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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Syncrude Canada Ltd. IN Trust for the Owners of the Syncrude Project As Such Owners Exist Now, Fort McMurray, CA;
Jonathan Spence, Edmonton, CA;
Yin Ming Samson Ng, Sherwood Park, CA;
Robert Siy, Edmonton, CA;
Barry Bara, Edmonton, CA;
Jun Long, Edmonton, CA;
Kevin Reid, Edmonton, CA;
James Lorentz, Fort McMurray, CA;
Shane Hoskins, Edmonton, CA;
Abstract
A process for operating multiple oil sand mine sites for extracting bitumen from oil sand is disclosed, comprising preparing a first conditioned oil sand slurry at a first location using a first oil sand slurry preparation and slurry conditioning process; preparing a second conditioned oil sand slurry at a second location using a second oil sand slurry preparation and slurry conditioning process; combining the first conditioned oil sand slurry and the second conditioned oil sand slurry in at least one slurry distributor to produce a combined oil sand slurry; and distributing the combined oil sand slurry to at least one separation vessel to produce bitumen froth.