Patent ID: 9321968
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: C10G

Claim Text:
1. A method for separating hydrocarbon from hydrocarbon-containing material, said method comprising: (a) drying said hydrocarbon-containing material in a drying zone thereby producing dried hydrocarbon-containing material; (b) contacting via a substantially countercurrent flow, said dried hydrocarbon-containing material with a non-aqueous extractant thereby separating at least a portion of said hydrocarbon from said dried hydrocarbon-containing material and producing an extract stream and a residual stream, wherein said extract stream comprises at least a portion of said hydrocarbon and at least a portion of said non-aqueous extractant, wherein said residual stream comprises at least a portion of said dried hydrocarbon-containing material and at least a portion of said non-aqueous extractant; and (c) contacting at least a portion of said residual stream with an extractant recovery fluid thereby producing a recovered extractant stream and a cleaned hydrocarbon-containing material.