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Examine importance of producing syngas from petcoke, asphaltenes
and coal to reduce or eliminate high operating costs associated
with converting bitumen into synthetic crude oil.
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Identify best, most environmentally
sound gasification technology for Alberta coals to develop
a competitive natural-gas alternative in bitumen upgrading
and refining as well as a chemical feedstock. |
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Explore the need to increase Alberta's bitumen upgrading
capacity and to add a refinery at the upgrader site to process
synthetic crude oil into a premium crude or petroleum products.
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Update progress of integrating and
operating Lurgi multi-purpose gasification unit in the development
of North West Upgrading's independent, heavy-oil upgrader
project. |
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Discuss CO2 recovery in the bitumen
upgrading process and the latest concepts for sequestration
when planning, engineering and building gasification units
in oilsands upgrader projects. |
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Find out why gasification of coal,
oilsands residue and petroleum coke holds the greatest promise
as an alternative hydrogen source in the amounts required
in the upgrader projects. |
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Examine how oilsands plants are also
an abundant source of petrochemical feedstocks, potentially
capable of supporting new world-scale plants producing olefins,
aromatics and derivatives. |
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Study examples of gasification and
cogeneration and how oilsands and upgrader projects can be
planned to integrate these concepts using syngas to fuel process
and cogen plants. |
