Now there’s a way to get Alberta oil to market without pipelines — and recycle plastic at the same time CN Rail, First Nations company partner to build bitumen pucks plant that will save oil Bitumen pucks are the common term for CanaPux, which have been developed by the railway company and Wapahki Energy, a business owned by Heart Lake First Nation. The bitumen polymer “pucks” could be transported using dry good transport systems, similar to coal or grain. The solidification process is reversible at the destination. In the event of a spill during transport, the pucks, which float in both fresh and salt water, can be recovered quickly and efficiently. Canadian National Railway Co. says it is planning to build a pilot plant worth up to $50 million next year to create pucks made of oilsands bitumen to transport by rail and ships to customers
CN Rail planning pilot plant to create oilsands bitumen pucks that are easy to ship and float in water CN has been working for years on a technology that mixes and coats the heavy, sticky oil with
28 Mar 2019 The three-phase, 150,000-barrels-per-day bitumen-blend refinery, Canada's first new oil refinery in 34 years, is designed to produce diesel, 15 Nov 2018 Both the pucks and the pellets (see picture at the top of the article) alleviate many of the risks of moving tar sands oil by rail. That's because the 29 Dec 2017 CanaPux™ are solid, dry pucks of bitumen wrapped in a layer of polymer. The pucks do not dissolve or combust easily, reducing the risks of 17 Jan 2019 CN Rail developing method for shipping oil in 'puck' form and coats heavy, sticky bitumen oil with recycled polymer plastic, creating a product 25 Sep 2019 Calgary-based company tests moving oil sands bitumen to West Coast in shipping container. The Canadian Press. An oil worker holds raw 28 Sep 2019 A test shipment of bitumen oil from Alberta is on its way to China, but it didn't About 130 barrels of bitumen left Prince Rupert, B.C., on Saturday bound than billions of pucks or pellets and specialized shipping containers. Bitumen from Alberta's oil sands could provide an excellent and consistent The polymer used to coat the asphalt pucks could be one that remains with the
Bitumen pucks are the common term for CanaPux, which have been developed by the railway company and Wapahki Energy, a business owned by Heart Lake First Nation.
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18 Jan 2019 CN Rail, First Nations company partner to build bitumen pucks plant that will save oil producers $15 a barrel.
Solid bitumen ‘pucks’ could help fix Canada’s oil transport problems. Cold refined bitumen (Wikimedia Commons/Burger) Canada’s largest rail company, Canada National Rail, has developed a product called CanaPux: solid, dry pucks of bitumen that float, do not easily dissolve and do not combust easily. A researcher at the University of Oil pucks and pellets; Canada eyes new ways to move stranded crude. Cal Broder said two refineries in China are interested in his BitCrude product, which he intends to produce from bitumen. He The result is a solid puck-like product that CN Rail believes will mitigate the risks associated with train-based oil shipping, while at the same time opening the product to the global market and CN Rail has partnered up with the Alberta government and Toyo Engineering to further develop its CanaPux™ technology, a solid bitumen brick designed to be transported by rail. CanaPux™ are solid, dry pucks of bitumen wrapped in a layer of polymer. The pucks do not dissolve or combust easily, reduci A new technology has the potential to transform the transportation of tars sands oil. Right now, the already thick and slow-flowing oil, known as bitumen, has to be diluted with a super-light petroleum product, usually natural gas condensate, in order for it to flow through a pipeline or into a rail tank car. However, scientists at the
The Canadian National Railway Co. says it plans to build a C$50 million ($36.63 million) pilot plant in 2019 to turn bitumen into hockey puck-shaped oil-filled objects that can more easily be shipped by rail, Kallanish Energy reports. Canada’s biggest rail company is in talks with the federal and Alberta governments, along with potential oil-sand partners and the Heart Lake First Nation of
Oil pucks and pellets; Canada eyes new ways to move stranded crude. Cal Broder said two refineries in China are interested in his BitCrude product, which he intends to produce from bitumen. He The result is a solid puck-like product that CN Rail believes will mitigate the risks associated with train-based oil shipping, while at the same time opening the product to the global market and CN Rail has partnered up with the Alberta government and Toyo Engineering to further develop its CanaPux™ technology, a solid bitumen brick designed to be transported by rail. CanaPux™ are solid, dry pucks of bitumen wrapped in a layer of polymer. The pucks do not dissolve or combust easily, reduci A new technology has the potential to transform the transportation of tars sands oil. Right now, the already thick and slow-flowing oil, known as bitumen, has to be diluted with a super-light petroleum product, usually natural gas condensate, in order for it to flow through a pipeline or into a rail tank car. However, scientists at the According to the Globe and Mail newspaper, CN, Canada’s largest railway has filed a patent application for a new technology that turns bitumen—the heavy crude produced at the oil sands—into a mostly solid dry good, by mixing and wrapping it with polymer.