Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology
Volume 51,
Number 5,
September 2012,
pp. 362-375
Summary
The majority of the technology development for CO2 capture and
storage (CCS) is driven by the electric-utility industry, in which the emphasis
is on large centralized units for electric-power generation with coal as the
primary fuel. The implementation of CCS in oil-sands operations has significant
potential to provide meaningful carbon-emissions reductions. This paper
presents various concepts for integrating leading CO2-capture
techniques to bitumen-extraction and -upgrading processes. The main
carbon-capture technologies are reviewed, and their relative advantages and
disadvantages for implementation in bitumen mining, thermal bitumen extraction,
and bitumen upgrading are discussed, leading to a qualitative assessment of
their suitability for each oil-sands process.
© 2012. Society of Petroleum Engineers
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History
- Original manuscript received:
30 March 2011
- Meeting paper published:
20 October 2010
- Revised manuscript received:
26 September 2011
- Manuscript approved:
11 November 2011
- Published online:
31 July 2012
- Version of record:
5 September 2012
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