A system and method for treating a feed gas to be subjected to a carbon capture process is provided, having a particulate removal stage configured to receive and remove particulates from the feed gas and output a feed gas substantially free of particulates to be transported to the carbon capture process and a particulate stream for disposal. The system and method can also have a contaminant removal stage for removing contaminants such as sulphur dioxide and other sulphur oxides from the feed gas. Removing the particulates from the feed gas prior to the contaminant removal stage simplifies the feed gas treatment process and results in a reduced footprint, as the used water from the contaminant removal stage dose not require clarification or other processing before being used in other processes or disposed of.
B01D 47/02 - Separating dispersed particles from gases, air or vapours by liquid as separating agent by passing the gas or air or vapour over or through a liquid bath
B01D 50/10 - Combinations of devices covered by groups , and
An accumulated sand structure can be used as a cost and operationally-effective method to treat water, primarily by removing suspended solids, prior to potential further treatment, re-use, or release to the environment.
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Systems, Methods, and Media for Instructing Power Shovel Operators
Systems, methods, and media are described for instructing power shovel operators. Multiple types of information about the power shovel and other operations at a work site are integrated into a GUI in order to present power shovel operators with real-time visual feedback on operational decisions and actionable guidance on ongoing loading operations. The operator is presented with a user interface screen showing performance information such as a performance score indicating the operator's overall efficiency or effectiveness over a predetermined time period. The operator is presented with bucket load information to assist in deciding whether a current load of shoveled material in the bucket of the operator's power shovel should be loaded into a material transport vehicle (e.g., a haul truck), based on vehicle payload target information of the material transport vehicle. Other types of instruction are disclosed as part of the GUI.
A control system and method for controlling operations of an oil sands processing plant (OPP) is provided. The OPP receives mined ore, from a mining site, by haul trucks. The control system obtains data associated with the mined ore and the haul trucks arriving at the OPP from the mining site. The control system determines one or more operating parameters associated with components of the OPP and estimates a forecast for the operating parameters for an upcoming period of time. The forecast is estimated based on the obtained data of mined ore and haul trucks arriving at the OPP and the determined operating parameters associated with the components of the OPP. The control system adjusts a target operating condition for operating the components based on the estimated forecast and operates the components according to the adjusted target operating condition.
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
G06Q 10/063 - Operations research, analysis or management
There are provided a CO2-concentrating system being integrable to an existing cogeneration installation comprising a combustion unit converting a first fuel gas into a first exhaust gas in presence of a first oxidant and a heat recovery unit for recovering heat from the first exhaust gas, and a process for generating a CO2-concentrated flue gas deriving from cogeneration of power and heat. A first oxidation stage is operated including combusting a first fuel gas in the presence of a first oxidant to produce a first exhaust gas. A second oxidation stage is further operated comprising combusting a feedstream including at least the first exhaust gas with a second fuel gas to produce a second exhaust gas, the first exhaust gas being used as a second oxidant of the second oxidation stage. The first exhaust gas has an O2 concentration of at most 12 % and a CO2 concentration of at most 6 %. The produced second exhaust gas has an O2 concentration of at most 3 % and a CO2 concentration of at least 8 %.
Methods and systems for efficient processing of an existing environmental, health and safety (EH&S) incident database that comprises a plurality of existing incident records, each existing incident record including an unstructured text description of a respective incident. Including: generating contextual vectorized representations for the unstructured text descriptions for each of the existing incident records; predicting, based on the contextual vectorized representations, classification labels for a plurality of predefined categories for each of the existing incident records; and storing an enhanced EH&S incident database that includes enhanced incident records corresponding to the existing incident records of the existing EH&S incident database, wherein each enhanced incident record corresponds to a respective existing incident record and comprises: (i) the contextual vectorized representations generated in respect of the respective existing incident record; and (ii) the classification labels predicted in respect of the respective existing incident record.
A system and method are provided for generating power with a plurality of turbines. The method comprises providing a participating number of turbines, and a target amount of power to be produced by the plurality of turbines, and determining, with a statistical model based on a plurality of parameters, a base power capacity of each turbine, and an increased power capacity of each turbine. The method comprises determining, based on the respective base power capacity, the target amount of power, and the number of turbines, a final amount of power each turbineshould produce to meet the target amount of power. The method comprises instructing at least one turbineto generate the respective final amount of power in a first mode and instructing at least one turbine to increase power based on the increased power capacity in a second mode.
F02B 63/04 - Adaptations of engines for driving pumps, hand-held tools or electric generatorsPortable combinations of engines with engine-driven devices for electric generators
F02C 7/36 - Power transmission between the different shafts of the gas-turbine plant, or between the gas-turbine plant and the power user
A method for determining a bitumen content of a sample of a process stream containing water and bitumen is provided. The method includes contacting the sample with an amphiphilic solvent to form a single-phase solution including dissolved bitumen, probing the single-phase solution by irradiating the single-phase solution with UV-Vis radiation to measure a spectral response of the single-phase solution to the UV-Vis radiation, and determining the bitumen content of the sample from the measured spectral response of the single-phase solution. Determining of the bitumen content of the sample can be performed online by diverting a portion of a process stream or by manual sampling. A system for determining a bitumen content of a process stream and applied processes are also provided.
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G01N 23/00 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or
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MONITORING AND CONTROL OF TAILINGS DEWATERING OPERATIONS USING FLOC SIZE DETERMINATION
Flocculation and dewatering operations for tailings, such as oil sands mature fine tailings (MFT), can include monitoring properties of the flocculated tailings using sensors such as focused beam reflectance measurement (FBRM) sensors and/or near infrared (NIR). The monitoring can determine floc size in the flocculated tailings to inform upstream process control, such as flocculant dosage, coagulant dosage, flow rates, unit operations and/or various properties of the tailings to be dewatered. Process control can include modifying the feed rate of a flocculant solution into a tailings flow via a static addition unit. The floc size can thus be measured and modified for enhanced performance of dewatering operations based on process specifications.
C02F 1/52 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by flocculation or precipitation of suspended impurities
C02F 11/14 - Treatment of sludgeDevices therefor by de-watering, drying or thickening with addition of chemical agents
C10G 1/04 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
C10G 33/04 - De-watering or demulsification of hydrocarbon oils with chemical means
There are provided systems, methods, and processor-readable media for monitoring an electrical submersible pump (ESP) system to classify a type of ESP electrical failure event. According to examples, following the detection of a suspected ESP electrical failure event, a voltage imbalance ratio for the ESP system is computed based on a neutral output voltage (NOV) representative of a voltage imbalance during normal ESP operations and a NOV representative of a voltage imbalance following the suspected ESP electrical failure event. In examples, the voltage imbalance ratio can then be compared to a voltage imbalance threshold value to automatically classify the ESP electrical failure event as a feedthrough failure or an ESP failure. In examples, the automatic classification of the ESP electrical failure event can be incorporated into hydrocarbon production operations to minimize costs and downtime associated with diagnosing the source of the ESP electrical failure.
E21B 47/008 - Monitoring of down-hole pump systems, e.g. for the detection of "pumped-off" conditions
F04B 47/00 - Pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for raising fluids from great depths, e.g. well pumps
F04B 49/00 - Control of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups
A microwave drying process for drying solvent-containing tailings to produce solvent recovered tailings is provided. The process includes determining a characteristic of the solvent-containing tailings, and applying microwave energy to the solvent-containing tailings to achieve a microwave energy level using a microwave generator to heat the tailings material and vaporize at least a portion of the solvent and produce recovered solvent and the solvent-recovered tailings, the microwave energy level being determined in accordance with the characteristic of the tailings material. The process can include monitoring the characteristic of the solvent-containing tailings, and adjusting the microwave energy level in accordance with the characteristic of the solvent-containing tailings. A microwave drying system that includes first and second heating zones is also provided. The microwave drying system can include for instance a microwave applicator that includes a belt conveyor or a rotating element for advancing the solvent-containing tailings.
