96/04903 Current understanding of the mechanism of bitumen recovery from Athabasca oil sand

96/04953 Role of dynamic properties of b

96/04953 Role of dynamic properties of bitumen extraction from Athabasca oil sands

📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 Elsevier Science ⚖ 186 KB

Distribution of clay minerals in the pro

Distribution of clay minerals in the process streams produced by the extraction of bitumen from Athabasca oil sands

✍ Heather A. W. Kaminsky; Thomas H. Etsell; Douglas G. Ivey; Oladipo Omotoso 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 399 KB

## Abstract This study investigates the affinity of clay minerals in oil sands for the water‐continuous tailings and hydrocarbon‐continuous froth streams produced from the extraction of bitumen from oil sands. Clay minerals in oil sands processing impact bitumen flotation in separation vessels, emu