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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Houston, TX (US);
Reinhard Alfred Bott, Waldbronn, DE;
Steven Paul Giles, Damon, TX (US);
Bradley Dean Komishke, Calgary, CA;
Yicheng Long, Calgary, CA;
Ingmar Hubertus Josephina Ploemen, SJ Moerdijk, NL;
Bernardus Cornelis Maria In' T Veen, Amsterdam, NL;
Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Houston, TX (US);
Reinhard Alfred Bott, Waldbronn, DE;
Steven Paul Giles, Damon, TX (US);
Bradley Dean Komishke, Calgary, CA;
Yicheng Long, Calgary, CA;
Ingmar Hubertus Josephina Ploemen, SJ Moerdijk, NL;
Bernardus Cornelis Maria IN' T Veen, Amsterdam, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method comprising contacting an oil sand with a suitable solvent to generate a solvated oil sand slurry; separating solvent-diluted bitumen from the solvated oil sand slurry to generate (a) a solvent-diluted bitumen and (b) a slurry with increased solids concentration; and filtering the slurry with increased solids concentration. The method of the present invention may be used to produce a low ash bitumen product and dry tailings from oil sands.