Bitumen and heavy oil upgrading in Canada
- Chrones Engineering Consultants Inc., 111 Lord Seaton Road, Willowdale, Ontario (CA)
- Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority, Edmonton, AB (Canada)
A review is presented of the heavy oil upgrading industry in Canada. Up to now it has been based on the processing of bitumen extracted from oil sands mining operations at two sites, to produce a residue-free, low sulphur, synthetic crude. Carbon rejection has been the prime process technology with delayed coking being used by Suncor and FLUID COKING at Syncrude. Alternative processes for recovering greater amounts of synthetic crude are examined. These include a variety of hydrogen addition processes and combinations which produce pipelineable materials requiring further processing in downstream refineries with expanded capabilities. The Newgrade Energy Inc. upgrader now under construction in Regina, will use fixed-bed, catalytic, atmospheric-residue, hydrogen processing. Two additional projects, also based on hydrogenation, will use ebullated bed catalyst systems; the expansion of Syncrude, now underway, is using the LC Fining Process whereas the announced Husky Bi-Provincial upgrader is based on H-Oil.
- OSTI ID:
- 5746605
- Journal Information:
- Fuel Science and Technology International; (USA), Vol. 7:5-6; ISSN 0884-3759
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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