Heavy Hydrocarbon Resources

Preface
1: Masakatsu Nomura, Parviz M. Rahimi, and Omer Refa Koseoglu: Advances in Characterization and Utilization of Asphaltenes
2: Keiko Miyabayashi, Yasuhide Naito, Kazuo Tsujimoto, and Mikio Miyake: Characterization of Constituents of Arabian Vacuum Residues by FT-ICR MS Coupled with Various Ionization Techniques
3: Y. Zhang, T. Takanohashi, S. Sato, I. Saito, and R. Tanaka: Thermal Properties and Dissolution Behavior of Ahphaltene and Resin
4: I. Guibard, I. Merdrignac, and S. Kressman: Characterization of Refractory Sulfur Compounds in Petroleum Residue
5: Satoru Murata, Koh Kidena, and Masakatsu Nomura: Estimation of the Structural Parameter Distribution of Asphaltene Using a Preparative GPC Technique
6: Satoru Murata, Koh Kidena, and Masakatsu Nomura: Construction of Chemical Structural Model of Arabian Asphaltene and Its Destiny Simulation
7: Semih Eser, Guohua Wang, and Jennifer Clemons: Molecular Constitution, Carbonization Reactivity, and Mesophase Development from FCC Decant Oil and Its Derivatives
8: Vahur Oja, and Eric M. Suuberg: Vapor Liquid Equilibrium in Polycyclic Aromatic Compound Mixtures and in Coal Tars
9: Yevgenia Briker, Zbigniew Ring, and Cecilia Sin: Processing and Characterization of Shale Oil, New Methods for Characterization of the Effluent from Thermal Cracking of Oil Scale and the Products from Microactivity Testing of Its Atmospheric Residue
10: O. Delgado, C. Bolivar, C. Ovalles, and C.E. Scott: Hamaca Crude Oil Upgrading Using Formic Acid as Hydrogen Precursor under Steam-Injection Conditions
11: John F. Schabron, Joseph F. Rovani, Jr., and A. Troy Pauli: Thermal Fouling: Heat-Induced Deposition and Coking
12: ryuzo Tanaka, Shinya Sato, Toshimasa Takanohashi, and Satoru Sugita: Coking Reactivities of Petroleum Asphaltenes on Thermal Cracking
13: Parviz M. Rahimi, Alem Teclemariam, Ed Taylor, Theo deBruijn, and Irwin A. Wiehe: Thermal Processing Limits of Athabasca Bitumen during Visbreaking Using Solubility Parameters
14: Kinya Sakanishi, Izumi Watanabe, and Isao Mochida: Characterization of Soluble Mo Complex Catalyst during Hydrotreatment of Vacuum Residues
15: Enkhsaruul Byambajav, and Yasuo Ohtsuka: Novel Utilization of Mesoporous Molecular Sieves as Supports of Metal Catalysts for Hydrocracking of Asphaltene
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