Solvent-Based Kerogen Extraction

CalAgua Innovations是一家致力于清洁技术的公司。 这组精英科学家，包括两名加拿大卓越研究主席，致力于最大限度地减少或减少干酪根生产对环境的影响。干酪根是地球上最丰富的有机烃类化合物来源。从油母岩中生产液体燃料的兴趣是探索非常规碳氢化合物资源的更广泛的全球运动的一部分，如果它们可以可持续地开发，将提供潜在的5万亿桶当量。 从页岩油中生产油母岩在经济上和环境上都是昂贵的。CalAgua的专有溶剂将溶解和提取油母岩，然后将其转化为低硫柴油馏分，需要最小的升级和精炼。CalAgua工艺生产的液体燃料硫含量低，生产的柴油产品适用于地面和海上运输法规的新低碳燃料标准。这种回收过程降低了成本-经济和环境。CalAgua正在与南阿尔伯塔理工学院环境技术应用研究小组合作，将一项创新技术推向市场。CalAgua Innovations专门开发化学溶剂和工艺，以减少传统原油生产中的能源和水消耗。他们开发了一种新的溶剂基提取工艺：用于油母岩提取的离子液体，预计将从油页岩中提取的油母岩中生产出上级石油产品。最终产品比大多数原油更轻，更清洁。CalAgua致力于保护淡水资源，并致力于确保能源的生产不会对水质或可用性产生负面影响。提炼干酪根工艺并将这些知识转移到其他工艺中将使整个石油和天然气行业受益。

CalAgua Innovations is a company dedicated to cleantech. This group of elite scientists including two Canada Excellence Research Chairs are committed to minimizing or reducing environmental impacts from kerogen production. Kerogen is the most abundant source of organic hydrocarbon compounds on earth. Heated kerogen converts to liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons The interest in producing liquid fuels from kerogen is part of a broader global movement exploring unconventional hydrocarbon resources and offers a potential 5 trillion barrels equivalent if they can be sustainably developed. The production of kerogen from shale oil, is costly economically and environmentally.CalAgua's proprietary solvent will dissolve and extract kerogen, then convert it to a low sulphur diesel fraction requiring minimal upgrading and refining. The low sulphur content of liquid fuels produced by the CalAgua process produces a diesel product that is appropriate for application in new low carbon fuel standards for ground and marine transport regulations. This recovery process has reduced costs - economically and environmentally. CalAgua is working with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Environmental Technologies applied research group to bring an innovative technology to market. CalAgua Innovations specializes in developing chemical solvents and processes that reduce energy and water consumption in conventional crude oil production. They have developed a novel solvent-based extraction process: Ionic Liquid for Kerogen Extraction that is anticipated to produce a superior petroleum product from kerogen extracted from oil shale. The end-product is lighter and cleaner than most crude oil. CalAgua is committed to protecting fresh water resources and working to ensure energy resources are produced without a negative impact on water quality or availability. Refining the Kerogen process and transferring that knowledge to other processes will benefit the entire oil and gas industry.