CA2520943A1 - Method for direct solvent extraction of heavy oil from oil sands using a hydrocarbon solvent - Google Patents
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- 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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- 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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- 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
Abstract
There is provided a method comprising: a) preparing a slurry having a temperature of between about 5°C and about 85°C by mining an oil sand deposit to produce a mined oil sand and mixing the mined oil sand with water; b) mixing the slurry with at least one hydrocarbon solvent thereby producing a solvent-slurry mixture; c) agitating the solvent-slurry mixture by transporting the solvent-slurry mixture along a pipeline, thereby producing an emulsion; and d) providing the emulsion to a primary separation facility.
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1. ~A method comprising:
a) preparing a slurry having a temperature of about 5°C to about 25°C by mining an oil sand deposit to produce a mined oil sand comprising a heavy oil adhered to inert particles and mixing the mined oil sand with water;
b) mixing the slurry with at least one hydrocarbon solvent to produce a solvent-slurry mixture;
c) agitating the solvent-slurry mixture by transporting the solvent-slurry mixture along a pipeline, to produce an emulsion comprising i) a solution of the heavy oil dissolved in the hydrocarbon solvent ii) an aqueous phase and iii) the inert particles; and d) separating the phases of the emulsion into a diluted heavy oil fraction comprising the heavy oil and a tailings fraction by applying a phase separation force over a phase separation period;
wherein the heavy oil is separated from the inert particles by dissolving the heavy oil in the hydrocarbon solvent.
a) preparing a slurry having a temperature of about 5°C to about 25°C by mining an oil sand deposit to produce a mined oil sand comprising a heavy oil adhered to inert particles and mixing the mined oil sand with water;
b) mixing the slurry with at least one hydrocarbon solvent to produce a solvent-slurry mixture;
c) agitating the solvent-slurry mixture by transporting the solvent-slurry mixture along a pipeline, to produce an emulsion comprising i) a solution of the heavy oil dissolved in the hydrocarbon solvent ii) an aqueous phase and iii) the inert particles; and d) separating the phases of the emulsion into a diluted heavy oil fraction comprising the heavy oil and a tailings fraction by applying a phase separation force over a phase separation period;
wherein the heavy oil is separated from the inert particles by dissolving the heavy oil in the hydrocarbon solvent.
2. ~The method of claim 1 wherein the phase separation force is a G-force of at least 1.
3. ~The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the phase separation force is a G-force of between 1 and 4000.
4. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein the phase separation force is a G-force of between 1 and 1000.
5. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the phase separation force is a G-force of between 1 and 10.
6. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the phase separation force is gravity.
7. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the phase separation force is a centrifugal force or a centripetal force.
8. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein the phase separation period is at least 4 minutes.
9. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein the phase separation period is less than 4 minutes.
10. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein the phase separation period is between about 1 to about 4 minutes.
11. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 10 wherein the diluted heavy oil fraction is recovered from the emulsion at a primary separation facility.
12. ~The method of any one of claims 1 or 11 wherein the mixing is provided in the pipeline.
13. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 12 wherein the pipeline is a hydrotransport pipeline.
14. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 13 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent is a light hydrocarbon solvent.
15. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 13 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent is selected from the group consisting of: a branched alkane, an unbranched alkane, a cyclic alkane, and an aromatic hydrocarbon.
16. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 13 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent is at least one C4 to C16 alkane.
17. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 13 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent is at least two hydrocarbon solvents selected from the group consisting of: a branched alkane, an unbranched alkane, a cyclic alkane, and an aromatic hydrocarbon.
18. ~The method of any one of claims 1 to 13 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent is a paraffinic solvent.
19. The method of any one of claims 1 to 13 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent is a naphthenic solvent.
20. The method of any one of claims 1 to 19 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent has a density of less than 0.9 g/mL.
21. The method of any one of claims 1 to 19 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent has a density of between about 0.4 g/mL and about 0.9 g/mL.
22. The method of any one of claims 1 to 19 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent has a density of between about 0.5 g/mL and about 0.8 g/mL.
23. The method of any one of claims 1 to 19 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent has a density of between about 0.6 g/mL and about 0.7 g/mL.
24 The method of any one of claims 1 to 13 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent is selected from the group consisting of: benzene, toluene, xylene and ethyl benzene.
25. The method of any one of claims 1 to 13 wherein the at least one hydrocarbon solvent is selected from the group consisting of: n-pentane, naphtha, Varsol .TM., paint thinner, Naptha .TM., paraffinic solvent, reformate and hexane.
26. The method of any one of claims 1 to 25 wherein the emulsion has a temperature from about 5°C to about 25°C.
27. The method of any one of claims 1 to 26 wherein the water has a temperature from about 5°C to about 25°C.
28. The method of any one of claims 1 to 27 wherein the slurry has a density of about 1.1 g/cc to about 1.7 g/cc.
29. The method of any one of claims 1 to 27 wherein the slurry has a density of about 1.3 g/cc to about 1.65 g/cc.
30. The method of any one of claims 1 to 27 wherein the slurry has a density of about 1.4 g/cc to about 1.5 g/cc.
31. The method of any one of claims 1 to 30 wherein the emulsion has a solvent to bitumen ratio of about 1.5:1 by weight to about 3:1 by weight.
32. The method of any one of claims 1 to 30 wherein the emulsion has a solvent to bitumen ratio of about 1.5:1 by weight to about 2.5:1 by weight.
33. The method of any one of claims 1 to 30 wherein the emulsion has a solvent to bitumen ratio of about 2:1 by weight.
34. The method of any one of claims 1 to 33 wherein the agitating has a duration of at least two minutes.
35. The method of any one of claims 11 wherein the primary separation facility is a primary separation vessel.
36. The method of claim 35 wherein the primary separation vessel has a pressure rating greater than the vapour pressure of the hydrocarbon solvent at a maximum operating temperature.
37. The method of claim 35 or 36 wherein the primary separation vessel has a vapour recovery unit.
38. The method of any one of claims 35 to 37 wherein the primary separation vessel has a volume that provides a minimum emulsion residence time of four minutes.
39. The method of any one of claims 11 wherein the primary separation facility is a hydrocyclone facility.
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