Shell Oil Comapny

Shell Canada Limited

Michael Robert Margerum

Franciscus Gondulfus Antonius Van Den Berg

Scott John Fryer

Marshall Glenn Letts

William James Power

Oscar Kui Yin Sy

Larry Vadori

Franciscus Gondulfus Van Den Berg

Oscar Kui Sy

A method is disclosed for producing a stable pipelineable blend from a heavy residue of a catalytic hydroconversion process operating at high (60-80%) conversion rate by blending the heavy residue with a virgin bitumen, such as a bitumen produced from the Peace River or Cold Lake oil sand deposits in Alberta, Canada, and/or with a Wabasca virgin heavy crude oil wherein the 524&#xb0; C.+ Fraction of the blend is controlled such that: 1) The blend comprises less than 40 vol % of heavy 524&#xb0; C.+ components, i.e. components which boil at atmospheric pressure at a temperature above about 524 Degrees Celsius; and 2) The 524&#xb0; C.+ fraction in the blend comprises less than about 80 vol % of heavy residue originating from the hydroconversion process.

Method of producing a pipelineable blend from a heavy residue of a hydroconversion process

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Calgary, Canada

Michael Robert Margerum