Issue 27, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Low temperature extraction and upgrading of oil sands and bitumen in supercritical fluid mixtures

Sarah A. Brough,*a   Sandra H. Riley,a   G. Sean McGrady,*a   Supaporn Tanhawiriyakul,b   Laura Romero-Zerónb  and  Christopher D. Willsonc  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB, Canada
E-mail: smcgrady@unb.ca

b Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB, Canada

c HSM Systems, Inc., 364 York St., Fredericton, NB, Canada

Abstract

Preliminary results are reported for the extraction and catalytic hydrocracking of Alberta bitumen and oil sands using supercritical fluid mixtures; high levels of extraction and upgrading were attained using reaction conditions significantly milder than those previously reported.

Graphical abstract: Low temperature extraction and upgrading of oil sands and bitumen in supercritical fluid mixtures

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC00417K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Mar 2010
Accepted
28 May 2010
First published
14 Jun 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 4923-4925

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Low temperature extraction and upgrading of oil sands and bitumen in supercritical fluid mixtures

S. A. Brough, S. H. Riley, G. S. McGrady, S. Tanhawiriyakul, L. Romero-Zerón and C. D. Willson, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4923 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00417K

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