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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2020
Syncrude Canada Ltd. IN Trust for the Owners of the Syncrude Project As Such Owners Exist Now and IN the Future, Calgary, CA;
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, CA;
Aïssa Harhira, Montreal, CA;
Richard Paproski, Edmonton, CA;
Josette El Haddad, Boucherville, CA;
Mohamad Sabsabi, Longueuil, CA;
Alain Blouin, Montreal, CA;
SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD., Calgary, CA;
Abstract
A method of quantifying at least one property of interest of an oil sands ore sample is provided using a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) method. The property of interest may include bitumen content, water content, particle size information, cation exchange capacity, methylene blue index, mineralogical content (e.g., quartz, total clay, and clay components), amorphous material content, total ash content, and connate water parameter (e.g., conductivity, chloride content, or alkalinity).