Spatial Patterns and Physicochemical Properties of Hard-to-Recover Oil with High Resin Content
I. G. YASHCHENKO
Institute of Petroleum Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
Keywords: highly resinous oil, database, hard-to-recover reserves, oil and gas basin, oil field, physicochemical properties of oil
Pages: 198-205
Abstract
Regularities of the geographical distribution of world resources of high-resin oil as an essential source of hydrocarbon raw material in the future are considered. It is demonstrated, relying on the analysis of information from the database on physicochemical characteristics of the world’s oils, that one third of all oil and gas-bearing basins contain reserves of highly resinous oils. The features of the distribution of these oils over countries are studied. It is demonstrated that about 90 % of the world resources are located in Canada and in Russia. About 94 % of the resources of highly resinous oil are located in three oil and gas bearing basins - Timan-Pechora, West Siberian, and Volga-Ural. Statistical analysis of the physicochemical properties of highly resinous oil was carried out. It was established that oil with high resin content is characterized by high density and viscosity, high content of sulphur, nitrogen and oxygen, as well as vanadium and nickel.
DOI: 10.15372/CSD2021297
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