Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for extraction of bitumen from oil sands
- Patent Title (中): 从油砂中提取沥青的设备和方法
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Application No.: US13943568Application Date: 2013-07-16
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Publication No.: US09434887B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: Julian Robert Kift , Whip Clinton Galen Thompson , Ingmar Hubertus Josephina Ploemen
- Applicant: Shell Canada Energy , Chevron Canada Limited , Marathon Oil Sands L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Shell Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Shell Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Priority: CA2783284 20120717
- Main IPC: C10G1/04
- IPC: C10G1/04

Abstract:
The present invention provides an apparatus, at least comprising: a housing containing a first section, a second section and a third section; the first section having a first inlet for oil sand, a second inlet for solvent and an outlet for solvent-diluted oil sand slurry; the second section having an inlet for the solvent-diluted oil sand slurry, a screen allowing undersized material to pass and an outlet for oversized material; and the third section having an inlet for oversized material and an outlet for solvent-depleted oversized material; wherein the first section, the second section and the third section can rotate during use around a common rotation axis (A-A′).
Public/Granted literature
- US20140021102A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTION OF BITUMEN FROM OIL SANDS Public/Granted day:2014-01-23
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