ABSTRACT

At the current price levels of conventional crude oils, there is a renewed interest in nonconventional hydrocarbon sources that could serve as feedstocks to existing or modified refineries. The most prominent representatives of such feedstocks are extra-heavy crude oils and syncrudes from oil sands. The session will be devoted to all aspects related to the production of syncrudes from oil sands, the transportation of such syncrudes and their use as feedstocks in conventional refineries. Likewise, the salient features of extra-heavy crude oils will be discussed along with the available technologies for their conversion into today's high-quality refinery products.

Keywords:
heavy oil upgrading, bitumen, Upstream Oil & Gas, complex reservoir, oil sand, synthetic crude, refinery, 19th wpc proceedings, oil sand crude, Alberta
Subjects:
Processing Systems and Design, Unconventional Production Facilities, Unconventional and Complex Reservoirs, Heavy oil upgrading, Oil sand/shale/bitumen, Oil sand, oil shale, bitumen
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2008. World Petroleum Congress
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