Title:
INTEGRATED PROCESSES FOR RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON FROM OIL SANDS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/146875
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Processes are described for extracting hydrocarbon from a mineable deposit, such as bitumen from oil sands. The integration of solvent-based extraction processes with aqueous extraction processes is described. In one embodiment, water is removed from an aqueous bituminous feed that is then directed into a solvent-based extraction process. In another embodiment, a stream produced through solvent extraction is directed into a water-based extraction process. In the solvent-based extraction processes, agglomeration of fines may be employed to simplify subsequent solid-liquid separation. The process permits recovery of hydrocarbon that has conventionally may have been too difficult to recover from oil sands processing, and thus has previously been lost. Advantageously, a fungible product can be formed more efficiently according to certain integrated processes described herein.
Inventors:
PIERRE FRITZ JR (US)
ADEYINKA OLUSOLA B (CA)
SPEIRS BRIAN C (CA)
ALVAREZ EMILIO (US)
ESMAEILI PAYMAN (CA)
MYERS RONALD D (CA)
KAMINSKY ROBERT D (US)
PACE JUSTIN D (US)
PALMER THOMAS R (US)
RENNARD DAVID C (US)
GHOSH MAINAK (CA)
ADEYINKA OLUSOLA B (CA)
SPEIRS BRIAN C (CA)
ALVAREZ EMILIO (US)
ESMAEILI PAYMAN (CA)
MYERS RONALD D (CA)
KAMINSKY ROBERT D (US)
PACE JUSTIN D (US)
PALMER THOMAS R (US)
RENNARD DAVID C (US)
GHOSH MAINAK (CA)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/037400
Publication Date:
January 12, 2012
Filing Date:
May 20, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RES CO (US)
PIERRE FRITZ JR (US)
ADEYINKA OLUSOLA B (CA)
SPEIRS BRIAN C (CA)
ALVAREZ EMILIO (US)
ESMAEILI PAYMAN (CA)
MYERS RONALD D (CA)
KAMINSKY ROBERT D (US)
PACE JUSTIN D (US)
PALMER THOMAS R (US)
RENNARD DAVID C (US)
GHOSH MAINAK (CA)
PIERRE FRITZ JR (US)
ADEYINKA OLUSOLA B (CA)
SPEIRS BRIAN C (CA)
ALVAREZ EMILIO (US)
ESMAEILI PAYMAN (CA)
MYERS RONALD D (CA)
KAMINSKY ROBERT D (US)
PACE JUSTIN D (US)
PALMER THOMAS R (US)
RENNARD DAVID C (US)
GHOSH MAINAK (CA)
International Classes:
C10G1/04
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LAWSON, Gary, D. et al. (Corp-urc-sw-359P.O. Box 218, Houston Texas, US)
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