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WO/2014/193271A1
The invention relates to the field of oil refining, in particular to a method for producing oligomeric nano-structured bitumin, to a plasticizing additive for the production thereof and to an installation for producing the above-mentione...  
WO/2014/188120A1
The invention relates to a method for treating oil sand, for separating the bituminous phase and the inorganic phase. Said method comprises the steps consisting in cooling said oil sand to a temperature lower than the glass transition te...  
WO/2014/186879A1
A bitumen and heavy oil upgrading process and system is disclosed for the synthesis of hydrocarbons, an example of which is synthetic crude oil (SCO). The process advantageously avoids the waste attributed to residuum and/or petcoke form...  
WO/2014/182594A1
One exemplary embodiment can be a process for recycling a deashed pitch to a slurry hydrocracking zone. The process may include adding a solvent to a neat pitch to obtain a mixture, separating a supernate and a precipitate from the mixtu...  
WO/2014/174536A1
The process for treating a hydrocarbon-based heavy residue (1), in particular bituminous residues with a high asphaltene content, comprises the following operations : A) bringing the heavy residue to be treated to a temperature within th...  
WO/2014/148981A1
There is provided a process of tar cracking or tar reforming to form a gas product, comprising the steps of: a) cracking or reforming of tar of a tar- containing gas at a temperature and a moisture content form the gas product; b) online...  
WO/2014/138835A1
A bitumen and heavy oil upgrading process and system is disclosed for the synthesis of hydrocarbons, an example of which is synthetic crude oil (SCO). The process advantageously avoids the waste attributed to residuum and/or petcoke form...  
WO/2014/139013A1
Techniques for recovering degraded bitumen from oil sands tailings can include retrieving water and degraded bitumen from the tailings and conditioning the water and degraded bitumen to produce an oil-in-water emulsion. The conditioning ...  
WO/2014/138608A1
A process and system to separate crude from tar sands. A tar sand and crude oil mixture is created using ground tar sands. The tar sand and crude oil mixture is mixed under high pressure in a treatment vessel with either natural gas or e...  
WO/2014/127487A1
An apparatus and process is provided for improved asphaltene separation from heavy hydrocarbon or bitumen with low process complexity through mass transfer using solvent and counter-current flows, with three sections: an upper DAO/solid-...  
WO/2014/102492A1
The invention relates to a method for producing an end fuel composition comprising a soap stock composition and a heavy fuel, comprising steps of mixing the soap stock composition and the heavy fuel in pre-determined proportions, and cen...  
WO/2014/099245A1
Methods are provided for forming an asphalt fraction corresponding to a blend of asphalts, the asphalt fraction having at least one property that is unexpectedly better than the expected property value based on the individual asphalts us...  
WO/2014/089712A1
The invention relates to a method for producing a binder foam for producing asphalt. In a pressurized stream of heated binder, preferably bitumen, a liquid, which has a lower evaporation temperature under atmospheric pressure than the te...  
WO/2014/065886A2
The invention provides a method for enriching diluents with butane so as not to violate pre-defined limits for liquid hydrocarbon fuels with respect to density, volatility and low density hydrocarbon content.  
WO/2014/042666A1
At least one embodiment of the inventive technology may involve the intentional changing of the stability of an emulsion from a first stability to a more desired, second stability upon the addition of a more aromatic asphaltene subfracti...  
WO/2014/035262A1
A bitumen or petroleum product processing apparatus includes a flow path through which bitumen or petroleum product and one or more reagents and/or catalysts flow. The apparatus may include a gas separation unit for removal of gas from t...  
WO/2014/026492A1
The present invention relates to the technical field of asphalt materials. Provided are a biological asphalt, biological asphalt composite and preparation method thereof. The method of the present invention uses biological oil as raw mat...  
WO/2014/023759A1
Biomass material is pyrolyzed in the absence of air, O2, H2, and solvent (e.g., H2O) at 500°C or above in a reactor containing (i) a catalyst which as charged is a rehydrated calcined calcium-containing layered dihydroxide comprised of ...  
WO/2013/191831A1
A method for decomposing an asphaltene particle includes contacting the asphaltene particle with an intercalating agent; and reacting the intercalating agent to increase a distance between asphaltene molecules in the asphaltene particle ...  
WO/2013/188201A1
A method for suppressing dehydrogenation includes reacting an optionally functionalized olefin reactant in a metathesis reaction to form an olefin metathesis product; and providing a dehydrogenation suppression agent in admixture with (a...  
WO/2013/181363A1
Methods are provided for upgrading asphaltene-depleted crude fractions. The asphaltene-depleted crude fractions are upgraded by oxidizing the crude fractions by air blowing. Upgrading an asphaltene-depleted crude fraction can allow more ...  
WO/2013/172705A1
The present invention relates to a method for controlling the water content in a pyrolysis liquid comprising: a) producing a pyrolysis vapour comprising condensable compounds and non-condensable gases at a temperature equal to, or below ...  
WO/2013/139515A9
The invention relates to a method for treating a bituminous sand, intended to separate the bitumen from the mineral fraction. The method comprises steps consisting in: bringing into contact, and mixing in a container, the bituminous sand...  
WO/2013/166361A1
A system and process for upgrading a whole crude oil feed in an integrated ebullated-bed and hydrotreater is provided in which the whole crude oil is flashed into a flashed straight run distillates fraction and an atmospheric residue fra...  
WO/2013/154199A1
A rubber compounding oil is obtained using a method including a hydrogenating step which hydrogenates a component (Cv) having a 100°C kinetic viscosity of 10 mm 2/s or more in ethylene bottom oil obtained by thermally decomposing a naph...  
