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Siemens Water Technologies Selected to Treat Soot Waste Stream from Oil Sands Upgrading Operation in Canada
Erlangen
2006-08-23
The Long Lake Project, has chosen Siemens to treat soot waste stream from oil sands upgrading operation in Canada. The Water Technologies division of Siemens Group Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) will supply a Zimpro wet air oxidation system to destroy soot generated during the production of syngas. The $60 million USD system will reduce costs associated with landfill disposal and waste, and will be installed at the Long Lake Project site, located 26 miles southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
The Long Lake project is a "next generation" oil sands development that
integrates established and proprietary technologies and is expected to
produce 58,500 b/d of products, primarily 39° API premium sweet crude
oil. By adding the Zimpro wet air oxidation unit to the gasification
process, soot volume is reduced to about 10 percent of its original
volume, substantially reducing the amount of material to be disposed.
Ultimately, the system reduces costs associated with landfill disposal
and waste. In addition, the Zimpro wet air oxidation system allows the
recovery of valuable materials present in the soot, like nickel and
vanadium. The Long Lake project is currently under construction, with
the production of synthetic crude beginning in mid-2007. Construction of
the Zimpro wet air oxidation system will begin near the end of the
current Long Lake construction, with start-up expected by the end of
2007.
The first phase of Long Lake project consists of 72,000 barrels per day
of SAGD (steam assisted gravity drainage) oil production integrated with
an upgrading facility, using OPTI Canada's proprietary process and
commercially available hydrocracking and gasification processes.
Asphaltenes from the OrCrude process go into a gasifier, which produces
syngas (a mixture of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen used to generate the
steam required for the SAGD process and to further upgrade the synthetic
crude) and a soot waste product - the product that will be treated by
the Zimpro wet air oxidation unit.
"Our team is very excited about this opportunity to be involved with the
Long Lake project," says Jerry Rogers, Director of Petroleum and Oil &
Gas products and systems for Siemens Water Technologies. "This is an
innovative application for our wet air oxidation technology - one that
will provide significant environmental benefit."
The "Long Lake Project Site" was created by two industry leading
partners.
Get further information under
 www.longlake.ca
Zimpro wet air oxidation was developed and commercialized in the 1960s.
Today, Siemens Water Technologies continues to specialize in providing
systems and services to the petroleum and petrochemical and chemical
industries. The company has supplied more than 180 wet oxidation systems
for a variety of applications, from high-strength industrial wastewater
to municipal sludge.
Zimpro is a registered trademark of Siemens Water Technologies or its
affliates. OrCrude is a trademark of OPTI Canada.
Siemens Water Technologies, including the USFilter Group of Companies
delivers cost-effective, reliable water and wastewater treatment systems
and services to municipal, industrial, commercial and institutional
customers worldwide. The division "Water Technologies" is part of
Siemens' Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) which is a system
and solution provider for industrial and infrastructure facilities and
global service provider for the plant and projects business covering
planning, installation, operation and the entire life cycle. In fiscal
2005 (to September 30) I&S employed a total of 31,700 people worldwide
and achieved total sales of EUR 5.390 billion.
Further information under:
www.siemens.com/water
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Press Office Industrial Solutions and
Services
Dr. Rainer Schulze
Tel.: +49 (9131) 7-445 44
Fax: +49 (9131) 7-25074
E-mail:
rainer.schulze@siemens.com |
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