A direct steam injection heater for heating a process stream flowing along a pipeline is provided. The heater includes a steam pipe in fluid communication with a steam source and extending into the process stream. The steam pipe has a distal end provided with a steam pipe outlet. The heater also includes an end plate connected to the steam pipe to cover the steam pipe outlet, the end plate having a plurality of nozzles defined therethrough to enable fluid communication between the steam pipe and the process stream. Each nozzle has a converging-diverging configuration, where steam injection and the converging-diverging configuration of the nozzles are provided to achieve supersonic steam injection velocities.
B01F 25/21 - Jet mixers, i.e. mixers using high-speed fluid streams with submerged injectors, e.g. nozzles, for injecting high-pressure jets into a large volume or into mixing chambers
B01F 35/91 - Heating or cooling systems using gas or liquid injected into the material, e.g. using liquefied carbon dioxide or steam
C10G 9/14 - Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils in pipes or coils with or without auxiliary means, e.g. digesters, soaking drums, expansion means
F24H 1/10 - Continuous-flow heaters, i.e. heaters in which heat is generated only while the water is flowing, e.g. with direct contact of the water with the heating medium
F28C 3/06 - Other direct-contact heat-exchange apparatus the heat-exchange media being a liquid and a gas or vapour
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SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MEDIUM FOR HISTORICAL OPTIMIZATION OF OIL-WATER SEPARATION PROCESS
There are provided systems, methods, and processor-readable media for optimizing the use of chemical additives in an oil-water separation process based on historical data. A process optimization software system includes a model that uses historical operating data to identify operating conditions that are a close match to the present operating conditions, and that achieve desirable operating conditions. The process optimization software system then recommends or implements adjustments to the oil-water separation process to emulate the identified operating conditions.
An antibiofilm composition is provided. The antibiofilm composition includes a polycarboxylic acid derivative or a salt thereof, onto which a hydrophobic group, a poly(ethylene oxide) group and/or a poly(propylene oxide) group is covalently bound, an essential oil, and a biosurfactant.
A01N 37/44 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio-analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids
A01N 25/30 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests characterised by the surfactants
A01N 35/02 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. aldehyde radical containing aliphatically bound aldehyde or keto groups, or thio-analogues thereofDerivatives thereof, e.g. acetals
A01N 37/36 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a singly bound oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same carbon skeleton, this oxygen or sulfur atom not being a member of a carboxylic group or of a thio-analogue, or of a derivative thereof, e.g. hydroxy-carboxylic acids
A01N 45/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing compounds having three or more carbocyclic rings condensed among themselves, at least one ring not being a six-membered ring
A01N 65/44 - Poaceae or Gramineae [Grass family], e.g. bamboo, lemon grass or citronella grass
A01P 1/00 - DisinfectantsAntimicrobial compounds or mixtures thereof
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USE OF ELECTROCHEMICAL INTERFERENCE MATERIAL TO MITIGATE STRESS CORROSION CRACKING OF FERRITIC STEEL UNDER INSULATION
The present disclosure relates to mitigating intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC) in ferritic steel pipes and vessels under mineral wool insulation, used applications in oil and gas or other industries, e.g., refining, upgrading, distribution, chemical plants, food processing plants, and other light and heavy industries, where mineral wool is being used, by leveraging the use of an interference material that can be foil or mesh composed, for example, of aluminum. Pipes or vessels composed of bare ferritic steel having residual stresses and where water ingress occurs into the mineral wool insulation and operating between 70 C and 200 C are at higher risk of IGSCC and thus the interference material located in between the ferritic steel and the insulation can help mitigate such challenges.
There are provided systems, methods, and processor-readable media for optimizing the end to end operation of a hydrocarbon processing system using NMR spectroscopy data. The hydrocarbon processing system is configured to process hydrocarbon feedstock material, via a configuration defined by a set of configuration parameters, such that one or more final products are produced. A yield prediction model is used to process NMR data obtained from an NMR scan of the feedstock material to generate yield prediction data. The yield prediction data includes predictions of product yields of various intermediate products and/or final products. An optimization module is used to process the yield prediction data predicted by the trained yield prediction model such that optimized configuration parameter data is obtained. The optimized configuration parameter data is effective for establishing an optimized configuration for operating the hydrocarbon processing system that optimizes or improves an objective metric.
G01N 24/08 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance or other spin effects by using nuclear magnetic resonance
G16C 20/70 - Machine learning, data mining or chemometrics
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BIOCIDE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ALKYLATED EDTA, AND USE THEREOF
The application pertains to a biocide composition comprises an EDTA derivative of Formula (I) in which a hydrophobic moiety is covalently bound to the EDTA, and a photo sensitizer and/or a liquid carrier. Methods for inhibiting microbial pathogen and biofihn formation and for disrupting pre-existing microbial pathogens, biofilms and/or insect pests on a surface, comprising applying said biocide composition to the surface are also provided.(Formula I) or a salt thereof, wherein Z is NH or O; and R151851818 alkenyl group, an optionally substituted Cs-Cis alkynyl group or an optionally substituted steroidyl group.
A01N 37/44 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio-analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids
A01N 35/02 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. aldehyde radical containing aliphatically bound aldehyde or keto groups, or thio-analogues thereofDerivatives thereof, e.g. acetals
A01N 43/90 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having two or more relevant hetero rings, condensed among themselves or with a common carbocyclic ring system
A01P 1/00 - DisinfectantsAntimicrobial compounds or mixtures thereof
A61P 31/00 - Antiinfectives, i.e. antibiotics, antiseptics, chemotherapeutics
C07C 49/255 - Unsaturated compounds containing keto groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms containing ether groups, groups, groups, or groups
C07C 229/16 - Compounds containing amino and carboxyl groups bound to the same carbon skeleton having amino and carboxyl groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of the same carbon skeleton the carbon skeleton being acyclic and saturated having only one amino and one carboxyl group bound to the carbon skeleton the nitrogen atom of the amino group being further bound to acyclic carbon atoms or to carbon atoms of rings other than six-membered aromatic rings to carbon atoms of hydrocarbon radicals substituted by amino or carboxyl groups, e.g. ethylenediamine-tetra-acetic acid, iminodiacetic acids
C07D 455/03 - Heterocyclic compounds containing quinolizine ring systems, e.g. emetine alkaloids, protoberberineAlkylenedioxy derivatives of dibenzo [a, g] quinolizines, e.g. berberine containing quinolizine ring systems directly condensed with at least one six-membered carbocyclic ring, e.g. protoberberineAlkylenedioxy derivatives of dibenzo [a, g] quinolizines, e.g. berberine
C07D 487/22 - Heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen atoms as the only ring hetero atoms in the condensed system, not provided for by groups in which the condensed system contains four or more hetero rings
The technology described herein concerns nozzles configured to expel a liquid in a cone-shaped spray pattern. The nozzles can be used for various purposes, including in a rotary breaker for discharging an aqueous liquid, such as process water, as a sparge nozzle. The use of a cone-shaped nozzle as a sparge nozzle can provide a larger fluid dispersion area, which can lessen the momentum of the expelled fluid and thus the resultant force of the expelled fluid on the interior of the rotary breaker. By providing a larger fluid dispersion area, the nozzles described herein reduce the risk of erosion on the interior surface of the rotary breaker.
Startup of an in situ process using a well pair can include introducing a startup fluid at elastic deformation pressure to induce temporary deformation of the reservoir region between the well pair to enhance establishing fluid communication between the wells. Elastic deformation of reservoir regions can provide enhanced injectivity for improved in situ recovery operations.
