Dilbit (diluted bitumen) is a bitumen diluted with one or more lighter petroleum products, typically natural-gas condensates such as naphtha. Diluting bitumen makes it much easier to transport, for example in pipelines. Per the Alberta Oil Sands Bitumen Valuation Methodology, "Dilbit Blends" means "Blends made from heavy crudes and/or bitumens and a diluent, usually natural-gas condensate, for the purpose of meeting pipeline viscosity and density specifications, where the density of the diluent included in the blend is less than 800 kg/m3."[1] If the diluent density is greater than or equal to 800 kg/m3, the diluent is typically synthetic crude and accordingly the blend is called synbit.[2]
^Alberta Oil Sands Bitumen Valuation Methodology, vol. 2008–9995, Calgary, Alberta: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Dec 2008, archived from the original (pdf) on 2014-06-07, retrieved 2011-06-18
^Canada's Oil Sands: Opportunities and Challenges to 2015(PDF) (Energy Market Assessment). Calgary, Alberta: National Energy Board. May 2004. pp. 115–118. ISBN 0-662-36880-0. Retrieved 14 Mar 2012. Condensate: "A mixture comprised mainly of pentanes and heavier hydrocarbons recovered as a liquid from field separators, scrubbers or other gathering facilities or at the inlet of a natural gas processing plant before the gas is processed." Dilbit: "Bitumen that has been reduced in viscosity through addition of a diluent (or solvent) such as condensate or naphtha." Diluent: "Any lighter hydrocarbon, usually pentanes plus, added to heavy crude oil or bitumen in order to facilitate its transport on crude oil pipelines." Synbit: "A blend of bitumen and synthetic crude oil that has similar properties to medium sour crude." "Synthetic crude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons generally similar
to light sweet crude oil, derived by upgrading crude bitumen or heavy crude oil."
Dilbit (diluted bitumen) is a bitumen diluted with one or more lighter petroleum products, typically natural-gas condensates such as naphtha. Diluting...
politics of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Because the solvent fraction of dilbit typically comprises volatile aromatics like naptha and benzene, reasonably...
spill near Grand Rapids, Minnesota). The pipeline carries diluted bitumen (dilbit), a heavy crude oil from Canada's Athabasca oil sands to the United States...
investigation on pipeline safety and dilbit, a controversial form of oil. In the cover letter for entry to the prize, dilbit is described as "a thick Canadian...
February 2017. During her time with InsideClimate, she contributed to the "Dilbit Disaster" Pulitzer prize-winning series in 2013, the "Big Oil" stories,...
investigation on pipeline safety and Dilbit, a controversial form of oil. In the cover letter for entry to the prize, dilbit is described as "a thick Canadian...
low temperatures. The addition of a diluent enables the diluted fluid (dilbit in the case of bitumen) to meet pipeline specifications in order for it...
Dilbit (diluted bitumen) is a means of transporting highly viscous hydrocarbons. Per the Alberta Oil Sands Bitumen Valuation Methodology, "Dilbit Blends"...
Pipeline System is an oil pipeline system which transports crude oil and dilbit from Canada to the United States. The system exceeds 5,000 kilometres (3...
bitumen (diluted with naphtha to make it flow in pipelines) is known as "dilbit" in the Canadian petroleum industry, while bitumen "upgraded" to synthetic...
(synbit) and/or condensate (Dilbit).": 9 WCS may be referred to as a syndilbit, since it may contain both synbit and dilbit. In a study commissioned by...
which contains approximately 17% diluents or less. compared to 30% in dilbit. Dilbit can be transported through pipelines but railbit cannot. To prevent...
July 2010, an estimated 843,444 US gal (3,192,780 L) of crude oil-like dilbit leaked into the creek from a 30-inch pipeline operated by the Enbridge Pipeline...
occurring semi-solid form of crude oil. The mine product, diluted bitumen or dilbit, is sent to be upgraded at the Scotford Upgrader in Fort Saskatchewan. The...
of Vancouver) and to be used to transport diluted bitumen, also known as dilbit. The additional pipeline requires 12 new pumping stations. The proposed...
Keystone's throughput of synthetic crude oil (syncrude) and diluted bitumen (dilbit) from the oil sands of Canada. It is unclear how much of the oil transported...
focusing on potential ecological dangers posed by diluted bitumen (or 'dilbit'), a controversial form of oil." In April 2016, Inside Climate News was...
leaked more than 1 million US gallons (3,800 m3) of tar sands also known as dilbit into Talmadge Creek that flows into the Kalamazoo, initially causing two...
focusing on potential ecological dangers posed by diluted bitumen (or "dilbit"), a controversial form of oil." 2014: David Philipps of The Gazette, Colorado...
upgraded to lighter synthetic crude oil (SCO), blended with diluents to form dilbit, or heated to reduce its viscosity. In the Canadian oil sands, bitumen produced...
has an ongoing contract to ship the Fort Hills Reduced Carbon Life Cycle Dilbit Blend (FRB) to the terminal near Fort McMurray that is owned by Suncor Energy...
by enhancing the North American pipeline network which would transport dilbit to refineries or export facilities. The downstream sector commonly refers...
be greater for spills of dilbit than other crudes” in response to the damages caused by the Kalamazoo River oil spill. Dilbit oil more readily evaporates...
accurately be described as oil sands oil, or a type of diluted bitumen (dilbit)?" In his response on April 10, Richard Byrne, Exxon's assistant chief attorney...
Massachusetts killed 14. July 25, 2010 – Near Marshall, massive spill of dilbit (diluted bitumen) from Canada September 16, 2014– Benton Harbor, pipeline...
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