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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joseph L. Stark, Richmond, TX (US);
Ben Morgan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jennifer D. Draper, Bryan, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 95/00 (2006.01); G01N 31/16 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 95/00 (2013.01); G01N 31/162 (2013.01); C08L 2205/02 (2013.01); C08L 2555/10 (2013.01); C08L 2555/34 (2013.01); C08L 2555/80 (2013.01); G01N 21/25 (2013.01);
Abstract
Bitumen may be prepared by obtaining an inflection point value for a mixed bitumen product stream sample, and modifying the mixed bitumen product stream when the inflection point value occurs at a ratio of less than about 2 mL of added non-solvent per 1 gram of the mixed bitumen product stream sample. The inflection point value may correlate to the stability of the mixed bitumen product stream based on the amount of added non-solvent. The mixed bitumen product stream may have or include at least two bitumen feed streams.