ENHANCED STEAM EXTRACTION OF BITUMEN FROM OIL SANDS

    公开(公告)号:US20210261852A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US16973457

    申请日:2019-06-28

    IPC分类号: C09K8/584 C10G1/04 C09K8/592

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to an improved bitumen recovery process from oil sands. The oil sands may be surface mined and transported to a treatment area or may be treated directly by means of an in-situ process of oil sand deposits that are located too deep for strip mining. Specifically, the present disclosure involves the step of treating oil sands with a propylene oxide capped glycol ether described by the structure: RO—(CH2CH2O)m(CH2CH(CH3)O)nH wherein R is a linear, branched, cyclic alkyl, phenyl, or alkyl phenyl group of at least 4 carbons, and m and n are independently 1 to 3.