WO/2013/143003A1
An exemplary form of the invention relates to a composition useful, when mixed with water, for extracting bitumen from bituminous sand ore. The composition comprises the following ingredients, namely a citrus terpene (e.g. d-limonene), n...  
WO/2013/126162A1
A method for decomposing an asphaltene particle includes contacting the asphaltene particle with an intercalating agent and separating an asphaltene molecule from the asphaltene particle to decompose the asphaltene particle. Dispersing a...  
WO/2013/126243A2
Systems and methods for storing and handling slurries are provided. The surge drum system for storing a slurry can include a storage vessel having a first end, a second end, and at least one wall surrounding an internal volume between th...  
WO/2013/106897A1
A process for producing pipeline-ready or refinery-ready feedstock from heavy hydrocarbons using a high-performance solvent extraction process with high local solvent-to-process fluid ratios yet maintaining low overall solvent- to-proces...  
WO/2013/104092A1
Disclosed is a process for producing mesophase pitch by hydrogenation of high-temperature coal tar, comprising removing salts and quinoline insolubles from the high-temperature coal tar to obtain a clear oil; using the clear oil as a hyd...  
WO/2013/106699A1
Bitumen may be prepared by mixing at least two bitumen feed streams to prepare a bitumen product stream; analyzing the feed streams and the product stream to determine a stability index for each using a Bitumen Asphaltene Stability Index...  
WO/2013/103447A2
Embodiments described herein provide a system and methods for power generation using non-aqueous solvent. The method includes treating oil sands with a non-aqueous solvent to extract bitumen in an extraction process and separating the no...  
WO/2013/092809A2
The invention relates to a thermoreversibly cross-linked graft polymer, to the method for preparing same, and to the use of such a graft polymer in preparing a thermoreversibly cross-linked bitumen/polymer composition. The present invent...  
WO/2013/095758A2
Described herein is a process that employs heat, derived from the combustion of product cleaning streams, such as waste streams, in a solvent-based extraction process. Solvent extraction of bitumen generally involves combining solvent wi...  
WO/2013/082234A1
A novel composition is provided that incorporates the residual solids from solvent deasphalting to make a high value asphalt product. A process for making the asphalt composition is also provided. A first portion of heavy oil or another ...  
WO/2013/078908A1
An asphalt mixing device and an asphalt mixing method. The asphalt mixing device comprises a mixing tank (1), multiple storage tanks (6) and an asphalt pipeline (9). An asphalt mixture outlet (214) is arranged on the bottom of the mixing...  
WO/2013/078350A1
A system and process for conversion of heavy feedstocks in a slurry bed hydroprocessing reactor is provided in which (a) hydrogen gas is dissolved in the liquid feedstock by mixing and/or diffusion, (b) the mixture is flashed to remove a...  
WO/2013/066810A1
A composition is provided that contains a major amount of a hydrocarbon base fluid having a viscosity of up to 600 cST at 40°C and (b) a minor amount of a micronized methyl cellulose having a particle size distribution on average of les...  
WO/2013/064940A1
The present invention relates to a process for the recovery of bitumen from an oil sand comprising the following phases in succession: (a) mixing an oil sand with a diluent capable of reducing the viscosity and density of the bitumen con...  
WO/2013/056361A1
Improvements to open-art Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) processes have been developed to reduce capital and operating costs for processing hydrocarbon streams are provided whereby open art SDA scheme is modified to include appropriately plac...  
WO/2013/059460A1
Hydrogen sulfide evolution from asphalt or heavy fuel oil may be reduced or eliminated using an additive to act as a scavenger. Zinc, in conjunction with an additional metal selected from Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Cr, Zr, when present in the form ...  
WO/2013/044346A1
The present invention relates to a method of improving a heavy hydrocarbon, such as bitumen, to a lighter more fluid product and, more specifically, to a final hydrocarbon product that is refinery-ready and meets pipeline transport crite...  
WO/2013/019418A2
A process for stabilization of heavy hydrocarbons to reduce sludge formation in storage tanks and/or transportation lines and to enhance the hydrocarbon yield includes mixing a paraffinic or heavy naphtha solvent having carbon numbers in...  
WO/2013/012810A2
A process for removing sulfur, nitrogen or metals from an oil feedstock (102) (such as heavy oil, bitumen, shale oil, etc.) The method involves reacting the oil (102) feedstock with an alkali metal (108) and a radical capping substance (...  
WO/2013/004176A1
Disclosed is a heating process for thermally regenerating a waste asphalt mixture. The process comprises: mixing a waste asphalt mixture with hot asphalt, with the temperature of the hot asphalt being higher than the temperature of the w...  
WO/2012/162766A1
Petroleum pitch is produced, from a load of petroleum hydrocarbons that are constituents of a load of decanted oil, in a reactor that is set up for carrying out the method under atmospheric pressure. In the method, the load is subjected ...  
WO/2012/166229A2
Described herein is a method of processing a bituminous feed. The bituminous feed is contacted with an extraction liquor to form a slurry. A bridging liquid is added to the slurry, and, solids are agitated within the slurry to form an ag...  
WO/2012/156769A1
Segmentation of a continuous mode operating, substantially horizontally extending tubular wood retorting reactor, implemented with motor driven screw conveyors and rotary multi-vane (carousel) valves in gravity fall chutes connecting in ...  
WO/2012/150871A1
This invention relates to a process and installation for plasma heat treatment of a gas mixture for its use in thermal and electric power generation plants. According to the invention, the procedure consists in the feeding of a cylindric...  
WO/2012/144924A1
The inventions relate to means for use in highway and structural engineering. An intermediate bulk-type container for storing and transporting solid and viscous petroleum products comprises a vertical hollow casing formed by coiling size...  

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