Fines/water interactions and consequences of the presence of degraded illite on oil sands extractability

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 667-677

  Wallace, Dean ^a,b   Tipman, Robert ^a,c   Komishke, Brad ^a   Wallwork, Vince ^d   Perkins, Ernie ^e  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Canadian Natural Resources Ltd   (Canada)

^c Albian Sands Energy Inc   (Canada)

^d Canadian Natural Resources Limited   (Canada)

^e ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen recovery; Carbonate minerals; Degraded illite; Ion exchange

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY; COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; ION EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SLURRIES; SWELLING;

CLAY SURFACES; DILUTION; DIVALENT IONS; WATER INTERACTIONS;

OIL SANDS;

ASPHALT; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; MAGNESIUM ION; MONTMORILLONITE; OIL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; WATER;

BITUMEN; CARBONATE; EXTRACTION PROCESS; ION EXCHANGE; OIL SAND;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CLAY; EXTRACTION; SAND;

EID: 11844289600     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820405     Document Type: Article

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