Methods and systems for closing tailings ponds containing mature fine tailings (MFTs) are disclosed. In one example, a method for remediating a tailings pond includes hydraulically depositing petroleum coke above a mudline to form a capping layer above at least a portion of the tailings, and removing water from the pond as the coke is being deposited to maintain a height of the waterline. The method also includes installing one or more wick drains, installing one or more horizontal drains, hydraulically depositing additional coke to the capping layer, removing supernatant water from the pond, mechanically compacting the capping layer, depositing additional coke on the compacted capping layer, and depositing reclamation material on a surface of the additional coke.
A feedwell is provided for an inclined plate separator having a separation chamber containing parallel plates defining separation passages. The feedwell includes a plenum defining a plenum chamber external to the separation chamber, an upward-facing deflector surface in the plenum chamber, an inlet for discharging influent fluid onto a receiving region of the deflector surface, and an outlet for discharging the influent fluid out of the plenum and transversely into the separation chamber. The feedwell also includes parallel fins. The fins define between them plenum passages that extend from a fin end to outlet. The fin ends are disposed between the outlet and the receiving region, and are arranged in a horizontal semi-elliptical path defining a center that horizontally coincides with the receiving region.
A system and method are provided for recovering heat from subsurface reservoirs. The method includes injecting a fluid into a subsurface reservoir via an injection well, a polymer having been added to the fluid prior to injection. The method also includes recovering produced fluids from a production well in the subsurface reservoir, the production well being spaced from the injection well, the produced fluid comprising a heated fluid that has been in contact with a formation of the subsurface reservoir.
F24T 10/20 - Geothermal collectors using underground water as working fluidGeothermal collectors using working fluid injected directly into the ground, e.g. using injection wells and recovery wells
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USE OF ASPHALTENE DISPERSANTS FOR TREATING HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS SUBJECTED TO PARTIAL UPGRADING
Processes and systems for partially upgrading various hydrocarbon feedstocks, such as bitumen feedstocks, are described. The process can include subjecting the hydrocarbon feedstock to a thermal treatment to produce a thermally treated hydrocarbon stream, the thermal treatment comprising heating the hydrocarbon feedstock to an operating temperature in a thermal treatment reactor, and adding an asphaltene dispersant to the hydrocarbon feedstock to reduce at least one of asphaltene agglomeration and asphaltene agglomerates adherence onto components of the thermal treatment reactor, or onto internal surface of the thermal reactor walls or onto internal surfaces of other downstream equipment. Examples of components of the thermal treatment reactor can include immersion heating elements. The asphaltene dispersant can include for instance inverse micelles comprising a transition metal, an alkaline-earth metal or a semi-metal. In some implementations, the asphaltene dispersant can include inverse micelles formed from magnesium oxide and a magnesium sulfonate.
Processing of bitumen stream can include a thermal pretreatment that includes preheating, backpressure exerted on the preheated stream, and then thermal cracking in a reactor to produce a treated stream which is then subjected to solvent deasphalting, which may be done in a gravity settler followed by a clarifying column. Enhanced processing of the bitumen stream can be achieved to produce deasphalted oil.
Water samples from an in situ recovery operation can be pre-treated using filtration, acidification, extraction, heating and neutralization prior to colourmetric or spectrophotometric analysis to obtain data regarding analytes, such as hardness, that can be used for process control of the in situ recovery operation. For example, in a SAGD surface facility, boiler feed water (BFW) can be sampled and pre-treated to remove interference species. The pre-treated sample is then suitable for colourmetric or spectrophotometric analysis which provides trendable hardness values that can be used to identify upset conditions and react accordingly, such as by adjusting BFW quality.
This disclosure generally relates to processes and systems for treating diluted bitumen froth derived from oil sands processing operations using a modified low-shear hydro- separator to recover bitumen from a diluted bitumen froth. The hydro-separator can comprise a feed conditioning system that is configured to at least partially stratify the incoming multiphase stream and/or prevent a breakup of aggregate solids. The hydro-separator can also comprise a neutral vane comprising an extended conduit extending internally into the hydro- separator and/or a helical guide that defines a channel. The extended conduit and/or the helical guide are configured to guide a flow of an incoming stream entering the hydro-separator and prevent the incoming stream from substantially colliding with an internal flow in the chamber of the hydro-separator.
B01D 21/26 - Separation of sediment aided by centrifugal force
C10G 1/04 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
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IN SITU MINERAL SEQUESTRATION AND STORAGE OF CO2 USING HEAT FROM THERMAL HYDROCARBON RECOVERY
The described techniques relate to in situ mineral sequestration of CO2 where the heat of a thermal in situ recovery process is leveraged to induce carbonate precipitation within the formation. A CO2-containing brine and comprising of water and minerals can be injected into the formation where the heat within the formation can be existing or added to promote precipitation of the CO2 in the form of solid mineral carbonates in regions that are remote from the injection locations. Injection of the CO2-containing brine can be into a depleted steam chamber after SAGD operation, can be into underburden or overburden zones of the formation.
B01D 53/14 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by absorption
Hydrogen-rich fluid such as molecular hydrogen is produced by artificially inducing or enhancing a serpentinization reaction in an underground reservoir. In a reservoir containing host rock comprising a ferrous iron silicate material, a stimulation action such as heated water injection, steam injection, and fracking using the at least one injection well to induce or enhance a serpentinization reaction between the ferrous iron source and water. The stimulation action can also supply the water required for the serpentinization reaction. If the reservoir does not contain sufficient ferrous material or requires additional ferrous material, particles comprising ferrous iron are injected into the reservoir. Ferrous iron can be injected in the form of nanoparticles or as a proppant. Production can occur in a pair of horizontal or deviated wells, with an injection well at a greater vertical depth than the production well.
C01B 3/02 - Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen
C01B 3/06 - Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen by reaction of inorganic compounds containing electro-positively bound hydrogen, e.g. water, acids, bases, ammonia, with inorganic reducing agents
C09K 8/80 - Compositions for reinforcing fractures, e.g. compositions of proppants used to keep the fractures open
E21B 43/16 - Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
There is provided a process and system for producing carbon fiber products. The process can involve deasphalting a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock, which can contain native asphaltenes, to produce a solid asphaltene particulate material, which can be further treated to produce the carbon fiber products. In some implementations, the solid asphaltene particulate material can be extruded in the presence of a polymer. In some implementations, the solid asphaltene particulate material can be chemically treated with a chemical agent including a Lewis acid, an oxidizing agent and/or a reducing agent before extrusion. In some implementations, the process can further produce activated carbon fibers.
C01B 32/33 - Preparation characterised by the starting materials from distillation residues of coal or petroleumPreparation characterised by the starting materials from petroleum acid sludge
C01B 32/39 - Apparatus for the preparation thereof
D01F 9/155 - Carbon filamentsApparatus specially adapted for the manufacture thereof by decomposition of organic filaments from pitch or distillation residues from petroleum pitch
D01D 5/084 - Heating filaments, threads or the like, leaving the spinnerettes
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING FORCES ON TUBING STRINGS DURING INSTALLATION AND RETRIEVAL
A method is provided for removing an outer string from a borehole. The method includes connecting an inner string to the outer string at a point that is downhole of a relatively weaker portion of the outer string and removing the outer string from the borehole by pulling at least the inner string in an uphole direction. A system is also provided for removing a multi-component string from a borehole. The system includes an inner string to be connected to the multi-component string at a point that is downhole of a relatively weaker element of the multi-component string and a latching mechanism to couple the inner string to the multi-component string at the relatively weaker element of the multi-component string.
