Oil Sand Process
Oil Sand Process
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Is there anyone that can explain to me the whole idea for Oil sand process? It is better if you can provide diagram or point out to a website or link. Thanks.
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RE: Oil Sand Process
http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/OilSands/590.asp
HAZOP at www.curryhydrocarbons.ca
RE: Oil Sand Process
The other methods involve heating it up to get it to flow. An old method was pumping steam down into a reservoir to heat it enough to get it to flow. Then pumping the heated bitumen until it stopped and repeating, often called huff and puff. A newer technology called Steam Assisted Gravity Drain (SAGD) involves drilling two wells into a reservoir. One injects steam while the other collects condensate and heated bitumen. Then gas lift or some other method is employed to bring the liquids to the surface.
The crude oil itself is very heavy and usually very sour and requires further processing to get it to meet pipeline spec. Bitumen is sent to a specialized refinery, typically referred to as an upgrader, for further processing. The upgraders operate vacuum units, cokers, hydrotreaters, sulfur plants, etc. just like a traditional refiner; however, typically their products are what is usually known as "synthetic crude". The properties of the crude obviously depend on the process, but many of them are low sulfur, high gravity blends. Like a WTI equivalent. The synthetic crude is then sold on the market to traditional refineries.
Obviously a very energy intensive process. When the price of crude was low upgraders were shutting down, but now development in Alberta is booming. You could probably turn up some more detailed info by punching some of the terms above into Google.
RE: Oil Sand Process
http://www.petrobank.com/hea-thaitechnology.html
HAZOP at www.curryhydrocarbons.ca
RE: Oil Sand Process
RE: Oil Sand Process
HAZOP at www.curryhydrocarbons.ca
RE: Oil Sand Process
RE: Oil Sand Process
HAZOP at www.curryhydrocarbons.ca
RE: Oil Sand Process
RE: Oil Sand Process
HAZOP at www.curryhydrocarbons.ca
RE: Oil Sand Process