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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Gerard Bruha0
Date of Patent
October 26, 2010
Patent Application Number
11544992
Date Filed
October 9, 2006
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
An apparatus and process for partially upgraded heavy oil diluent production. A crude heavy oil and/or bitumen feed is supplied to an FCC unit having a low activity catalyst and low conversion number. A distillate fraction is supplied for use as diluent to end users. The distillate fraction and FCC unit gas oil products can be supplied to a hydrotreater for upgrading and collected as a synthetic crude product stream. An asphaltene fraction can be supplied to a gasifier for the recovery of power, steam and hydrogen, which can be supplied to the hydrotreater or otherwise within the process or exported.
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