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Economic & Operational Benefits

Category Defining Netback Improvement and Capital Investment Returns

Cost-Out and Value-Add Transforms Heavy Oil Producer Economics

Top 3 Refinery Constraints

Hydrogen/Hydroprocessing
1
Crude & Vacuum Distillation
2
Residuum Upgrading (Coking/Hydrocracking)
3
0 2 4 6 8 10
Relative Impact

Product Quality Upgrades

Product Quality Improvement Alleviates Constraints
Sulfur Reduction 65%
1
Metals Reduction >90%
1
Nitrogen Removal 50%
1
Eliminate Ultra Light Oil Blending 100%
2
Density +12 API
2 3
Viscosity Reduction 99.88%
2 3
Asphaltene Conversion 80%
2 3

Key Operational Advantages

The Upgraded Product, HOS Synthetic, Commands Premium Pricing By Debottlenecking Refinery Money Makers, Helping Maximize Transportation Fuel Production.
Improving Density While Minimizing Coke Formation Improves Liquid Volume Yields to 103%.
Eliminating Blending Generates Cost Savings, Recaptures Pipeline Capacity and Enables Production Growth.
Shipping an upgraded, lower-viscosity product eliminates diluent transit costs and pipeline tariff penalties, optimizing logistics and maximizing netbacks.
By generating steam as a co-product of partial upgrading, turn a core thermal production operating requirement into an integrated efficiency advantage that can support rising steam demand over the life of the reservoir.
Environmental Stewardship

Better Resource Recovery and Management

Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity Reduction Through Electrification and Consolidating Energy Envelope

Up to 55%
Scope 1 Reductions
Independent studies report substantial Scope 1 greenhouse gas emission reductions depending upon configuration and source electricity.
Up to 40%
Well-to-Tank Reductions
Deep improvements spanning the entire lifecycle from production through refining, minimizing environmental overhead.
“Thermal heavy oil production is, in many ways, a water-treatment business that happens to produce oil.”
Industry Operational Reality

SAGD Water Recycling Constraints

Currently, 60-70% of a Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) central process facility function is dedicated solely to produced water recycling and treatment for steam production.

With untreated emulsion as feed, Turn Oil/Water Separation and Treatment Headaches Into Solutions. Water Treatment can be integrated with upgrading in a single, elegant process.

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