CA2200899A1 - Methode pour traiter une ecume de sables bitumineux diluee - Google Patents

Methode pour traiter une ecume de sables bitumineux diluee

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CA2200899A1
CA2200899A1 CA002200899A CA2200899A CA2200899A1 CA 2200899 A1 CA2200899 A1 CA 2200899A1 CA 002200899 A CA002200899 A CA 002200899A CA 2200899 A CA2200899 A CA 2200899A CA 2200899 A1 CA2200899 A1 CA 2200899A1
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asphaltenes
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Robert Karl Otto Birkholz
William James Power
Norman Robert Tipman
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Shell Canada Ltd
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Priority to CA002232929A priority patent/CA2232929C/fr
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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B01D17/041—Breaking emulsions with moving devices
    • 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
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D21/00—Separation of suspended solid particles from liquids by sedimentation
    • B01D21/10—Settling tanks with multiple outlets for the separated liquids
    • B01D21/12—Settling tanks with multiple outlets for the separated liquids with moving scrapers
    • B01D21/14—Settling tanks with multiple outlets for the separated liquids with moving scrapers with rotating scrapers
    • 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
    • B03B5/00—Washing granular, powdered or lumpy materials; Wet separating
    • B03B5/02—Washing granular, powdered or lumpy materials; Wet separating using shaken, pulsated or stirred beds as the principal means of separation
    • 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
    • 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
    • B03D—FLOTATION; DIFFERENTIAL SEDIMENTATION
    • B03D1/00—Flotation
    • B03D1/08—Subsequent treatment of concentrated product
    • 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
    • C10G1/045—Separation of insoluble materials

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  • Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
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  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
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  • Production Of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixture For Refining Petroleum (AREA)
CA002200899A 1997-03-25 1997-03-25 Methode pour traiter une ecume de sables bitumineux diluee Abandoned CA2200899A1 (fr)

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CA002200899A CA2200899A1 (fr) 1997-03-25 1997-03-25 Methode pour traiter une ecume de sables bitumineux diluee
CA002232929A CA2232929C (fr) 1997-03-25 1998-03-24 Methode de traitement d'une mousse de sable bitumineux diluee

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WO2002099249A1 (fr) * 2001-06-04 2002-12-12 Axsia Serck Baker Limited Dechargement de sable d'un recipient sous pression elevee
US7569137B2 (en) 2004-01-08 2009-08-04 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Process and apparatus for treating tailings
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
US8349269B2 (en) 2007-06-27 2013-01-08 H R D Corporation High shear system and process for the production of acetic anhydride
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US8752623B2 (en) 2010-02-17 2014-06-17 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Solvent separation in a solvent-dominated recovery process
US20140202826A1 (en) * 2008-10-22 2014-07-24 Total E&P Canada Ltd. Process and system for recovery of asphaltene by-product in paraffinic froth treatment operations
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US8968580B2 (en) 2009-12-23 2015-03-03 Suncor Energy Inc. Apparatus and method for regulating flow through a pumpbox
US8974661B2 (en) 2010-12-30 2015-03-10 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Methods for separation of bitumen from oil sands
US9207019B2 (en) 2011-04-15 2015-12-08 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Heat recovery for bitumen froth treatment plant integration with sealed closed-loop cooling circuit
US9222929B2 (en) 2009-12-07 2015-12-29 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Solvent surveillance in solvent-based heavy oil recovery processes
US9283499B2 (en) 2011-03-29 2016-03-15 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Feedwell system for a separation vessel
US9475994B2 (en) 2011-05-03 2016-10-25 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Enhancing fine capture in paraffinic froth treatment process
US9546323B2 (en) 2011-01-27 2017-01-17 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Process for integration of paraffinic froth treatment hub and a bitumen ore mining and extraction facility
US9550190B2 (en) 2011-11-08 2017-01-24 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Dewatering oil sand tailings
US9587176B2 (en) 2011-02-25 2017-03-07 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Process for treating high paraffin diluted bitumen
US9676684B2 (en) 2011-03-01 2017-06-13 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Process and unit for solvent recovery from solvent diluted tailings derived from bitumen froth treatment
US9789422B2 (en) 2010-11-02 2017-10-17 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Apparatus and method for separating a feed material containing immiscible phases of different densities
US9791170B2 (en) 2011-03-22 2017-10-17 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Process for direct steam injection heating of oil sands slurry streams such as bitumen froth
US10041005B2 (en) 2011-03-04 2018-08-07 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Process and system for solvent addition to bitumen froth
US10144876B2 (en) 2011-05-04 2018-12-04 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Enhanced turndown process for a bitumen froth treatment operation
US10226717B2 (en) 2011-04-28 2019-03-12 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Method of recovering solvent from tailings by flashing under choked flow conditions
US11261383B2 (en) 2011-05-18 2022-03-01 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Enhanced temperature control of bitumen froth treatment process

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2002099249A1 (fr) * 2001-06-04 2002-12-12 Axsia Serck Baker Limited Dechargement de sable d'un recipient sous pression elevee
US7179386B2 (en) 2001-06-04 2007-02-20 Axsia Serck Baker Limited Discharging sand from a vessel at elevated pressure
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
US7569137B2 (en) 2004-01-08 2009-08-04 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Process and apparatus for treating tailings
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
US8592620B2 (en) 2007-06-27 2013-11-26 H R D Corporation High shear system and process for the production of acetic anhydride
US8349269B2 (en) 2007-06-27 2013-01-08 H R D Corporation High shear system and process for the production of acetic anhydride
US8636897B2 (en) 2007-07-31 2014-01-28 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Reducing foulant carry-over or build up in a paraffinic froth treatment process
US8357291B2 (en) 2008-02-11 2013-01-22 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Upgrading bitumen in a paraffinic froth treatment process
US8592351B2 (en) 2008-03-20 2013-11-26 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Enhancing emulsion stability
US8597504B2 (en) 2008-06-27 2013-12-03 Arun K. Sharma Optimizing feed mixer performance in a paraffinic froth treatment process
US8753486B2 (en) 2008-06-27 2014-06-17 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Optimizing feed mixer performance in a paraffinic froth treatment process
US20140202826A1 (en) * 2008-10-22 2014-07-24 Total E&P Canada Ltd. Process and system for recovery of asphaltene by-product in paraffinic froth treatment operations
US8449764B2 (en) 2008-11-26 2013-05-28 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Method for using native bitumen markers to improve solvent-assisted bitumen extraction
US8455405B2 (en) 2008-11-26 2013-06-04 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Solvent for extracting bitumen from oil sands
US8701470B2 (en) 2009-01-23 2014-04-22 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Method and system for determining particle size distribution and filterable solids in a bitumen-containing fluid
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US9676684B2 (en) 2011-03-01 2017-06-13 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Process and unit for solvent recovery from solvent diluted tailings derived from bitumen froth treatment
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US9283499B2 (en) 2011-03-29 2016-03-15 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company Feedwell system for a separation vessel
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