “bad actors” also impacts crude quality 10
“Bad-actors” – undesirables in crude oil? • Sulfur, Density (API( Gravity) • Total Acids (TAN) • Nitrogen, BSW (bottom, sediment, water) • Viscosity, Boiling Point • Carbon residue, metals • Dissolved H2S or elemental S • Contaminants introduced • Precursor for green-house gas (more later) • Every crude oil is unique 11
Page 1 and 2: SPE DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES i
Page 3 and 4: Boom and bust: Perception of our mi
Page 5 and 6: Faults Aug, 2005 Many books on the
Page 7 and 8: Topics • Innovation and historica
Page 9: Is the industry innovative? Relativ
Page 13 and 14: Quest for quality All data show tha
Page 15 and 16: Factors impacting crude price • D
Page 17 and 18: , Comments from Crude Quality group
Page 19 and 20: Options for crude upgrading 1. In r
Page 21 and 22: Fundamentals of carbon rejection Co
Page 23 and 24: Defining refining 800 o Residual Fu
Page 25 and 26: Many field treatment are already vi
Page 27 and 28: In-situ upgrading & recovery of 60%
Page 29 and 30: Field or “mine mouth” conversio
Page 31 and 32: Quest for disruptive or radical inn
Page 33 and 34: Finding and supplying crude oil is
Page 35 and 36: A major problem for all fossil fuel
Page 37 and 38: Responsible energy alternatives and
Page 39 and 40: Innovation in oil industry did “m
Page 41 and 42: Concluding remarks • Society ques
Page 43 and 44: Q. How human impacts quality during
Page 45: Q. Examples of current EOR and in-s

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