Inventor
VAN DER MERWE SHAWN
CA20 patents
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VAN DER MERWE SHAWN
10 patentsUS9791170B2Oct 17, 2017
Process for direct steam injection heating of oil sands slurry streams such as bitumen froth
VAN DER MERWE SHAWN6 citations71
US10041005B2Aug 7, 2018
Process and system for solvent addition to bitumen froth
VAN DER MERWE SHAWN5 citations67
US10226717B2Mar 12, 2019
Method of recovering solvent from tailings by flashing under choked flow conditions
VAN DER MERWE SHAWN1 citations58
US8795537B2Aug 5, 2014
Settler with overflow recycle
VAN DER MERWE SHAWN2 citations52
US9207019B2Dec 8, 2015
Heat recovery for bitumen froth treatment plant integration with sealed closed-loop cooling circuit
VAN DER MERWE SHAWN2 citations49
US9546323B2Jan 17, 2017
Process for integration of paraffinic froth treatment hub and a bitumen ore mining and extraction facility
VAN DER MERWE SHAWN0 citations48
US9587177B2Mar 7, 2017
Enhanced turndown process for a bitumen froth treatment operation
VAN DER MERWE SHAWN1 citations44
US10125325B2Nov 13, 2018
Process for treating high paraffin diluted bitumen
VAN DER MERWE SHAWN0 citations43
US9789422B2Oct 17, 2017
Apparatus and method for separating a feed material containing immiscible phases of different densities
VAN DER MERWE SHAWN0 citations43
US9587176B2Mar 7, 2017
Process for treating high paraffin diluted bitumen
VAN DER MERWE SHAWN0 citations43
FORT HILLS ENERGY LP
8 patentsUS11261383B2Mar 1, 2022
Enhanced temperature control of bitumen froth treatment process
FORT HILLS ENERGY LP0 citations57
US10988695B2Apr 27, 2021
Process and system for solvent addition to bitumen froth
FORT HILLS ENERGY LP0 citations56
US11525093B2Dec 13, 2022
Direct steam injection (DSI) heating and use in bitumen froth treatment operations
FORT HILLS ENERGY LP0 citations51
US10144876B2Dec 4, 2018
Enhanced turndown process for a bitumen froth treatment operation
FORT HILLS ENERGY LP0 citations44
US9956503B2May 1, 2018
Method for separating a feed material containing immiscible phases of different densities
FORT HILLS ENERGY LP0 citations43
US10851310B2Dec 1, 2020
Direct steam injection (DSI) heating and use in bitumen froth treatment operations
FORT HILLS ENERGY LP0 citations40
US10774268B2Sep 15, 2020
Bitumen production in paraffinic froth treatment (PFT) operations with near infrared (NIR) monitoring
FORT HILLS ENERGY LP0 citations39
US10519382B2Dec 31, 2019
Bitumen production with solvent separation from tailings using distributor constructions and techniques
FORT HILLS ENERGY LP0 citations25