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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2017
Syncrude Canada Ltd. IN Trust for the Owners of the Syncrude Project As Such Owners Exist Now and IN the Future, Fort McMurray, CA;
Sujit Bhattacharya, Edmonton, CA;
Barry Bara, Edmonton, CA;
Craig A. McKnight, Sherwood Park, CA (US);
Daniel John Bulbuc, Sherwood Park, CA (US);
George Cymerman, Edmonton, CA;
SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD., Fort McMurray, CA;
Abstract
A method for recovering hydrocarbon diluent from tailings comprising bitumen, particulate solids, hydrocarbon diluent and water, is provided comprising introducing the tailings into a high pressure stripping vessel operating at a pressure greater than 100 kPa; and introducing a stripping gas into the high pressure stripping vessel to strip the hydrocarbon diluent and water from the tailings and form a stripped tailings pool at the bottom of the vessel.