A review on upgrading and viscosity reduction of heavy oil and bitumen by underground catalytic cracking

In situ preparation of well-dispersed CuO nanocatalysts in heavy oil for catalytic aquathermolysis

(2019) Ming Chen et al.   Petroleum Science

Nanotechnology Applied to Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes: A Review

(2019) Oscar E. Medina et al.   Energies

Upgrading oil sand bitumen under superheated steam over ceria-based nanocomposite catalysts

(2018) Oluwole O. Ajumobi et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Preparation of molybdenum-doped akaganeite nano-rods and their catalytic effect on the viscosity reduction of extra heavy crude oil

(2018) Kai Zhao et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Study on catalytic performance of oil-soluble iron-nickel bimetallic catalyst in coal/oil co-processing

(2018) Chuan Li et al.   FUEL

Plenty of Room at the Bottom: Nanotechnology as Solution to an Old Issue in Enhanced Oil Recovery

(2018) Pablo Druetta et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Effect of Different Clay Minerals on Heavy Oil Oxidation during Ignition Process

(2017) Xiaocong Yu et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Production of light hydrocarbons from pyrolysis of heavy gas oil and high density polyethylene using pillared clays as catalysts

(2017) Jacyra Guimarães Faillace et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Analysis of the effects of copper nanoparticles on in-situ combustion of extra heavy-crude oil

(2017) Usua U. Amanam et al.   JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Stability improvement of zeolite catalysts under hydrothermal conditions for their potential applications in biomass valorization and crude oil upgrading

(2017) Ahmad Galadima et al.   MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS

Catalytic cracking of heavy oil over TiO 2 –ZrO 2 catalysts under superheated steam conditions

(2016) Hisaki Kondoh et al.   FUEL

Upgrading of heavy oil by dispersed biogenic magnetite catalysts

(2016) Ashley R. Brown et al.   FUEL

In-situ heavy and extra-heavy oil recovery: A review

(2016) Kun Guo et al.   FUEL

Synthesis and characterization of a magnetically separable novel Fe3O4@L-DOPA@CuII nanocatalyst (L-DOPA = L-3,4-dihydroxyphenyylalanine): Asymmetric aza-Michael addition reaction

(2016) Arnab Datta et al.   INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA

In-situ upgrading of Omani heavy oil with catalyst and hydrogen donor

(2016) Abdullahi Yusuf et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Ionic liquids as viscosity modifiers for heavy and extra-heavy crude oils

(2015) Deepa Subramanian et al.   FUEL

Effectiveness of Different Transition Metal Dispersed Catalysts for In Situ Heavy Oil Upgrading

(2015) Abdullah Al-Marshed et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Hydrous pyrolysis of heavy oil using solid acid minerals for viscosity reduction

(2015) Oki Muraza   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Steam-assisted catalytic cracking of n-hexane over La-Modified MTT zeolite for selective propylene production

(2015) Idris A. Bakare et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

A review of recent advances in catalytic hydrocracking of heavy residues

(2015) Ramakanta Sahu et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

Successive co-operation of supercritical water and silica-supported iron oxide nanoparticles in upgrading of heavy petroleum residue: Suppression of coke deposition over catalyst

(2015) Morteza Hosseinpour et al.   JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS

Functionalised MnVI-nanoparticles: an advanced high-valent magnetic catalyst

(2015) Saikat Khamarui et al.   Scientific Reports

Using hydrogen donor with oil-soluble catalysts for upgrading heavy oil

(2015) Fajun Zhao et al.   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY

On the Role of Water in Natural-Zeolite-Catalyzed Cracking of Athabasca Oilsands Bitumen

(2014) A. S. M. Junaid et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Upgrading and Viscosity Reduction of Heavy Oil by Catalytic Ionic Liquid

(2014) Seham Shaban et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Cleavage of Side Chains on Thiophenic Compounds by Supercritical Water Treatment of Crude Oil Quantified by Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography with Sulfur Chemiluminescence Detection

(2014) Yuko Kida et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Experimental Investigation on the Effectiveness of 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Perchlorate Ionic Liquid as a Reducing Agent for Heavy Oil Upgrading

(2014) Ismail Md. Saaid et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Combining experiment and theory to elucidate the role of supercritical water in sulfide decomposition

(2014) Yuko Kida et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

A Density Functional Theory Study of the Adsorption of Benzene on Hematite (α-Fe2O3) Surfaces

(2014) Nelson Dzade et al.   Minerals

A review of experimental procedures for heavy oil hydrocracking with dispersed catalyst

(2013) M.J. Angeles et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Influences on the Aquathermolysis of Heavy Oil Catalyzed by Two Different Catalytic Ions: Cu2+ and Fe3+

(2013) Jian Li et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Catalytic Cracking Reaction of Heavy Oil in the Presence of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles in Supercritical Water

