CA2029795C - Procede de conditionnement de sables petroliferes pour le transport par canalisation - Google Patents
Procede de conditionnement de sables petroliferes pour le transport par canalisationInfo
- Publication number
- CA2029795C CA2029795C CA 2029795 CA2029795A CA2029795C CA 2029795 C CA2029795 C CA 2029795C CA 2029795 CA2029795 CA 2029795 CA 2029795 A CA2029795 A CA 2029795A CA 2029795 C CA2029795 C CA 2029795C
- Authority
- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- slurry
- bitumen
- pipeline
- oil sand
- set forth
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
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Classifications
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- 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
- B03B—SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS
- B03B9/00—General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets
- B03B9/02—General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets specially adapted for oil-sand, oil-chalk, oil-shales, ozokerite, bitumen, or the like
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G53/00—Conveying materials in bulk through troughs, pipes or tubes by floating the materials or by flow of gas, liquid or foam
- B65G53/30—Conveying materials in bulk through pipes or tubes by liquid pressure
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Geology (AREA)
- Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
- Production Of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixture For Refining Petroleum (AREA)
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA 2029795 CA2029795C (fr) | 1989-11-10 | 1989-11-10 | Procede de conditionnement de sables petroliferes pour le transport par canalisation |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA 2029795 CA2029795C (fr) | 1989-11-10 | 1989-11-10 | Procede de conditionnement de sables petroliferes pour le transport par canalisation |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA2029795A1 CA2029795A1 (fr) | 1991-05-11 |
| CA2029795C true CA2029795C (fr) | 1996-11-05 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| CA 2029795 Expired - Lifetime CA2029795C (fr) | 1989-11-10 | 1989-11-10 | Procede de conditionnement de sables petroliferes pour le transport par canalisation |
Country Status (1)
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| CA (1) | CA2029795C (fr) |
Cited By (9)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7726491B2 (en) | 2002-09-19 | 2010-06-01 | Suncor Energy Inc. | Bituminous froth hydrocarbon cyclone |
| US7736501B2 (en) | 2002-09-19 | 2010-06-15 | Suncor Energy Inc. | System and process for concentrating hydrocarbons in a bitumen feed |
| US7914670B2 (en) | 2004-01-09 | 2011-03-29 | Suncor Energy Inc. | Bituminous froth inline steam injection processing |
| US8025341B2 (en) | 2005-11-09 | 2011-09-27 | Suncor Energy Inc. | Mobile oil sands mining system |
| US8136672B2 (en) | 2004-07-30 | 2012-03-20 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | Sizing roller screen ore processing apparatus |
| US8328126B2 (en) | 2008-09-18 | 2012-12-11 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | Method and apparatus for processing an ore feed |
| US8393561B2 (en) | 2005-11-09 | 2013-03-12 | Suncor Energy Inc. | Method and apparatus for creating a slurry |
| US8968580B2 (en) | 2009-12-23 | 2015-03-03 | Suncor Energy Inc. | Apparatus and method for regulating flow through a pumpbox |
| US9016799B2 (en) | 2005-11-09 | 2015-04-28 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | Mobile oil sands mining system |
Families Citing this family (20)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA2217623C (fr) * | 1997-10-02 | 2001-08-07 | Robert Siy | Procede d'extraction du bitume des sables bitumineux en suspension epaisse froide |
| CA2841666C (fr) | 2004-01-08 | 2015-08-25 | Alexander William Hyndman | Procedes d'integration de traitement d'ecume paraffinique |
| US7695612B2 (en) | 2006-05-25 | 2010-04-13 | Titanium Corporation Inc. | Process for recovering heavy minerals from oil sand tailings |
| US8062511B2 (en) | 2008-06-27 | 2011-11-22 | Syncrude Canada Ltd. | Primary froth recycle |
| CA2729457C (fr) | 2011-01-27 | 2013-08-06 | Fort Hills Energy L.P. | Procede pour l'integration d'un centre de traitement de l'ecume paraffinique a une installation de forage et d'extraction de minerai bitumineux |
| CA2853070C (fr) | 2011-02-25 | 2015-12-15 | Fort Hills Energy L.P. | Procede de traitement de bitume dilue a forte teneur en paraffine |
