AOSTRA and VEBA OEL to test VCC process for bitumen
The Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA) and VEBA OEL Aktiengesellschaft have agreed to test the performance of the VEBA OEL Combi Cracking (VCC) upgrading process on Alberta Cold Lake bitumen. About ten thousand barrels of diluted Cold Lake bitumen have been shipped to Europe for processing in the pilot plant located at VEBA OEL in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany. The VCC process is an outgrowth from the Bergius-Pier coal liquefaction technology developed in the 1930s in Germany and which was used to upgrade conventional crude oil residues in the 1950s. Building on this earlier experience, VEBA OEL has adapted their technology to the upgrading of heavy crude oils and tar sands bitumen. Early tests of the VCC process have shown that it generates a high yield of a high quality synthetic crude oil suitable for use in existing refineries for the production of transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.
- OSTI ID:
- 6675293
- Journal Information:
- Pace Synth. Fuels Rep.; (United States), Journal Name: Pace Synth. Fuels Rep.; (United States) Vol. 24:1; ISSN PSFRD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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