2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Heavy Oil and Other Challenging Resources I

United States and Canada are home to vast heavy oil and unconventional fuel resources. There are challenges in extraction and recovery, transportation and processing of these resources. In this session we seek contributions on all aspects of heavy oil utilization.

Chair

Murray Gray, University of Alberta

Presentations

08:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks

08:35 AM

(24a) Data Requirements for Heavy Oil Production - A Reservoir Fluid Perspective
Shawn D. Taylor, John Ratulowski

09:00 AM

(24b) New Directions for the Oilsands and Heavy Oil Industry Enabled by Fundamental Research
John M. Shaw

09:25 AM

(24c) Towards a Modeling Framework for Heavy Oil Phase Behavior and Properties
Harvey Yarranton, Marco Satyro, Orlando Castellanos Diaz

09:50 AM

(24d) Measurement and Modeling of Phase Equilibrium in Heavy Oil / Propane Systems
Francesca Galimberti, Nicolas von Solms, Wei Yan, Birgit Elkjær Ascanius, Erling H. Stenby

10:15 AM

(24e) The Compositional Continuum of Petroleum: Detailed Molecular Characterization of Heavy Crude Oils and Asphaltenes by Ultrahigh Resolution FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry
Amy M. McKenna, Ryan P. Rodgers, Christopher L. Hendrickson, Gregory T. Blakney, Joshua T. Savory, Nathan T. Kaiser, Mmilili M. Mapolelo, Alan G. Marshall, Winston K. Robbins, Brandie M. Ehrmann, Chang S. Hsu

10:40 AM

(24f) Understanding Asphaltene Aggregation and Deposition: A Necessity for the Future of Oil Research
Michael P. Hoepfner, Tabish Maqbool, Nasim Haji Akbari Balou, H Scott Fogler