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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Syncrude Canada Ltd. IN Trust for the Owners of the Syncrude Project As Such Owners Exist Now and IN the Future, Fort McMurray, CA;
Inventor:
Jun Long, Edmonton, CA;
Assignee:
SYNCRUDE CANADA, LTD., Fort McMurray, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/00 (2006.01); C10G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/047 (2013.01); C10G 1/045 (2013.01); C10G 2300/208 (2013.01); C10G 2300/805 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for extracting bitumen from oil sand ore to produce a bitumen froth having reduced solids is provided, comprising mixing the oil sand ore with water and a first process aid comprising at least one surfactant to form an oil sand slurry; conditioning the oil sand slurry to produce a conditioned oil sand slurry; and introducing the conditioned oil sand slurry into a separation zone for forming the bitumen froth having reduced solids.