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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Syncrude Canada Ltd. IN Trust for the Owners of the Syncrude Project As Such Owners Exist Now and, Fort McMurray, CA;
Inventors:
Yin Ming Samson Ng, Sherwood Park, CA;
Sujit Bhattacharya, Edmonton, CA;
Allan W. K. Leung, Edmonton, CA;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/00 (2006.01); C10C 3/08 (2006.01); C10C 3/02 (2006.01); C10C 1/04 (2006.01); B01D 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10C 3/08 (2013.01); C10C 1/04 (2013.01); C10C 3/026 (2013.01); B01D 21/262 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for processing bitumen froth to produce a diluted bitumen product having a reduced water and solids content is provided, comprising: adding a sufficient amount of water to the bitumen froth and mixing the bitumen froth and water to form a froth/water mixture; diluting the froth/water mixture with naphtha to form a diluted froth; and separating the water and solids from the diluted froth to produce the diluted bitumen product.