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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Syncrude Canada Ltd., Fort McMurray, CA;
Inventors:
Craig A. McKnight, Sherwood Park, CA;
Jason Wiens, Edmonton, CA;
Assignee:
SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD., Fort McMurray, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 69/06 (2006.01); C10G 47/30 (2006.01); C10G 69/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 69/06 (2013.01); C10G 47/30 (2013.01); C10G 69/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of upgrading bitumen in a plant comprising a diluent recovery unit that processes diluted bitumen and outputs atmospheric topped bitumen (ATB), a vacuum distillation unit which processes ATB and outputs vacuum topped bitumen (VTB), and at least one fluid coker unit which processes VTB and outputs a tar pot bottom stream comprising heavy heavy gas oil is provided comprising the step of processing the tar pot bottom stream in a catalytic hydrocracking unit comprising an ebullated bed reactor to produce naphtha, light gas oil, and heavy gas oil.