E21B 29/00 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground
E21B 33/04 - Casing headsSuspending casings or tubings in well heads
E21B 43/10 - Setting of casings, screens or liners in wells
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PHOSPHATE-REGULATED EXPRESSION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE RECOMBINANT CORONAVIRUS GLYCOPROTEINS AND OTHER RECOMBINANT PROTEINS IN PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM
Phosphate-regulated expression of recombinant glycoprotein antigens and other recombinant proteins in diatoms is described herein. More specifically, described herein is the expression and purification of glycosylated, immunogenic, and serologically active receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, as well as SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein, in the marine pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, as well as a functional lateral flow assay-based diagnostic device based on the produced recombinant RBD and nucleocapsid protein. Also described herein is the use of phosphate/iron levels in culture media to regulate expression/secretion of recombinant proteins under control of an HASP1 promoter in P. tricornutum or other suitable host cells. Also described herein is a method for increasing the expression/secretion of a recombinant protein by engineering the recombinant protein to lack a Tobacco Etch Virus (TEV) protease cleavage site.
Systems, methods, and media are described for optimizing a schedule for production and supply of a plurality of hydrocarbon products to a hydrocarbon transportation pipeline. Starting from an existing schedule defining an initial set of supplier parameter values, a linear optimization operation is performed by perturbing parameters relating to production, storage, and supply of the hydrocarbon products to the pipeline and other transportation means, constrained by supply and demand information and by the pipeline operator's batch schedule. The optimization is guided by marginal changes in an objective metric. The optimized schedule information is used to dictate an improved production, storage, and supply schedule, and to request changes to the pipeline operator's batch schedule. The hydrocarbon products are then produced, stored, and supplied according to the updated schedule.
Method and system for preventing solvent vapours from escaping a surge bin comprising a column and a hopper being in communication with a downstream Non-Aqueous Extraction (NAE) stage from which solvent vapours are being released. An oil sands ore bed comprising ore lumps is formed within the column of the surge bin and an inert gas is injected into an interstitial space of the oil sands ore bed from a gas injection level of the surge bin to generate a net downward gas flow having a gas pressure that is higher at the gas injection level than at an outlet of the hopper. The gas pressure at the gas injection level is provided at least at a capping threshold corresponding to a solvent-vapour pressure, thereby preventing rising solvent vapours from contacting the ore lumps above the gas injection level.
B03B 9/02 - General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets specially adapted for oil-sand, oil-chalk, oil-shales, ozokerite, bitumen, or the like
B08B 15/02 - Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are producedCollecting or removing dirt or fumes from that area using chambers or hoods covering the area
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CONVECTIVE STEAM BOUNDARIES DURING BITUMEN PRODUCTION
There are provided systems, methods, and processor-readable media for predicting an upper convective steam boundary (UCSB) corresponding to a steam chamber in a subsurface reservoir during bitumen production. In examples, the systems, methods, and processor-readable media can be applied to a hydrocarbon production system that is configured produce bitumen by steam assisted gravity drainage. According to examples, a facies log is obtained from an observation well and processed to obtain a measure of steam chamber connectivity for a plurality of geological blocks along the vertical path of the well. A connectivity-to-UCSB probability mapping is applied to the steam chamber connectivity to compute a cumulative probability of the upper convective steam boundary occurring in each geological block. A probabilistic upper convective steam boundary log is generated using the probability of the upper convective steam boundary for each block. In examples, a connectivity-to-UCSB probability mapping is generated using a Bayesian logistic model and Bayesian logistic regression.
There are provided systems, methods, and processor-readable media for determining a degree of depletion for a well during bitumen production. In examples, the systems, methods, and processor-readable media can be applied to a hydrocarbon production system that is configured produce bitumen by steam assisted gravity drainage. According to examples, temperature measurements are obtained for a well during temporary shut in, and processed to obtain and a rate of temperature decay for a plurality of points along the length of the well. A temperature fall-off (TF0)-to-depletion mapping is applied to the rate of temperature decay to compute a percentage of reservoir depletion for each of the plurality of points along the well. The predicted degree of depletion is assembled into a depletion profile extending the length of the well. In examples, a generalizable TFO-to-depletion mapping is generated using a 3D reservoir simulator.
A method for bonding a cemented (or sintered) carbide element to a structural component is provided comprising cladding at least one surface of the cemented (or sintered) carbide element with a metal alloy using diffusion bonding or brazing and friction welding a cladded surface of the cemented (or sintered) carbide element to the structural component.
B23K 20/00 - Non-electric welding by applying impact or other pressure, with or without the application of heat, e.g. cladding or plating
B23K 20/02 - Non-electric welding by applying impact or other pressure, with or without the application of heat, e.g. cladding or plating by means of a press
B23K 20/12 - Non-electric welding by applying impact or other pressure, with or without the application of heat, e.g. cladding or plating the heat being generated by frictionFriction welding
Implementations of the present disclosure relate to catalytic compositions useful in hydroprocessing heavy oil feedstocks. The catalytic compositions may be used in methods and systems to facilitate hydroconversion of the heavy oil feedstocks. The catalytic compositions can comprise a combination of a first metal being a transition metal, a second metal and a non-metal, wherein the second metal is a Group 11 transition metal, a Group 12 transition metal, a Group 13 metal or a combination thereof, and wherein the first metal and the second metal are different.
B01J 23/80 - Catalysts comprising metals or metal oxides or hydroxides, not provided for in group of the iron group metals or copper combined with metals, oxides or hydroxides provided for in groups with zinc, cadmium or mercury
C10G 11/02 - Catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils characterised by the catalyst used
Process/method implementations for treating fine tailings containing clay platelets including addition of a pillaring agent, comprising trivalent cations and/or tetravalent cations, to fine tailings to convert at least a portion of the clay platelets into pillared layered solids. Adjustment of at least one of a solubilizing pH, a zeta potential, and a concentration of the pillaring agent can be performed to facilitate solubilization of the trivalent cations and/or tetravalent cations and further diffusion for intercalation between basal surfaces of the clay platelets to form a thermally stable interlayer of pillars. The treated tailings are further deposited for further consolidation over time to form a consolidated deposit that results in a geotechnically and geochemically stable landform in a shorter period than according to conventional deposition/consolidation techniques.
A solvent-assisted process for recovering bitumen from a hydrocarbon-rich reservoir of a subterranean formation is provided. The process can include a first phase during which a solvent is injected in vapour phase into the hydrocarbon-rich reservoir to form a solvent chamber having a solvent chamber pressure, the solvent being injected at a first injection pressure that is at or higher than an initial reservoir pressure condition; and a second phase during which the solvent is injected into the hydrocarbon-rich reservoir at a second injection pressure to achieve an overbalance between the solvent chamber pressure and a gas cap pressure of a gas cap having at least a portion located above the hydrocarbon-rich reservoir, the second injection pressure being lower than the first injection pressure. A non-condensable gas can be injected in the gas cap, and the injection of the non-condensable gas can be adjusted to achieve the overbalance.
Apparatus and methods for removing adhered material from a surface of a lens of an optical probe are disclosed. In one example, a cleaning assembly for an optical probe includes an assembly body configured to retain an optical probe with its lens surface facing towards an upstream end of a conduit. The assembly also includes a cleaning fluid conduit and a nozzle in fluid communication with an outlet end of the cleaning fluid conduit. An outlet of the nozzle is positioned proximate the lens surface and upstream of the lens surface. The nozzle is configured to direct a flow of cleaning fluid towards the lens surface for cleaning thereof. A direction of the flow of cleaning fluid is generally aligned with the process fluid flow direction.
G01D 5/26 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
G01D 11/00 - Component parts of measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable
G01N 21/15 - Preventing contamination of the components of the optical system or obstruction of the light path
G01N 21/3577 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light for analysing liquids, e.g. polluted water
G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light
A method for identifying a liquid level within a reservoir from which hydrocarbon material is being produced by a thermally-stimulated gravity drainage-based hydrocarbon production process. The method comprising obtaining subsurface temperature data representative of subsurface temperatures of the reservoir and identifying a liquid level within the reservoir based on the obtained subsurface temperature data.
