GB1135209A - Recovery of oil from bituminous sands - Google Patents

Recovery of oil from bituminous sands

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GB1135209A
GB1135209A GB51193/66A GB5119366A GB1135209A GB 1135209 A GB1135209 A GB 1135209A GB 51193/66 A GB51193/66 A GB 51193/66A GB 5119366 A GB5119366 A GB 5119366A GB 1135209 A GB1135209 A GB 1135209A
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oil
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middlings
sand
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Great Canadian Oil Sands Ltd
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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
    • 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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  • Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
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  • Production Of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixture For Refining Petroleum (AREA)

Abstract

1,135,209. Oil from bituminous sand. GREAT CANADIAN OIL SANDS Ltd. 15 Nov., 1966 [24 Nov., 1965], No. 51193/66. Heading C5E. A process of separating oil from bituminous sand comprises (a) forming a mixture of bituminous sand and water, (b) passing the mixture into a separation zone, (c) settling the mixture in the separation zone at a temperature in the range of 130‹ to 210‹ F. to form an upper oil froth layer, a middlings layer comprising water, clay and oil, and a sand tailings layer, (d) separately-removing the oil froth layer'and the sand tailings layer, (e) passing a stream of middlings layer from the separation zone to a scavenger zone and therein recovering an additional amount of oil froth, (f) regulating the amount of water incorporated with the bituminous sand in step (a) and the rate of passage of the stream of middlings layer to the scavenger zone in step (e) so as to maintain the density of the middlings layer within the range of 1À03 to 1.50 and/or the viscosity thereof at the temperature in the separation zone within the range of 0.5 to 10 centipoises, and (g) removing from the scavenger zone and discarding from the system middlings material of depleted oil content comprising clay dispersed in water. The treatment in the scavenger zone may comprise air flotation. An alkali such as caustic soda, sodium carbonate or sodium silicate may be added to the mixture of tar and sand at the beginning of the process so as to maintain the pH of the middlings layer in the separator zone within the range of 7.5 to 9-0.
GB51193/66A 1965-11-24 1966-11-15 Recovery of oil from bituminous sands Expired GB1135209A (en)

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US509589A US3401110A (en) 1965-11-24 1965-11-24 Recovery of oil from bituminous sands

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ES (1) ES333899A1 (en)
FR (1) FR1501408A (en)
GB (1) GB1135209A (en)
OA (1) OA02174A (en)

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