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STUDY NO. 193 DECEMBER 2020 IN SITU OIL SANDS TECHNOLOGY TRENDS 3512 - 33 Street NW, #150, Calgary, AB T2L 2A6 350 Sparks Street, #805, Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8 403.282.1231 | www.ceri.ca | [email protected] @ceri_canada Canadian Energy Research Institute In Situ Oil Sands Technology Trends Authors: Evar Umeozor, Madie Zamzadeh, Dinara Millington Recommended Citation (Author-date style): Umeozor, Evar, Madie Zamzadeh, and Dinara Millington. 2021. “In Situ Oil Sands Technology Trends.” Study No. 193 Calgary, AB: Canadian Energy Research Institute. https://ceri.ca/assets/files/Study_193_Full_Report.pdf Recommended Citation (Numbered style): E. Umeozor, M. Zamzadeh and D. Millington, “In Situ Oil Sands Technology Trends,” Canadian Energy Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Study No. 193, 2021. 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For more information about CERI, visit www.ceri.ca CANADIAN ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 150, 3512 – 33 Street NW Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A6 Email: [email protected] Phone: 403-282-1231 January 2021 In Situ Oil Sands Technology Trends iii Table of Contents List of Figures .................................................................................................................................. vi List of Tables .................................................................................................................................. vii Acronyms and Abbreviations ........................................................................................................ viii Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... xi : Objectives and Scope ................................................................................................. 13 : Oil Sands Business Environment ................................................................................ 14 2.1 Background ....................................................................................................................................... 14 2.2 Market Access ................................................................................................................................... 18 2.3 Regulatory Environment ................................................................................................................... 21 2.4 Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management ....................................................... 22 Alberta Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation (Government of Alberta 2019b) ............................................................................................................................................ 22 Federal Clean Fuel Standard (ECCC 2017b; 2017a) ....................................................................... 23 2.5 In Situ Bitumen Supply Cost.............................................................................................................. 24 : In Situ Technologies and Processes ........................................................................... 27 3.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 27 3.2 Emerging Technologies for Steam Generation ................................................................................. 28 Drum Boilers .................................................................................................................................. 28 Dual Loop Steam Generation ......................................................................................................... 30 Direct Contact Steam Generation .................................................................................................. 30 Flash Boilers ................................................................................................................................... 31 Plasma Fired Steam Generator (PFSG) .......................................................................................... 32 Boiler Blowdown Reduction Technology (BBRT) ........................................................................... 33 Partial and Full Cogeneration through Heat Recovery Steam Generation .................................... 34 Cogeneration through Fuel Cells ................................................................................................... 35 3.3 Solvent and Solvent-Assisted Extraction Processes ......................................................................... 38 Steam-Solvent Co-injection Processes ........................................................................................... 38 Expanding Solvent SAGD (ES-SAGD) / Solvent-Assisted SAGD (SA-SAGD)..................................... 38 Solvent-Aided Process (SAP) .......................................................................................................... 39 Pure Solvent Injection Processes ................................................................................................... 39 January 2021 iv Canadian Energy Research Institute Nsolv .............................................................................................................................................. 39 VAPEX ............................................................................................................................................. 39 Non-Condensable Gas Co-Injection Processes .............................................................................. 40 Steam and Gas Push (SAGP)........................................................................................................... 40 Modified SAGP (eMSAGP) .............................................................................................................. 40 3.4 Other Extraction Technologies and Processes ................................................................................. 41 Electromagnetic (EM) Heating Processes ...................................................................................... 41 Enhanced Solvent Extraction Incorporating Electromagnetic Heating (ESEIEH) Process .............. 41 Radio Frequency (RF) XL Process ................................................................................................... 41 Steam-Surfactant Processes .......................................................................................................... 41 Exothermic Chemical Treatment (ECT) .......................................................................................... 42 NextStream Catalyst Additive ........................................................................................................ 42 3.5 Wells and Well Pads ......................................................................................................................... 44 Lean Manufacturing to Lean Drilling.............................................................................................. 45 Modularization ............................................................................................................................... 45 3.6 Water and Wastewater Treatment .................................................................................................. 45 Oil and Water Separation .............................................................................................................. 47 De-oiling ......................................................................................................................................... 47 Wastewater Treatment.................................................................................................................. 47 Warm Lime Softening (WLS) .......................................................................................................... 47 Adding Dissolved Mg in Warm Lime Softening .............................................................................. 48 Elimination of Warm Lime Softening ............................................................................................. 48 Evaporation .................................................................................................................................... 49 Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) ........................................................................................................... 49 Electrocoagulation (EC) .................................................................................................................. 50 High Temperature Reverse Osmosis (HTRO) ................................................................................