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[scantx]

Good afternoon,

I am working with a group that has developed a heavy oil/ bitumen upgrading technology. 

This is done at atmospheric pressure with moderate heat. A crude oil assay was done. 

I will post it and can anybody tell me if it would be a favorable crude to run. I have been

told it would have a good diesel cut. We also processed vacuum tower bottoms and residual

oil with excellent results. Basically, any material with a high carbon content can be processed easily.

What other materials are a problem processing? This assay is of Athabaska bitumen that we processed

Thank You for any help

Sam

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[Pilesar]

You ask "can anybody tell me if it would be a favorable crude to run"

Favorable in what sense? In general, if you can get diesel from heavies at moderate temperatures and atmospheric pressure, then it sounds worthwhile.

Do you have preliminary economic evaluation yet? If successful, I would think a fairly high catalyst cost could be supported.

You say "This assay is of Athabaska bitumen that we processed"

The analysis seems to be of a full range crude. Are you just processing the heavy cuts from this?

While I am not familiar with such analyses, it looks to me from the BP distribution that only about 15 wt% is heavier than diesel.

The analysis you attached is from 2016. Did you process it then? If not, the analysis is much out of date. Crude from the ground changes substantially over time.

If there are any refinery folk in this forum, they have historically been very quiet. Maybe your post will flush them out.