Because of the increasing importance of heavy and unconventional crude oil as an energy
source, there is a growing need for petroleomics: the pursuit of more complete and detailed …

The detailed molecular characterization of petroleum-related samples by mass
spectrometry, often referred to as petroleomics, continues to present significant analytical …

High-performance supercapacitors with excellent electrochemical activity require facile and
scalable synthesis of electrode materials to fabricate the devices. The synthesis of sulfur …

Sulfur compounds have significant geochemical information, and the removal of sulfur from
petroleum products is one of the most important tasks in petroleum refining. However, it is a …

Each different molecular elemental composition—eg, CcHhNnOoSs—has a different exact
mass. With sufficiently high mass resolving power (m/Δ m 50%≈ 400,000, in which m is …

The Athabasca oil sands in Canada are a less conventional source of oil which have seen
rapid development. There are concerns about the environmental impact, with particular …

The issue of how to provide society with a reliable yet affordable and environmentally not too
damaging supply of energy is one of the basic problems facing mankind today. Until …

The state of the art in the characterization of heavy crude oil mixtures is presented. This
characterization can be done by different techniques, such as gas chromatography (GC) …

Venezuela crude oil was separated into saturates, aromatics, resins, and asphaltenes
(SARA) fractions. The sulfur compounds in the crude oil and its SARA fractions were reacted …

Sulfur compounds in Canadian oilsands bitumen were reacted with methyl iodide in the
presence of silver tetrafluoroborate and converted to methylsulfonium salts. The …