Patents by Inventor Christian Matte

Christian Matte has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Bitumen and thermal recovery from oil sand tailings
    Patent number: 8147682
    Abstract: A process and process line is provided for recovering heat in the form of cleaned warm water and residual bitumen from oil sand tailings produced during an oil sands extraction process. The process includes removing at least a portion of the coarse solids from the oil sand tailings to produce a reduced solids tailings fraction; separating at least a portion of the bitumen from the reduced solids tailings fraction to produce a bitumen fraction and a warm water and fines fraction; and removing at least a portion of the fines from the warm water and fines fraction to produce cleaned warm water and a concentrated fines fraction. The cleaned warm water can then be reused in the oil sands extraction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Syncrude Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Rick Lahaie, Simon Yuan, Jim Lorentz, Christian Matte, Kamal Hammad
  • BITUMEN AND THERMAL RECOVERY FROM OIL SAND TAILINGS
    Publication number: 20080099380
    Abstract: A process and process line is provided for recovering heat in the form of cleaned warm water and residual bitumen from oil sand tailings produced during an oil sands extraction process. The process includes removing at least a portion of the coarse solids from the oil sand tailings to produce a reduced solids tailings fraction; separating at least a portion of the bitumen from the reduced solids tailings fraction to produce a bitumen fraction and a warm water and fines fraction; and removing at least a portion of the fines from the warm water and fines fraction to produce cleaned warm water and a concentrated fines fraction. The cleaned warm water can then be reused in the oil sands extraction process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD.
    Inventors: RICK LAHAIE, SIMON YUAN, JIM LORENTZ, CHRISTIAN MATTE, KAMAL HAMMAD