A method for identifying a shaft failure in a pump, wherein the pump includes at least one impeller mounted on an impeller shaft portion of a rotor of a prime mover. The impeller shaft portion of the rotor is rotatable by the prime mover for rotating the at least one impeller for transmitting kinetic energy to reservoir fluid being supplied to the pump. The method comprises monitoring torque applied to the rotor and monitoring speed of the rotor, over a monitoring time interval, such that monitored rotor data is obtained over and spans the monitoring time interval. The monitored rotor data includes monitored torque data and monitored speed data and a shaft failure condition is determined based on the monitored rotor data.
There are provided systems, methods, and processor-readable media for predicting a subsurface temperature at an intake depth of a production well during bitumen production. In examples, the systems, methods, and processor-readable media can be applied to a hydrocarbon production system that is configured produce bitumen by steam assisted gravity drainage. According to examples, a trained prediction machine learning model is used to process production parameter information to predict a subsurface temperature at an intake depth. The predicted subsurface temperature at an intake depth can be incorporated into hydrocarbon production operations to improve confidence in the calculation of reservoir subcool during bitumen production. In examples, training data for training a machine learning model are pre-processed to verify subsurface temperature measurements at an intake depth.
Systems, methods, and media are described for instructing power shovel operators. Multiple types of information about the power shovel and other operations at a work site are integrated into a GUI in order to present power shovel operators with real-time visual feedback on operational decisions and actionable guidance on ongoing loading operations. The operator is presented with a user interface screen showing performance information such as a performance score indicating the operator's overall efficiency or effectiveness over a predetermined time period. The operator is presented with bucket load information to assist in deciding whether a current load of shoveled material in the bucket of the operator's power shovel should be loaded into a material transport vehicle (e.g., a haul truck), based on vehicle payload target information of the material transport vehicle. Other types of instruction are disclosed as part of the GUI.
Systems, methods, and media are described for instructing power shovel operators. Multiple types of information about the power shovel and other operations at a work site are integrated into a GUI in order to present power shovel operators with real-time visual feedback on operational decisions and actionable guidance on ongoing loading operations. The operator is presented with a user interface screen showing performance information such as a performance score indicating the operator's overall efficiency or effectiveness over a predetermined time period. The operator is presented with bucket load information to assist in deciding whether a current load of shoveled material in the bucket of the operator's power shovel should be loaded into a material transport vehicle (e.g., a haul truck), based on vehicle payload target information of the material transport vehicle. Other types of instruction are disclosed as part of the GUI.
Systems, methods, and media are described for instructing power shovel operators. Multiple types of information about the power shovel and other operations at a work site are integrated into a GUI in order to present power shovel operators with real-time visual feedback on operational decisions and actionable guidance on ongoing loading operations. The operator is presented with a user interface screen showing performance information such as a performance score indicating the operator's overall efficiency or effectiveness over a predetermined time period. The operator is presented with bucket load information to assist in deciding whether a current load of shoveled material in the bucket of the operator's power shovel should be loaded into a material transport vehicle (e.g., a haul truck), based on vehicle payload target information of the material transport vehicle. Other types of instruction are disclosed as part of the GUI.
In situ recover facilities can be integrated with mining and extraction facilities. Superheated steam can be de-superheated at the extraction facility and then pipelined to the in situ facility for injection into the reservoir. Produced emulsion can be pipelined from the in situ facility to one or more points of the extraction facility to leverage extraction assets for emulsion processing. Integration can facilitate enhancements in terms of material and heat utilization for bitumen production.
C10G 1/04 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
E21B 43/24 - Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection
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INTEGRATION OF IN SITU BITUMEN RECOVERY OPERATIONS WITH OIL SANDS MINING AND EXTRACTION OPERATIONS
In situ recover facilities can be integrated with mining and extraction facilities. Superheated steam can be de-superheated at the extraction facility and then pipelined to the in situ facility for injection into the reservoir. Produced emulsion can be pipelined from the in situ facility to one or more points of the extraction facility to leverage extraction assets for emulsion processing. Integration can facilitate enhancements in terms of material and heat utilization for bitumen production.
Provided herein are systems and methods for storing energy using a subterranean reservoir, comprising pumping a fluid from a lower pressure reservoir to a higher pressure reservoir and recovering the energy by allowing the fluid to flow through a turbine as it flows from the higher pressure reservoir to the lower pressure reservoir.
Systems and methods for treating a fluid to be fed to an apparatus are provided. The fluid has an initial concentration of dissolved impurities, wherein a first portion of the fluid is passed through a treatment unit while a second portion of the fluid is bypassed from being processed by the treatment unit. The treatment unit outputs a first refined portion of fluid having a first refined concentration of dissolved impurities. The first refined portion of fluid is combined with the second portion of fluid bypassed from the treatment unit to output a treated fluid having a second refined concentration of dissolved impurities. The treated fluid is then fed as an input to the apparatus.
B01J 4/00 - Feed devicesFeed or outlet control devices
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System And Method for Determining Cleaning Schedules For Heat Exchangers And Fired Heaters Based On Engineering First Principles And Statistical Modelling
A system and method are provided for determining cleaning schedules for equipment. The equipment includes fired heaters and/or heat exchangers. The method includes obtaining historical sensor data; transforming the obtained sensor data using an engineering first principles process; applying data analytics to the transformed data to generate at least one statistical model; predicting an indicator of fouling in the equipment using operating data and the at least one statistical model; obtaining cost data associated with the equipment being analyzed; determining from the prediction and cost data a desired cleaning schedule for the equipment; and providing an output associated with the desired cleaning schedule.
A system and computer-implemented method are provided for monitoring equipment. The method includes obtaining a trained model for an item, the item comprising equipment or a component of the equipment, the model having been trained using historical operational data of the type of equipment, and historical wear data acquired by inspecting the type of equipment and/or the type of component; using the trained model to generate an end-of-run prediction for the item using current or post service field inspection data for the item; analyzing the end-of-run prediction to determine a maintenance recommendation; and generating an output based on the prediction.
G05B 19/4065 - Monitoring tool breakage, life or condition
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CLEANING SCHEDULES FOR HEAT EXCHANGERS AND FIRED HEATERS BASED ON ENGINEERING FIRST PRINCIPLES AND STATISTICAL MODELLING
A system and method are provided for determining cleaning schedules for equipment. The equipment includes fired heaters and/or heat exchangers. The method includes obtaining historical sensor data; transforming the obtained sensor data using an engineering first principles process; applying data analytics to the transformed data to generate at least one statistical model; predicting an indicator of fouling in the equipment using operating data and the at least one statistical model; obtaining cost data associated with the equipment being analyzed; determining from the prediction and cost data a desired cleaning schedule for the equipment; and providing an output associated with the desired cleaning schedule.
F22B 37/00 - Component parts or details of steam boilers
F28G 15/00 - CLEANING OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SURFACES OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER CONDUITS, e.g. WATER TUBES OF BOILERS Details
G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
G06Q 10/20 - Administration of product repair or maintenance
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING END OF RUN FOR EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENTS OF SUCH EQUIPMENT BASED ON FIELD INSPECTION AND OPERATIONAL DATA
A system and computer-implemented method are provided for monitoring equipment. The method includes obtaining a trained model for an item, the item comprising equipment or a component of the equipment, the model having been trained using historical operational data of the type of equipment, and historical wear data acquired by inspecting the type of equipment and/or the type of component; using the trained model to generate an end-of-run prediction for the item using current or post service field inspection data for the item; analyzing the end-of-run prediction to determine a maintenance recommendation; and generating an output based on the prediction.
A solvent based in situ recovery process can have a surface facility for recovering solvent that includes separate process trains for gas and production fluid. Casing gas and other gas streams high in NCG and containing solvent is processed in a first process train that includes a purification tower to produce fuel gas and recovered solvent for reinjection downhole. The production fluid that includes mainly oil, water and solvent is processed in a second process train using flash separation stages to produce an oil product and recovered solvent for reinjection. The production fluid is subjected to degassing prior to flashing and water removal. Mechanical vapour recompression (MVR) may be used to condense a flashed stream and preheat the feed to a flashing stage. The processes can enhance heat use and inhibit NCG contamination of the solvent, which may be a paraffinic solvent such as butane used for bitumen recovery.