(2013) Mehdi Dejhosseini et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Thermocatalytic in situ combustion: Influence of nanoparticles on crude oil pyrolysis and oxidation

(2013) Mehdi Rezaei et al.   FUEL

Dynamic interfacial tension behavior between heavy crude oil and ionic liquid solution (1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C12mim][Cl]+distilled or saline water/heavy crude oil)) as a new surfactant

(2013) Ali Zeinolabedini Hezave et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS

In situ upgrading of bitumen and heavy oils via nanocatalysis

(2012) P. Pereira Almao   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Formulating and optimizing a combustion pathways for oil shale and its semi-coke

(2012) Marco Aurélio Bazelatto Zanoni et al.   COMBUSTION AND FLAME

Supporting Tungsten Oxide on Zirconia by Hydrothermal and Impregnation Methods and Its Use as a Catalyst To Reduce the Viscosity of Heavy Crude Oil

(2012) Hao Wang et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Heavy oil upgrading at moderate pressure using dispersed catalysts: Effects of temperature, pressure and catalytic precursor

(2012) Hugo Ortiz-Moreno et al.   FUEL

Combined process schemes for upgrading of heavy petroleum

(2012) L.C. Castañeda et al.   FUEL

Enhancement of the efficiency of in situ combustion technique for heavy-oil recovery by application of nickel ions

(2012) Y. Hamedi Shokrlu et al.   FUEL

Upgrading and visbreaking of super‐heavy oil by catalytic aquathermolysis with aromatic sulfonic copper

(2012) Kun Chao et al.   FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

Upgrading of heavy crude oils: Castilla

(2012) Jesús Alirio Carrillo et al.   FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

Chemical reduced graphene oxide/AuPtPd nanocomposite for enhanced electrocatalytic ability

(2012) Li Wang et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Flow of nanodispersed catalyst particles through porous media: Effect of permeability and temperature

(2011) Amir Zamani et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Hydrocracking of Anthracene to Ethyl Biphenyl Promoted by Coupling Supercritical Water and Cracking Catalysts

(2011) Honglei Fan et al.   ChemCatChem

Application of Nanotechnology for Heavy Oil Upgrading: Catalytic Steam Gasification/Cracking of Asphaltenes

(2011) Nashaat N. Nassar et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Integrated extraction and low severity upgrading of oilsands bitumen by activated natural zeolite catalysts

(2011) A.S.M. Junaid et al.   FUEL

New Approach for Kinetic Modeling of Catalytic Cracking of Paraffinic Naphtha

(2011) Jae Ho Lee et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Microemulsion synthesis and electrocatalytic properties of carbon-supported Pd–Co–Au alloy nanoparticles

(2011) Ch. Venkateswara Rao et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Synthesis of Ni2P promoted trimetallic NiMoW/γ-Al2O3 catalysts for diesel oil hydrotreatment

(2011) Ling Lan et al.   Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry

Structural and transport studies on polymeric membranes of PEO containing ionic liquid, EMIM-TY: Evidence of complexation

(2011) Sujeet Kumar Chaurasia et al.   SOLID STATE IONICS

GC-MS used in study on the mechanism of the viscosity reduction of heavy oil through aquathermolysis catalyzed by aromatic sulfonic H3PMo12O40

(2010) Yanling Chen et al.   ENERGY

Mechanism of Catalytic Aquathermolysis: Influences on Heavy Oil by Two Types of Efficient Catalytic Ions: Fe3+and Mo6+

(2010) Yuanqing Wang et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Reactivity and Composition of Dispersed Ni Catalyst for Slurry-Phase Residue Hydrocracking

(2010) Dong Liu et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Hydrocracking of Athabasca Bitumen Using Submicronic Multimetallic Catalysts at Near In-Reservoir Conditions

(2010) Carmen E. Galarraga et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Catalytic Aquathermolysis Used for Viscosity Reduction of Heavy Crude Oils: A Review

(2010) S. K. Maity et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Gemini catalyst for catalytic aquathermolysis of heavy oil

(2010) Yanling Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Upgrading of bitumen with formic acid in supercritical water

(2010) Takafumi Sato et al.   JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS

The viscosity reduction of nano-keggin-K3PMo12O40 in catalytic aquathermolysis of heavy oil

(2009) Yanling Chen et al.   FUEL

Change of asphaltene and resin properties after catalytic aquathermolysis

(2009) Yufeng Yi et al.   Petroleum Science

Laboratory Experiments and Field Tests of an Amphiphilic Metallic Chelate for Catalytic Aquathermolysis of Heavy Oil

(2008) Yanling Chen et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Co-gasification of Colombian coal and biomass in fluidized bed: An experimental study

(2008) Jhon F. Vélez et al.   FUEL