Froth treatment (Athabasca oil sands)
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Froth treatment (Athabasca oil sands)
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Bitumen froth treatment is a process used in the Athabasca oil sands (AOS) bitumen recovery operations to remove fine inorganics—water and mineral particles—from bitumen froth, by diluting the bitumen with a light hydrocarbon solvent—either naphthenic or paraffinic—to reduce the viscosity of the froth and to remove contaminants that were not removed in previous water-based gravity recovery phases. Bitumen with a high viscosity or with too many contaminants, is not suitable for transporting throu
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Process of bitumen treatment
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froth_treatment_(Athabasca_oil_sands)
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2023-08-16T23:06:05Z
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