CA1165713A - Recovery of hydrocarbons from aqueous tailings - Google Patents

Recovery of hydrocarbons from aqueous tailings

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Publication number
CA1165713A
CA1165713A CA000385824A CA385824A CA1165713A CA 1165713 A CA1165713 A CA 1165713A CA 000385824 A CA000385824 A CA 000385824A CA 385824 A CA385824 A CA 385824A CA 1165713 A CA1165713 A CA 1165713A
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Prior art keywords
diluent
aqueous
phase
bitumen
tailing
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CA000385824A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Robert B. Martin
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Baker Petrolite LLC
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Petrolite Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
    • B01D17/02—Separation of non-miscible liquids
    • B01D17/04—Breaking emulsions
    • B01D17/047—Breaking emulsions with separation aids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C11/00—Separation by high-voltage electrical fields, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G1/00—Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil-shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
    • C10G1/04—Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil-shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
    • C10G1/047—Hot water or cold water extraction processes

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Production Of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixture For Refining Petroleum (AREA)
CA000385824A 1980-09-15 1981-09-14 Recovery of hydrocarbons from aqueous tailings Expired CA1165713A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US18728080A 1980-09-15 1980-09-15
US187,280 1980-09-15

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CA1165713A true CA1165713A (en) 1984-04-17

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JP (1) JPS57119985A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CA (1) CA1165713A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE3132051A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR2490104A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB2084179B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
IT (1) IT1138179B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Families Citing this family (5)

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DE3127544A1 (de) * 1981-07-11 1983-01-20 Trützschler GmbH & Co KG, 4050 Mönchengladbach Vorrichtung zum oeffnen und reinigen von faserflocken
FR2567043B1 (fr) * 1984-07-04 1988-05-20 Inst Francais Du Petrole Procede et dispositif utilisables notamment pour laver et desorber des produits solides contenant des hydrocarbures
US8262865B2 (en) * 2008-06-27 2012-09-11 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Optimizing heavy oil recovery processes using electrostatic desalters
WO2011021092A2 (en) 2009-08-17 2011-02-24 Brack Capital Energy Technologies Limited Oil sands extraction
US9795972B2 (en) 2012-08-07 2017-10-24 Cameron International Corporation High temperature high pressure electrostatic treater

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US2880158A (en) * 1955-12-16 1959-03-31 Petrolite Corp Electric emulsion breaking treater
US2968603A (en) * 1957-03-20 1961-01-17 Can Amera Oil Sands Dev Ltd Hot water process for the extraction of oil from bituminous sands and like oil bearing material
CA918091A (en) * 1968-08-30 1973-01-02 H. Evans George Multiple-stage centrifuging of tar sands separation process froth
CA1072474A (en) * 1976-04-27 1980-02-26 Imperial Oil Limited Deaerator circuit for bitumen froth
GB1527269A (en) * 1976-08-07 1978-10-04 Rohrtil Sa Solvent extraction process
US4105537A (en) * 1977-03-07 1978-08-08 Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Canada, As Represented By The Minister Of Energy, Mines And Resources System for handling the underflow from a primary separation vessel in the tar sand hot water process
CA1085762A (en) * 1977-03-31 1980-09-16 Raymond N. Yong Grinding as a means of reducing flocculant requirements for destabilizing sludge (tailings)
CA1088445A (en) * 1978-03-31 1980-10-28 John A. Ripmeester Tar sands bitumen recovery from aqueous effluent

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FR2490104A1 (fr) 1982-03-19
DE3132051A1 (de) 1982-04-01
IT8123716A0 (it) 1981-09-01
IT1138179B (it) 1986-09-17
GB2084179A (en) 1982-04-07
JPS57119985A (en) 1982-07-26
FR2490104B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1984-07-13
GB2084179B (en) 1984-05-23

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