发明名称 |
Method for extracting bitumen from an oil sand stream |
摘要 |
The present invention provides a method for extracting bitumen from an oil sand stream, the method including the steps of: (a) providing an oil sand stream; (b) contacting the oil sand stream with a liquid comprising a solvent thereby obtaining a solvent-diluted oil sand slurry; (c) separating the solvent-diluted oil sand slurry, thereby obtaining a first solids-depleted stream and a first solids-enriched stream; (d) filtering the first solids-enriched stream obtained in step (c), thereby obtaining bitumen-depleted sand and at least a first filtrate; (e) increasing the S/B weight ratio of at least a part of the first filtrate by combining it with a stream having a higher S/B weight ratio thereby obtaining a combined stream; and (f) separating the combined stream, thereby obtaining a second solids-depleted stream and a second solids-enriched stream. |
申请公布号 |
US9371490(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.06.21 |
申请号 |
US201313890956 |
申请日期 |
2013.05.09 |
申请人 |
Shell Oil Company |
发明人 |
Colenbrander Gerhardus Willem;Ploemen Ingmar Hubertus Josephina |
分类号 |
C10G1/04;C10G31/09;C10G21/14;C10G53/04;C10G21/28 |
主分类号 |
C10G1/04 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A method for extracting bitumen from an oil sand stream, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing an oil sand stream; (b) contacting the oil sand stream with a liquid, the liquid comprising a solvent comprising an aliphatic hydrocarbon having from 3 to 9 carbon atoms per molecule thereby obtaining a solvent-diluted oil sand slurry wherein at least about 90 percent by weight of asphaltenes in the oil sand stream remain dissolved; (c) separating the solvent-diluted oil sand slurry, thereby obtaining a first solids-depleted stream and a first solids-enriched stream; (d) filtering the first solids-enriched stream obtained in step (c), thereby obtaining bitumen-depleted sand and at least a first filtrate, and a second filtrate, and the second filtrate is at least partly reused in the contacting of step (b); (e) increasing a S/B weight ratio of at least a part of the first filtrate by combining it with a stream having a higher S/B weight ratio thereby obtaining a combined stream wherein at least some asphaltenes are caused to precipitate from the combined stream; and (f) separating the combined stream, thereby obtaining a second solids-depleted stream and a second solids-enriched stream wherein the second solids-depleted stream comprises less than two percent by weight of solids. |
地址 |
Houston TX US |