Heavy Crude Oil from the Americas: Analysis and Outlook

An in-depth study from the industry experts at Hart Energy Consulting

 

This unique report addresses the supply, demand and outlook for ultra heavy oil in North America, with particular attention to Canadian oil sands. It also analyzes the uncertainties around the future volumes and types of products from oil sands that will be marketed, the commercial strategies under consideration, and how new technologies could alter the outlook. Critical information in this study includes:

 

• Heavy Crude oil production per region Canadian Oil Sands, Orinoco Belt, new players like Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico...and constraints to development
• Implications for refineries, Light and Heavy pricing differential
• New technologies
• Disposition of heavy crude oil

 

Who should read this report?

• Oil & Gas Companies Strategic Planners
• Refinery Executives
• Crude Producers
• Hydrocarbon Transportation Companies
• Technology Licensors
• Engineering Firms
• Investors and Financial Planners

 

 

About the Authors:

Laura Atkins has more than 20 years experience in the oil industry. She served as a Senior Research Analyst for OPEC studying energy technologies affecting oil demand, and also worked for ARCO and Amoco, in the US and the Middle East. She earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard specializing in international affairs and public leadership and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Tulane University.

 

Terrence Higgins, Executive Director, Refining and Special Studies, at Hart Energy Consulting has more than 30 years of refining experience focusing on refinery economics and planning, clean fuels production and energy/environmental policy. He served as Technical Director for NPRA for 14 years and also worked with Texaco, Amerada Hess, U.S. DOE and in private consulting. He earned a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Notre Dame.

 

 

 

 

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