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- Patent Title: Controlling bitumen recovery from an oil sands ore body by using a predictive ore processability model in producing a blended ore feedstock
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Application No.: US16045430Application Date: 2018-07-25
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Publication No.: US10712330B2Publication Date: 2020-07-14
- Inventor: Jun Long , Jonathan Spence , Dean Wallace , Shane Hoskins , Chung H. Ta , David Mueller , Priyanka Pareek
- Applicant: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD. in trust for the owners of the Syncrude Project as such owners exist now and in the future
- Applicant Address: CA Fort McMurray
- Assignee: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD.
- Current Assignee: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Fort McMurray
- Agency: Bennett Jones LLP
- Main IPC: G01N33/28
- IPC: G01N33/28 ; C10G1/04 ; E21B49/08 ; E21C41/26 ; B03D1/02 ; G01N33/24 ; E21B43/24
Abstract:
A method is provided for controlling bitumen recovery from an oil sands ore body in a bitumen extraction process by establishing and using a predictive ore processability model that accounts for multiple ore characteristics in planning ore deliveries from different locations of the ore body to produce a blended ore feedstock.
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