Oil Sands, Heavy Oil & Bitumen

Here's the book cover from my new book, Oil Sands, Heavy Oil & Bitumen - from Recovery to Refinery. 


International Consultant Oil Sands, Heavy Oil and Bitumen

Dr. Banerjee is available to provide short or detailed courses/presentations on:
  • Heavy oil 101
  • Various process steps in heavy oil from  “Recovery to Refinery”
  • Detailed essays and characterization of heavy oil
  • Various in-situ bitumen production technologies such as SAGD, ES-SAGD, VAPEX
  • Upgrading technologies for the conversion of heavy oil / bitumen into synthetic crude (SCO)
  • Various pipeline blends for the transportation of heavy crude such as DilBit, SynBit
Dr. Banerjee provides consulting in the following areas:
  • Heavy oil  and bitumen characterization
  • Processing and upgrading of heavy oil to synthetic crude
    • Delayed Coking
    • Hydrocracking
    • Solvent deasphalting
    • Combination of upgrading and gasification
  • Feasibility studies of various upgrading options in Canada
  • Strong background on all emerging heavy oil upgrading processes in the world. 
  • Key target is to improve efficiency of the existing process by increasing yields and quality of the desired products, reduce cost, less environmental footprint.

To learn more or schedule a presentation/meeting, please email Dr. Banerjee at dr.dwijen@gmail.com