The fourth edition of a bestseller, The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum offers a well-documented and progressive perspective on the development of petroleum refining technologies, emphasizing novel refining approaches that optimize efficiency and throughput. With nearly 50 percent new material and over 300 figures and tables, this edition includes new chapters on heavy oil and tar sand bitumen recovery, deasphalting and dewaxing processes, new specifications for petroleum products, and environmental aspects of refining. This book provides an ideal resource for scientists, engineers, and other professionals to enable cleaner and more efficient petroleum processing methods.