| CA2733342C (fr) | 2011-03-01 | 2016-08-02 | Fort Hills Energy L.P. | Procede et unite pour la recuperation de solvant dans des residus dilues dans un solvant, provenant du traitement de la mousse de bitume |
| CA2733862C (fr) | 2011-03-04 | 2014-07-22 | Fort Hills Energy L.P. | Procede et systeme pour l'ajout de solvant a de la mousse de bitume |
| US20120228195A1 (en) | 2011-03-09 | 2012-09-13 | Zhixiong Cha | Method for improving oil sands hot water extraction process |
| CA2735311C (fr) | 2011-03-22 | 2013-09-24 | Fort Hills Energy L.P. | Procede pour un chauffage a injection de vapeur directe de la mousse de bitume des sables bitumineux |
| CA2737410C (fr) | 2011-04-15 | 2013-10-15 | Fort Hills Energy L.P. | Dispositif de recuperation de chaleur pour integration dans une usine de traitement de mousse de bitume avec circuit de refroidissement en boucle fermee |
| CA2805804C (fr) | 2011-04-28 | 2014-07-08 | Fort Hills Energy L.P. | Procede et ursr avec configuration multi buse pour la distribution des residus dilues par solvant |
| CA2832269C (fr) | 2011-05-18 | 2017-10-17 | Fort Hills Energy L.P. | Regulation de temperature pour un procede de traitement de mousse de bitume avec chauffage de compensation de courants de solvant |
| CA2937014C (fr) | 2015-07-22 | 2018-12-11 | Syncrude Canada Ltd. | Utilisation de surfactants dans les procedes d'extraction du bitume a base d'eau |
| US9701908B2 (en) | 2015-07-23 | 2017-07-11 | Syncrude Canada Ltd. | Bitumen droplets coalescence |
| US9796930B2 (en) | 2015-09-21 | 2017-10-24 | Syncrude Canada Ltd. In Trust For The Owners Of The Syncrude Project As Such Owners Exist Now And In The Future | Bitumen production from single or multiple oil sand mines |
| US10781375B2 (en) | 2017-09-11 | 2020-09-22 | Syncrude Canada Ltd. In Trust For The Owners Of The Syncrude Project As Such Owners Exist Now And In The Future | Froth washing prior to naphtha dilution |
| US10907103B2 (en) | 2018-04-09 | 2021-02-02 | Syncrude Canada Ltd. In Trust For The Owners Of The Syncrude Project As Such Owners Exist Now And In The Future | Bitumen extraction using reduced shear conditions |
| CA3086968C (fr) | 2019-07-17 | 2022-08-30 | Brian Knapper | Reduction de la teneur en eau dans le produit de bitume dilue |
| US11098253B1 (en) | 2020-04-16 | 2021-08-24 | Syncrude Canada Ltd. | Rotary screening of a conditioned oil sand slurry, and an improved rotary screening apparatus |
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1989
- 1989-11-10 CA CA 2029795 patent/CA2029795C/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
Cited By (12)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7726491B2 (en) | 2002-09-19 | 2010-06-01 | Suncor Energy Inc. | Bituminous froth hydrocarbon cyclone |
| US7736501B2 (en) | 2002-09-19 | 2010-06-15 | Suncor Energy Inc. | System and process for concentrating hydrocarbons in a bitumen feed |
| US7914670B2 (en) | 2004-01-09 | 2011-03-29 | Suncor Energy Inc. | Bituminous froth inline steam injection processing |
| US8685210B2 (en) | 2004-01-09 | 2014-04-01 | Suncor Energy Inc. | Bituminous froth inline steam injection processing |
| US8136672B2 (en) | 2004-07-30 | 2012-03-20 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | Sizing roller screen ore processing apparatus |
| US8851293B2 (en) | 2004-07-30 | 2014-10-07 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | Sizing roller screen ore processing apparatus |
| US8025341B2 (en) | 2005-11-09 | 2011-09-27 | Suncor Energy Inc. | Mobile oil sands mining system |
| US8393561B2 (en) | 2005-11-09 | 2013-03-12 | Suncor Energy Inc. | Method and apparatus for creating a slurry |
| US9016799B2 (en) | 2005-11-09 | 2015-04-28 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | Mobile oil sands mining system |
| US8328126B2 (en) | 2008-09-18 | 2012-12-11 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | Method and apparatus for processing an ore feed |
| US8622326B2 (en) | 2008-09-18 | 2014-01-07 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | Method and apparatus for processing an ore feed |
| US8968580B2 (en) | 2009-12-23 | 2015-03-03 | Suncor Energy Inc. | Apparatus and method for regulating flow through a pumpbox |
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| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| CA2029795A1 (fr) | 1991-05-11 |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
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| EEER | Examination request | ||
| MKEX | Expiry |