Patents by Inventor STEPHEN FORWARD

STEPHEN FORWARD 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).

  • WATER-BASED BITUMEN EXTRACTION PROCESSES BASED ON PRIMARY SEPARATION VESSEL FINES LOADING
    Publication number: 20190153327
    Abstract: Fines loading into a primary separation vessel is used to control oil sand ore feed rate and ore fines content to a water-based bitumen extraction plant comprising a slurry preparation unit and to also control the number of primary separation vessels in operation at a bitumen separation plant to minimize operation upsets/excursions and to optimize overall extraction performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: SHANE HOSKINS, JUN LONG, KEVIN REID, STEPHEN FORWARD