Current status and future trends of in situ catalytic upgrading of extra heavy oil

Z Wu, H Chen, X Cai, Q Gou, L Jiang, K Chen, Z Chen… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil decomposes viscous heavy oil underground through
a series of complex chemical and physical reactions with the aid of an injected catalyst, and …

The geoscience of in-situ combustion and high-pressure air injection

BM Storey, RH Worden, DD McNamara - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Considering the global drive toward net-zero carbon emissions in the near future, the need
to find clean sources of energy has never been more important. It is estimated that globally …

Microporous activated carbon catalyst for an efficient and deactivation resistive supercritical water upgrading process of sour crude oil

MH Mohammed, SA Gheni, KI Hamad… - Diamond and Related …, 2023 - Elsevier
Exploiting unconventional heavy crude oil is a fascinating and crucial strategy for meeting
the rapidly rising need for energy and the dramatic depletion of conventional crude oil …

Tetralin and decalin H-donor effect on catalytic upgrading of heavy oil inductively heated with steel balls

A Hart, M Adam, JP Robinson, SP Rigby, J Wood - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) combined with catalytic upgrading process in situ
(CAPRI) has demonstrated it can simultaneously extract and upgrade heavy oil in situ. This …

Improving the performances of supported NiCo catalyst for reforming of methane powered by magnetic induction

VP Dotsenko, M Bellusci, A Masi, D Pietrogiacomi… - Catalysis Today, 2023 - Elsevier
NiCo supported magnetic nanoparticles can catalyze the steam reforming of methane and at
the same time provide the heat necessary to run the process by dissipating an external radio …

Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation of Tetralin and Naphthalene to Explore Heavy Oil Upgrading Using NiMo/Al2O3 and CoMo/Al2O3 Catalysts Heated with …

A Hart, M Adam, JP Robinson, SP Rigby, J Wood - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper reports the hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of tetralin and naphthalene as
model reactions that mimic polyaromatic compounds found in heavy oil. The focus is to …

Global Trends in Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery and In-Situ Upgrading: A Bibliometric Analysis During 1900–2020 and Future Outlook

O Omoregbe, A Hart - Journal of Energy Resources …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Bitumen and heavy oil are energy resources with high viscosities, high densities, and high
metals and heteroatoms content. This paper reports a bibliometric survey to investigate the …

Recent progress in catalytic aquathermolysis of heavy oils

B Thangaraj, YK Lee - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The present review emphasizes the catalytic upgrading of heavy oils using the
aquathermolysis in the presence of catalysts. The interest in heavy oil upgrading has …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of induction heating for the dehydrogenation of liquid organic hydrogen carriers

D Ford, G Kruger, R Garidzirai, P Modisha… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Electromagnetic induction heating could eliminate the limitations associated with
conventional heating methods for endothermic dehydrogenation reactions of liquid organic …

Ni: Fe: Mo and Ni: Co: Mo nanocatalysts to hydroprocessing to heavy crude oil: Effect of continue phase in the final metallic nanoparticles size

JA Melo-Banda, M Lam-Maldonado… - Catalysis Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, heavy crude oil is a significant source of energy due to its enormous reserves
available throughout the planet. The hydroprocessing of heavy crude using dispersed …