Maya heavy crude oil hydroprocessing catalysts

Hydroprocessing of Heavy Oils and Residua

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 191-238

  Rana, Mohan S ^a   Maity, S K ^a   Ancheyta, Jorge ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

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