Process for recovery of hydrocarbon from tailings

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PATENT NO 6358403
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09316002

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A process for recovery of hydrocarbon diluent from tailings produced in a bitumen froth treatment plant comprises introducing the tailings into a vacuum flash vessel maintained at a sufficiently low sub-atmospheric pressure to vaporize the major portion of the contained diluent and some water. The residual then pool near the bottom of the flash vessel. Steam is then introduced into the tailings pool for vaporizing residual diluent and some water.

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PETRO-CANADACALGARY ALBERTA T2P 3E3
IMPERIAL OIL RESOURCESP O BOX 2480 STATION M 237-4TH AVENUE S W CALGARY ALBERTA T2P 3M9
MOCAL ENERGY LIMITEDC/O JAPAN CANADA OIL CO LTD 2-6 TORANOMON 1-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 105
CANADIAN OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LTD1500 635-8 AVE SOUTHWEST CALGARY ALBERTA T2P3Z
GULF CANADA RESOURCES LIMITEDCALGARY ALBERTA T2P 2H7
AEC OIL SANDS L P#3900 421 - 7TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST CALGARY ALBERTA T2P 4K9
ATHABASCA OIL SANDS INVESTMENTS INC1600 GULF CANADA SQUARE 401-9TH AVENUE S W CALGARY ALBERTA T2P 3C5
AEC OIL SANDS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP3900 421-7TH AVENUE SOUTH WEST CALGARY ALBERTA T2P 4K9
CANADIAN OIL SANDS INVESTMENTS INC150-9TH AVENUE S W P O BOX 2850 CALGARY ALBERTA T2P 3H9
MURPHY OIL COMPANY LIMITEDP O BOX 2721 CALGARY ALBERTA T2P 2M7

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Bara, Barry Edmonton, CA 25 164
Brown, Wayne Edmonton, CA 19 213
Denton, Rodney Fayetteville, NC 1 38
Sarkar, Sukhamoy Edmonton, CA 1 38

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