Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrostatic filtration of fine solids from bitumen
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Application No.: US14853018Application Date: 2015-09-14
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Publication No.: US09752079B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: John Timothy Cullinane , Bhupender S. Minhas
- Applicant: John Timothy Cullinane , Bhupender S. Minhas
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company Law Department
- Main IPC: B03C7/00
- IPC: B03C7/00 ; C10G1/04 ; C10G1/00 ; B03C7/02 ; C10G32/02

Abstract:
Methods are provided for removing fine particles from crude oils extracted from mined oil sands using a non-aqueous extraction solvent. A bitumen derived from non-aqueous extraction of oil from oil sands can undergo optional physical separation to remove larger particles and then processed using electrostatic filtration to remove particle fines. This can allow for production of a bitumen product from a non-aqueous extraction process that has a sufficiently low particle content to be suitable for pipeline transport.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160102254A1 ELECTROSTATIC FILTRATION OF FINE SOLIDS FROM BITUMEN Public/Granted day:2016-04-14
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