C10G 1/02 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by distillation
E21B 43/241 - Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection combined with solution mining of non-hydrocarbon minerals, e.g. solvent pyrolysis of oil shale
E21B 43/34 - Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well
E21B 43/40 - Separation associated with re-injection of separated materials
A degradation monitoring system and a method for monitoring degradation of equipment are provided. The monitoring system includes a plurality of sensors applied to a surface of an internal component of the equipment, the internal component being subjected to a fluid causing degradation to the internal component during use of the equipment, the sensors being provided using a low profile substrate. The system also includes an output cable coupled to the plurality of sensors and being fed from an interior of the equipment to an exterior of the equipment to carry the signals acquired by the plurality of sensors to the exterior of the equipment. The system also includes a data acquisition module positioned in the exterior of the equipment, the data acquisition module being connected to at least one computing device for receiving and processing the signals acquired by the plurality of sensors.
A system and method are provided for improving instrument accuracy when measuring a produced fluid. The method and system include adding an element to the produced fluid upstream of an instrument, to reduce the complexity of an oil and water emulsion in the produced fluid, to improve the accuracy of the measurement obtained by analysis with the instrument.
A system and method are provided for determining operational parameters for improving energy efficiency of a process. The method includes obtaining energy usage data and production and operating data generated by utilizing at least one utility in the process and using the energy data and production and operating data to generate a first principles model. The method also includes obtaining sensor data from at least one sensor coupled to equipment used during operation of the process; generating an efficiency model using at least one data driven model, the sensor data, and the first principles model; and using the efficiency model to generate an energy optimization to achieve a greenhouse gas reduction in operation of the process. The method also includes generating an output comprising at least one operation parameter value to enable adjustment of the equipment to adjust operation of the process towards the greenhouse gas reduction; and providing the output to an operational controller.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING, ANALYZING AND CONTROLLING EMISSIONS IN A PLANT
ABSTRACT A system and method are provided for determining operational parameters for improving energy efficiency of a process. The method includes obtaining energy usage data and production and operating data generated by utilizing at least one utility in the process and using the energy data and production and operating data to generate a first principles model. The method also includes obtaining sensor data from at least one sensor coupled to equipment used during operation of the process; generating an efficiency model using at least one data driven model, the sensor data, and the first principles model; and using the efficiency model to generate an energy optimization to achieve a greenhouse gas reduction in operation of the process. The method also includes generating an output comprising at least one operation parameter value to enable adjustment of the equipment to adjust operation of the process towards the greenhouse gas reduction; and providing the output to an operational controller. CPST Doc: 379258.1 Date Recue/Date Received 2021-09-22
G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
There are provided systems, methods, and processor-readable media for optimizing system design for extraction of hydrocarbon material and constructing said systems. Reservoir data, indicating one or more characteristics of a subterranean formation, is gathered while drilling a wellbore for a well of the system. The reservoir data is used to generate a geological model, which is used to generate a system design. The system design is then used to construct the remaining parts of the system, such as an updated drill path for the current wellbore, and/or well placements or completions for the current well and/or one or more additional wells of the system. An economic value can be computed based on the system design, and the system can be abandoned if the economic value fails to satisfy a test or threshold.
E21B 44/00 - Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systemsSystems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions
PHOSPHATE-REGULATED EXPRESSION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE RECOMBINANT CORONAVIRUS GLYCOPROTEINS AND OTHER RECOMBINANT PROTEINS IN PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM
Phosphate-regulated expression of recombinant glycoprotein antigens and other recombinant proteins in diatoms is described herein. More specifically, described herein is the expression and purification of glycosylated, immunogenic, and serologically active receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the marine pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, as well as a functional lateral flow assay-based diagnostic device based on the produced recombinant RBD protein. Also described herein is the use of phosphate/iron levels in culture media to regulate expression/secretion of recombinant proteins under control of an HASP1 promoter in P. tricornutum or other suitable host cells. Also described herein is a method for increasing the expression/secretion of a recombinant protein by engineering the recombinant protein to lack a Tobacco Etch Virus (TEV) protease cleavage site.
Phosphate-regulated expression of recombinant glycoprotein antigens and other recombinant proteins in diatoms is described herein. More specifically, described herein is the expression and purification of glycosylated, immunogenic, and serologically active receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, as well as SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein, in the marine pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, as well as a functional lateral flow assay-based diagnostic device based on the produced recombinant RBD and nucleocapsid protein. Also described herein is the use of phosphate/iron levels in culture media to regulate expression/secretion of recombinant proteins under control of an HASP1 promoter in P. tricornutum or other suitable host cells. Also described herein is a method for increasing the expression/secretion of a recombinant protein by engineering the recombinant protein to lack a Tobacco Etch Virus (LEV) protease cleavage site.
C12N 15/63 - Introduction of foreign genetic material using vectorsVectorsUse of hosts thereforRegulation of expression
C12N 15/67 - General methods for enhancing the expression
C12N 15/79 - Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts
C12P 21/02 - Preparation of peptides or proteins having a known sequence of two or more amino acids, e.g. glutathione
G01N 33/569 - ImmunoassayBiospecific binding assayMaterials therefor for microorganisms, e.g. protozoa, bacteria, viruses
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PHOSPHATE-REGULATED EXPRESSION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE RECOMBINANT CORONAVIRUS GLYCOPROTEINS AND OTHER RECOMBINANT PROTEINS IN PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM
Phosphate-regulated expression of recombinant glycoprotein antigens and other recombinant proteins in diatoms is described herein. More specifically, described herein is the expression and purification of glycosylated, immunogenic, and serologically active receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the marine pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, as well as a functional lateral flow assay-based diagnostic device based on the produced recombinant RBD protein. Also described herein is the use of phosphate/iron levels in culture media to regulate expression/secretion of recombinant proteins under control of an HASP1 promoter in P. tricornutum or other suitable host cells.
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.
C02F 11/12 - Treatment of sludgeDevices therefor by de-watering, drying or thickening
C10G 1/04 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
There is provided a process and system for producing carbon fiber products. The process can involve deasphalting a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock, which can contain native asphaltenes, to produce a solid asphaltene particulate material, which can be further treated to produce the carbon fiber products. In some implementations, the solid asphaltene particulate material can be extruded in the presence of a polymer. In some implementations, the solid asphaltene particulate material can be chemically treated with a chemical agent including a Lewis acid, an oxidizing agent and/or a reducing agent before extrusion. In some implementations, the process can further produce activated carbon fibers.
D01F 9/14 - Carbon filamentsApparatus specially adapted for the manufacture thereof by decomposition of organic filaments
D01F 9/145 - Carbon filamentsApparatus specially adapted for the manufacture thereof by decomposition of organic filaments from pitch or distillation residues
D01F 9/15 - Carbon filamentsApparatus specially adapted for the manufacture thereof by decomposition of organic filaments from pitch or distillation residues from coal pitch
C01B 32/33 - Preparation characterised by the starting materials from distillation residues of coal or petroleumPreparation characterised by the starting materials from petroleum acid sludge
C01B 32/39 - Apparatus for the preparation thereof
D01F 9/155 - Carbon filamentsApparatus specially adapted for the manufacture thereof by decomposition of organic filaments from pitch or distillation residues from petroleum pitch
D01D 5/084 - Heating filaments, threads or the like, leaving the spinnerettes
There is provided a process and system for producing carbon fiber products. The process can involve deasphalting a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock, which can contain native asphaltenes, to produce a solid asphaltene particulate material, which can be further treated to produce the carbon fiber products. In some implementations, the solid asphaltene particulate material can be extruded in the presence of a polymer. In some implementations, the solid asphaltene particulate material can be chemically treated with a chemical agent including a Lewis acid, an oxidizing agent and/or a reducing agent before extrusion. In some implementations, the process can further produce activated carbon fibers.
