RE-WETTING TREATMENT OF DRY TAILINGS PRODUCED BY AN OIL SANDS SOLVENT EXTRACTION PROCESS

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APP PUB NO 20230037003A1
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17869327

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Processes for conditioning a dry tailings material from a non-aqueous extraction (NAE) process for extracting bitumen from oil sands ore are described. The process can include contacting a main stream of the dry tailings material with a re-wetted tailings seed stream to produce a combined tailings material, and subjecting the combined tailings material to re-wetting to produce a re-wetted tailings material. The re-wetting can include adding a wetting agent to the combined tailings material, and imparting mixing to the combined tailings material. Contacting the main stream of the dry tailings material with the re-wetted tailings seed stream can include recycling a portion of the re-wetted tailings material to the main stream of the dry tailings material as the re-wetted tailings seed stream to produce the combined tailings material, or subjecting a sub-stream of the dry tailings material to sub-stream re-wetting to produce the re-wetted tailings seed stream.

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SUNCOR ENERGY INCPO BOX 38 112-4TH AVENUE S W CALGARY AB T2P 2V5

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HOLMES, Tracy Mississauga, CA 2 0
MARR, Michael Calgary, CA 7 34
PITTENGER, Brian Tyngsboro, US 1 0
VAN, DER MERWE Shawn Calgary, CA 24 119

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