Patent ID: 6540023
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: C10G,C10L,F17D,Y10T

Abstract:
A process for producing a diesel fuel fraction comprising:(i) stimulating the production of bitumen with steam obtained from a hydrocarbon gas-producing process that produces naphtha and diesel fractions and steam in addition to the hydrocarbon gas, (ii) diluting the produced bitumen with naphtha produced by said hydrocarbon gas-producing process to form a pipelineable fluid mixture comprising said bitumen and diluent naphtha, (iii) transporting said mixture by pipeline to a bitumen upgrading facility, (iv) upgrading said bitumen to lower boiling hydrocarbons, including a bitumen-produced diesel fraction, and (v) forming a mixture of said hydrocarbon-produced and bitumen-produced diesel fractions.