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US 11,402,070 B2Granted
Transporting bitumen froth having coarse solids through a pipeline
AssigneeSyncrude Canada Ltd. In Trust for the Owners of
InventorsKevin Reid, Gary Anthieren, Sean Sanders, Jason Schaan
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Abstract
A method for transporting a bitumen froth having coarse solids having a particle size>180 μm through a pipeline is provided comprising injecting into the pipeline a bitumen froth slug having a lower temperature or a lower water content or both that the bitumen froth.
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A method for transporting a bitumen froth having a first water content, a first temperature and coarse solids having a particle size>180 μm through a pipeline, the method comprising the steps of:
- injecting the bitumen froth into the pipeline;
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- injecting into the pipeline a bitumen froth slug having a second water content and a second temperature to prevent the formation of or to remove stationary or provide a sliding bed of coarse solids;
- whereby either the second water content, the second temperature or both of the bitumen froth slug is lower than the first water content, the first temperature or both of the bitumen froth.
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