CA2358805A1 - Process and apparatus for recovering an oil-enriched product from an oil-bearing material - Google Patents

Process and apparatus for recovering an oil-enriched product from an oil-bearing material Download PDF

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CA2358805A1
CA2358805A1 CA002358805A CA2358805A CA2358805A1 CA 2358805 A1 CA2358805 A1 CA 2358805A1 CA 002358805 A CA002358805 A CA 002358805A CA 2358805 A CA2358805 A CA 2358805A CA 2358805 A1 CA2358805 A1 CA 2358805A1
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Harry Kaethler
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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
    • C10G1/045—Separation of insoluble materials
    • 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
    • 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21C—MINING OR QUARRYING
    • E21C41/00—Methods of underground or surface mining; Layouts therefor
    • E21C41/26—Methods of surface mining; Layouts therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21C—MINING OR QUARRYING
    • E21C41/00—Methods of underground or surface mining; Layouts therefor
    • E21C41/26—Methods of surface mining; Layouts therefor
    • E21C41/31—Methods of surface mining; Layouts therefor for oil-bearing deposits

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The apparatus and the process are used for recovering an oil-enriched product from oil-bearing material or materials, such as tar sands. The oil-bearing material is mined using a mining equipment and is sent into the apparatus where an optimum amount of oil-enriched product is removed therefrom. Unlike conventional technologies, only a relatively small amount of solvent is used and most of it is recycled back into an earlier stage of the process. The process does not need a tailings pond since the tailings are substantially dewatered at the end of the process. Further, the tailings are deposited in an adjacent area once they come out of the apparatus. This significantly reduces the material handling and transport undertaking, thereby allowing the process and the apparatus to be operated at substantially lower costs compared to conventional technologies.
CA002358805A 2000-08-04 2001-01-24 Process and apparatus for recovering an oil-enriched product from an oil-bearing material Expired - Lifetime CA2358805C (en)

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CA002315596A CA2315596A1 (en) 2000-08-04 2000-08-04 Apparatus and method for the recovery of bitumen from tar sands
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CA002358805A CA2358805C (en) 2000-08-04 2001-01-24 Process and apparatus for recovering an oil-enriched product from an oil-bearing material
CA 2332207 CA2332207C (en) 2000-08-04 2001-01-24 Mobile facility and process for mining oil bearing materialsand recovering an oil-enriched product therefrom

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