Bitumen production from single or multiple oil sand mines

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9796930
APP PUB NO 20170081592A1
SERIAL NO

14860493

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A process for operating multiple oil sand mine sites for extracting bitumen from oil sand is disclosed, comprising preparing a first conditioned oil sand slurry at a first location using a first oil sand slurry preparation and slurry conditioning process; preparing a second conditioned oil sand slurry at a second location using a second oil sand slurry preparation and slurry conditioning process; combining the first conditioned oil sand slurry and the second conditioned oil sand slurry in at least one slurry distributor to produce a combined oil sand slurry; and distributing the combined oil sand slurry to at least one separation vessel to produce bitumen froth.

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SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD IN TRUST FOR THE OWNERS OF THE SYNCRUDE PROJECT AS SUCH OWNERS EXIST NOW AND IN THE FUTURE9421 17 AVENUE NW EDMONTON ALBERTA T6N 1H4

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bara, Barry Edmonton, CA 25 164
Hoskins, Shane Edmonton, CA 7 10
Long, Jun Edmonton, CA 108 878
Lorentz, James Fort McMurray, CA 15 35
Ng, Yin Ming Samson Sherwood Park, CA 10 23
Reid, Kevin Edmonton, CA 21 79
Siy, Robert Edmonton, CA 7 59
Spence, Jonathan Edmonton, CA 16 104

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