D01F 9/155 - Carbon filamentsApparatus specially adapted for the manufacture thereof by decomposition of organic filaments from pitch or distillation residues from petroleum pitch
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PRODUCTION OF CARBON FIBER FROM ASPHALTENES IN THE PRESENCE OF A POLYMER
There is provided a process for producing carbon fiber products. The process can involve extruding a solid asphaltene particulate product in the presence of a polymer to produce an extruded polymer-asphaltenes product and then treating the extruded polymer- asphaltenes product to generate the carbon fiber product. Also provided is a system for producing a carbon fiber product. The system can include an extruding unit configured to extrude a solid asphaltene particulate product in the presence of a polymer to produce an extruded polymer- asphaltenes product and conversion units to treat the extruded polymer- asphaltenes product and produce the carbon fiber product.
D01F 9/155 - Carbon filamentsApparatus specially adapted for the manufacture thereof by decomposition of organic filaments from pitch or distillation residues from petroleum pitch
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PRODUCTION OF CARBON FIBER FROM AN ASPHALTENE PARTICULATE MATERIAL WITH ADDITION OF A CHEMICAL AGENT
There is provided a process for producing a carbon fiber product. The process includes adding at least one chemical agent to a solid asphaltene particulate material to produce a chemically treated asphaltene particulate product where the chemical agent comprises a Lewis acid, a reducing agent, an oxidizing agent or any mixture thereof, and then converting the chemically treated asphaltene particulate product into the carbon fiber product. Also provided is a system for producing a carbon fiber product, wherein the system includes a chemical treatment unit configured to treat a solid asphaltene particulate material with at least one chemical agent to produce a chemically treated asphaltene particulate product, where the chemical agent comprises a Lewis acid, a reducing agent, an oxidizing agent or any mixture thereof, and conversion units to convert the chemically treated asphaltene particulate product into the carbon fiber product.
C08L 95/00 - Compositions of bituminous materials, e.g. asphalt, tar or pitch
D01F 9/155 - Carbon filamentsApparatus specially adapted for the manufacture thereof by decomposition of organic filaments from pitch or distillation residues from petroleum pitch
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PRODUCTION OF AN ACTIVATED CARBON FIBER FROM ASPHALTENES
There is provided a process for producing an activated carbon fiber. The process includes extruding a solid asphaltene particulate material to produce extruded asphaltenes; spinning the extruded asphaltenes into a continuous asphaltene thread; carbonizing the asphaltene thread by heat treatment to produce a carbonized carbon fiber; and activating the carbon fiber to produce an activated carbon fiber. Also provided is a system for producing the activated carbon fiber. The system includes an extruding unit configured to extrude a solid asphaltene particulate material to produce extruded asphaltenes; a spinning unit configured to spin the extruded asphaltenes into a continuous asphaltene thread; a carbonization unit configured to carbonize the asphaltene thread to produce a carbonized carbon fiber; and an activating unit configured to activate the carbon fiber and produce an activated carbon fiber.
D01F 9/155 - Carbon filamentsApparatus specially adapted for the manufacture thereof by decomposition of organic filaments from pitch or distillation residues from petroleum pitch
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Combined process to produce both a pipelineable crude and carbon fiber from heavy hydrocarbon
An integrated process that is operated to create both a higher value pipelineable crude and a higher value carbon fiber product from a lower value common heavy hydrocarbon feedstock where the feedstock is processed in a thermal reactor followed by a solvent deasphalting unit with the liquids being gathered and processed to reduce olefins for pipeline transport and the solids are processed to generate a marketable carbon fiber product with any gases generated throughout the entire process reused in the process or sold.
C10G 21/00 - Refining of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by extraction with selective solvents
C10G 55/04 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by at least one refining process and at least one cracking process plural serial stages only including at least one thermal cracking step
B01D 11/04 - Solvent extraction of solutions which are liquid
C08L 95/00 - Compositions of bituminous materials, e.g. asphalt, tar or pitch
83.
SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MEDIUM FOR CONFIGURING OPERATION OF A PILOT PLANT FOR IN-SITU EXTRACTION OF HYDROCARBON MATERIAL
There are provided systems, methods, and processor-readable media for configuring operation of a pilot plant based on statistical power analysis. The pilot plant is configured for testing of hydrocarbon material extraction technologies. The statistical power analysis facilitates establishing an operating time interval, representative of a time interval, for operating the pilot plant, sufficient to collect a minimum number of pilot plant data samples sufficient to predict that producing hydrocarbon material from the subterranean formation via in-situ extraction using the test technology exhibits a pre-determined effect size relative to a baseline technology.
An antibiofilm composition is provided. The antibiofilm composition includes a polycarboxylic acid derivative or a salt thereof, onto which a hydrophobic group, a poly(ethylene oxide) group and/or a poly(propylene oxide) group is covalently bound, an essential oil, and a biosurfactant.
A01N 25/30 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests characterised by the surfactants
A01N 37/36 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a singly bound oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same carbon skeleton, this oxygen or sulfur atom not being a member of a carboxylic group or of a thio-analogue, or of a derivative thereof, e.g. hydroxy-carboxylic acids
A01N 37/44 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio-analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids
A01N 45/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing compounds having three or more carbocyclic rings condensed among themselves, at least one ring not being a six-membered ring
A01P 1/00 - DisinfectantsAntimicrobial compounds or mixtures thereof
85.
ANTIBIOFILM FORMULATIONS COMPRISING A POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE, AN ESSENTIAL OIL, AND A SELECT BIOSURFACTANT
An antibiofilm composition is provided. The antibiofilm composition includes a polycarboxylic acid derivative or a salt thereof, onto which a hydrophobic group, a poly(ethylene oxide) group and/or a poly(propylene oxide) group is covalently bound, an essential oil, and a biosurfactant.
A01N 37/44 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio-analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids
A01N 25/30 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests characterised by the surfactants
A01N 37/36 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a singly bound oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same carbon skeleton, this oxygen or sulfur atom not being a member of a carboxylic group or of a thio-analogue, or of a derivative thereof, e.g. hydroxy-carboxylic acids
A01N 45/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing compounds having three or more carbocyclic rings condensed among themselves, at least one ring not being a six-membered ring
A01P 1/00 - DisinfectantsAntimicrobial compounds or mixtures thereof
86.
Ablation process for oil sands subjected to non-aqueous extraction
A non-aqueous extraction process for producing a bitumen product from an oil sands material that includes an ablation stage is provided. The ablation stage can include adding an ablation solvent to an oil sands material to achieve a solvent-to-ore ratio of less than about 10, mixing the ablation solvent and the oil sands material to reduce the size of the oil sands material and produce ablated ore that includes ablated ore fragments having a diameter of less than about 2 inches, and retrieving the ablated ore as a single stream. The ablated ore can be subjected to a reject separation stage to separate reject material therefrom. The reject material can also be subjected to a wash reject stage. The ablated ore can then be subjected to an extraction stage. Examples of ablators are also described, which can include for instance a conveyor, or can be a rotary screen ablator.
C10G 1/04 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
87.
Non-aqueous extraction and separation of bitumen from oil sands ore with rotating elements
Rotating elements receivable within an extractor trough of an extractor configured for non-aqueous extraction of bitumen from oil sands are described. The rotating element can include a shaft operatively couplable to a motor, and projections extending outwardly from the shaft and being removably secured thereto. The rotating element can also include a shaft mounting structure couplable to a shaft, comprising a shaft receiving hub configured for receiving the shaft therein. The rotation of the rotating element can provide digestion and extraction of bitumen from the oil sands while advancing solids in a downstream direction within the extractor trough, as solvent diluted bitumen flows in an upstream direction toward a liquid outlet. Methods for servicing a rotating element and for manufacturing a non-aqueous extraction (NAE) extractor are also provided.
C10G 1/04 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
88.
BITUMEN PROCESSING VIA SOLVENT DEASPHALTING AND SLURRY-PHASE HYDROCRACKING
Process implementations for upgrading an asphaltenic feedstock, such as a bitumen feedstock: the asphaltenic feedstock is subjected to solvent deasphalting to produce a deasphalted oil and an asphaltene-rich component, and a feedstream including the asphaltene-rich component is subjected to slurry-phase hydrocracking to produce a gas-liquid mixture. The feedstream can have a resin-to-asphaltenes ratio of at least 1.4. The liquid component of the gas-liquid mixture includes a naphtha fraction, a middle distillates fraction and a gasoil fraction. The naphtha fraction can be hydrotreated to produce a hydrotreated naphtha fraction that is supplied as diluent to the deasphalted oil to form a partially upgraded product that is transportable via pipeline. The gasoil fraction can be recycled into the asphaltene-rich component to form part of the feedstream. The middle distillates fraction can be hydrotreated and recovered as a sweet fraction including diesel for valorisation thereof.
C10C 3/08 - Working-up pitch, asphalt, bitumen by selective extraction
C10G 67/04 - Treatment of hydrocarbon oils by at least one hydrotreatment process and at least one process for refining in the absence of hydrogen only plural serial stages only including solvent extraction as the refining step in the absence of hydrogen
F17D 1/16 - Facilitating the conveyance of liquids or effecting the conveyance of viscous products by modification of their viscosity
A screen cloth for use in a screening device for screening out oversize objects, including oil sand lumps and rocks, is disclosed comprising a supporting structure comprising two mutually opposing lateral attachment elements and a plurality of transverse stiffeners extending therebetween; and a plurality of screen segments, each screen segment having a plurality of openings, and each screen segment comprising a steel base and a plurality of anti-wear tiles attached thereon; whereby the plurality of screen segments are attached to the support structure to form a screening portion of the screen cloth.
C10G 1/04 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
A process and system for solvent deasphalting a bitumen-containing feedstock are described. The process can include solvent deasphalting the bitumen-containing feedstock, which can include contacting the bitumen-containing feedstock with a deasphalting solvent to induce precipitation of asphaltenes and produce a diluted bitumen stream comprising deasphalted oil and asphaltene precipitates, and subjecting the diluted bitumen stream to centrifugal separation to recover an overflow stream comprising diluted deasphalted oil and an underflow stream comprising the asphaltene precipitates and residual deasphalting solvent. The process can also include subjecting the underflow stream to separation in a clarifying column to produce a solvent fraction enriched in solvent and depleted in asphaltene precipitates, and an asphaltenes fraction enriched in asphaltene precipitates. Also described is a process for producing a diluent- derived deasphalting solvent from deasphalted oil, and a mixing device for contacting a bitumen- containing feedstock stream with a deasphalting solvent stream to produce a diluted bitumen stream.
2S. The method can include introducing a stripping gas into a sample of the process stream to strip the volatiles therefrom and produce a gas phase comprising vaporized volatiles; detecting the vaporized volatiles in the gas phase to obtain a sample volatile content; and determining the volatile content of the process stream based on the sample volatile content. The method and device can be used to measure a light hydrocarbon content of froth treatment tailings in the context of removing such light hydrocarbons prior to flocculating and dewatering the tailings.
C10G 1/00 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
G01N 27/64 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating the ionisation of gases, e.g. aerosolsInvestigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating electric discharges, e.g. emission of cathode using wave or particle radiation to ionise a gas, e.g. in an ionisation chamber
G01N 27/64 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating the ionisation of gases, e.g. aerosolsInvestigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating electric discharges, e.g. emission of cathode using wave or particle radiation to ionise a gas, e.g. in an ionisation chamber
Methods, processes and devices are described for measuring a volatile content of a process stream that comprises volatile species, such as light hydrocarbons and/or H2S. The method can include introducing a stripping gas into a sample of the process stream to strip the volatiles therefrom and produce a gas phase comprising vaporized volatiles; detecting the vaporized volatiles in the gas phase to obtain a sample volatile content; and determining the volatile content of the process stream based on the sample volatile content. The method and device can be used to measure a light hydrocarbon content of froth treatment tailings in the context of removing such light hydrocarbons prior to flocculating and dewatering the tailings.
C10G 1/04 - Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
A process for mobilizing bitumen surrounding a horizontal well section of an injection well located in a bitumen-containing reservoir is provided. The process can include flowing and discharging a first portion of a mobilizing fluid in a toe region of a wellbore region, flowing and discharging a second portion of the mobilizing fluid in a heel region of the wellbore region, and heating the first portion of the mobilizing fluid via a heater provided at least within a heated section of the wellbore region that is located downhole from the heel region. The process can include moving a plurality of heaters to discharge the mobilizing fluid at various locations along the horizontal well section. The heater can include heating sections that are activated and deactivated depending on the stage of the process. The heater can also be pulled back uphole to provide heat to a given region of the wellbore region.
A startup process for mobilizing bitumen present in reservoir regions surrounding a horizontal section of a well located in a bitumen-containing reservoir is provided. The startup process can include heating alternating reservoir regions located adjacent to each other and along the horizontal well according to an asynchronous heating schedule to provide a heat waveform along the horizontal section of the horizontal well. The heat waveform can be obtained by heating high-heating reservoir regions to cause vaporization of fluids therein and form pressurized regions to induce fluid flow therefrom to adjacent low-heating reservoir regions to form liquid-enriched regions, and modifying the heating provided to the high-heating reservoir regions and the low-heating reservoir regions, causing vaporization of fluids in the liquid-enriched regions and cooling and depressurization of the first-phase pressurized regions to induce fluid flow from the former to the latter and forming second-phase pressurized regions and adjacent second-phase liquid-enriched regions.
A startup process for mobilizing bitumen in an interwell region is provided. The startup process can include introducing a startup fluid into a bitumen-containing reservoir via an injection well to mobilize bitumen in the interwell region, the startup fluid comprising a first and second upgrader products obtained from a vacuum distillation process for upgrading crude oil or a downstream process thereof, the first upgrader product having an aromatic content above 25%, and the second upgrader product having an API gravity below 200, and recovering mobilized bitumen from the interwell region via a production well to form a bitumen-depleted region that enables fluid communication between the injection well and the production well. The startup fluid can be chosen to enable asphaltenes to remain substantially solubilized in the mobilized bitumen, and can include for instance light vacuum gas oil, and/or coker kerosene, and coker gas oil, and/or heavy vacuum gas oil.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
04 - Industrial oils and greases; lubricants; fuels
35 - Advertising and business services
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
39 - Transport, packaging, storage and travel services
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
(1) Hydrogen
(2) Fuels, including hydrogen used as a fuel; (1) Retail services for fuels; wholesale services for fuels
(2) Hydrogen gas fueling services; mobile delivery of fuel, including hydrogen;
(3) Transport of hydrogen fuel;
(4) Generation and sale of hydrogen;
(5) Providing information about hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles;
100.
SOLVENT DOMINATED IN SITU RECOVERY PROCESS WITH INTERMITTENT STEAM SLUG CO-INJECTION
Processes and related systems for recovering heavy hydrocarbons from a subsurface reservoir, including injecting solvent in vapour phase via an injection well/conduit into the reservoir to dissolve and mobilize heavy hydrocarbons to define solvent dominated injection cycles; in between solvent dominated injection cycles, co-injecting steam along with the solvent via the injection well in the form of steam slugs defining slug cycles, and producing mobilized heavy hydrocarbons and condensed fluid via a production well/conduit. The amount of steam that is injected in the reservoir is such that the injection remains solvent dominated throughout the recovery operation.
