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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7407571 | Method of and apparatus for upgrading and gasifying heavy hydrocarbon feeds A novel apparatus for producing sweet synthetic crude from a heavy hydrocarbon feed includes: an upgrader for receiving the heavy hydrocarbon feed and producing a distillate fraction including sour products, and high-carbon content by-products; a gasifier for receiv... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7338924 | Oil-in-water-in-oil emulsion An oil-in-water-in-oil emulsion (O/W/O) comprising a first oil-in-water emulsion dispersed in a second oil, and a method of preparing the same. The O/W/O emulsion can be used as a drive fluid in an enhanced oil recovery process. The O/W/O emulsion of this invention ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7303664 | Delayed coking process for producing free-flowing coke using a metals-containing additive A delayed coking process for making substantially free-flowing coke, preferably shot coke. A coker feedstock, such as a vacuum residuum, is heated in a heating zone to coking temperatures then conducted to a coking zone wherein volatiles are collected overhead and c... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297250 | Method of and apparatus for processing heavy hydrocarbon feeds The present invention comprises a method for processing a heavy hydrocarbon feed including: supplying the heavy hydrocarbon feed to a heater for heating the heavy hydrocarbon feed; supplying the heated heavy hydrocarbon feed to an atmospheric fractionating tower for... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7276150 | Method of desulfurizing gas oil fraction, desulfurized gas oil, and desulfurizer for gas oil fraction The process for desulfurizing a gas oil fraction according to the invention comprises a low-boiling gas oil fraction hydrodesulfurization step (I) wherein a low-boiling gas oil fraction is desulsurized under the condition of a H2/Oil ratio of 70 to 200 Nm... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7186673 | Stability enhanced water-in-oil emulsion and method for using same A method for enhancing the stability of a water-in-oil emulsion pretreating at least a portion of the oil prior to emulsification. The pretreatment step may consist of adding polymers to the oil, biotreating the oil, photochemically treating the oil, or combinations... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7121339 | Solids-stabilized oil-in-water emulsion and a method for preparing same A solids-stabilized oil-in-water emulsion and a method for preparing the solids-stabilized oil-in-water emulsion. The oil-in-water emulsion is formed by combining oil, water, solid particles and a pH enhancing agent and mixing until the solid-stabilized oil-in-water... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6699385 | Process for converting waxy feeds into low haze heavy base oil The present invention discloses a process for producing a low haze heavy base oil including the steps of: (a) providing a heavy waxy feed stream having an initial boiling point greater than 900° F. and having a paraffin content of at least 80%; (b) separ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6329980 | Driving circuit for display device A signal driving circuit for an active matrix type display device having display pixels arranged in a matrix, comprises a signal waveform correcting circuit receiving an input pixel signal for generating a corrected output pixel signal to the display devi... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6017441 | Multi-step catalytic process for conversion of a heavy hydrocarbon fraction A process for converting a heavy hydrocarbon fraction comprises treating the hydrocarbon feed in a hydroconversion section in the presence of hydrogen, the section comprising at least one three-phase reactor containing at least one ebullated bed hydroconv... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5997724 | Method of making a shale oil modifier A shale oil modifier is made of a crude shale oil dehydrogenated sufficiently to attain a viscosity of between about 1200-1800 poise at 60° C. The crude shale oil has sufficient basic nitrogen content so that the dehydrogenated crude shale oil exhibits n... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5980730 | Process for converting a heavy hydrocarbon fraction using an ebullated bed hydrodemetallization catalyst A process for converting a heavy hydrocarbon fraction comprises treating the hydrocarbon feed in a hydroconversion section in the presence of hydrogen, the section comprising at least one three-phase reactor containing at least one ebullated bed hydroconv... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5741414 | Method of manufacturing gas oil containing low amounts of sulfur and aromatic compounds There is provided a method of manufacturing gas oil containing low-sulfur and low-aromatic-compound content, said method including a first step of putting distilled petroleum to contact with hydrogen gas in the presence of a hydrotreating catalyst to redu... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5624548 | Heavy naphtha hydroconversion process A straight run naphtha is fractionated to yield on intermediate naphtha and the heaviest 10-25 vol % as heavy naphtha. The heavy naphtha is subjected to hydrocracking to yield liquid fuel and lighter, including C4 isoparaffins and a cracked nap... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5308470 | Non-carcinogenic asphalts and asphalt blending stocks Non-carcinogenic asphalts and asphalt blending stocks are produced from reduced hydrocarbon feedstocks. Such non-carcinogenic products are produced by establishing a functional relationship between mutagenicity index and a physical property correlative of... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5302282 | Integrated process for the production of high quality lube oil blending stock A process for the production of high quality lube oil blending stock from atmospheric fractionation residue and waste lubricants by means of contacting the waste lubricant with a hot hydrogen-rich gaseous stream to increase the temperature of this feed st... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5244565 | Integrated process for the production of distillate hydrocarbon A process for the production of distillate hydrocarbon from atmospheric fractionation residue and waste lubricants by means of contacting the waste lubricant with a hot hydrogen-rich gaseous stream to increase the temperature of this feed stream to vapori... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5242578 | Means for and methods of deasphalting low sulfur and hydrotreated resids A refining process uses a two or four stage solvent separator coupled to receive an incoming feedstream of low sulfur resid and a solvent. In the preferred two stage separator, the mixture at the top of the first separator stage is fed to the second stage... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5228978 | Means for and methods of low sulfur and hydrotreated resids as input feedstreams The inventive solvent extraction process uses hydrotreated (HTR) and low sulfur (LSR) resids feedstreams in a single deasphalter unit and in a way that optimizes the disposition of the oils, resins, and asphaltene fractions of each resid for downstream pr... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5203987 | Method of upgrading residua Residua comprises upgraded by first partitioning a hydrocracked residua into a vapor fraction and a liquid fraction. The vapor fraction is hydrotreated forming a first hydrotreated product. The liquid fraction is partitioned into a residua fraction and a ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5110446 | Integrated products separation from fluid catalytic cracking and aromatization processes The present invention provides a process for decreasing the energy consumption of a catalytic cracking process product recovery section while improving gasoline yield by integrating multistage vapor compression and product recovery with deacidification an... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5034119 | Non-carcinogenic bright stock extracts and deasphalted oils Non-carcinogenic bright stock extracts and/or deasphalted oils are produced from reduced hydrocarbon feedstocks. Such non-carcinogenic products are produced by establishing a functional relationship between mutagenicity index and a physical property corre... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4950387 | Upgrading of cracking gasoline A process is disclosed for increasing the octane number of an FCC unit gasoline pool by upgrading selected gasoline boiling-range streams. FCC gasoline is mixed with the feed to a light olefin upgrading reactor. Upgraded gasoline is then fractionated in a... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4882037 | Process for treating a temperature-sensitive hydrocarbonaceous stream containing a non-distillable component to produce a selected hydrogenated distillable light hydrocarbonaceous product A process for treating a temperature-sensitive hydrocarbonaceous stream containing a non-distillable component and a distillable, hydrogenatable hydrocarbonaceous fraction to produce a selected hydrogenated distillable light hydrocarbonaceous product, a d... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4676888 | Hydrocarbon conversion process with product quenching A hydrocarbon chargestock (11) is separated by distillation (12, 16), e.g. at least in part under reduced pressure, into a conversion feedstream (22, 24) and a vacuum residuum (17). The feedstream is converted at an elevated temperature in a conversion un... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4673488 | Hydrocarbon-conversion process with fractionator overhead vapor recycle An improved method for processing the effluent of a hydrocarbon conversion zone. The invention is particularly useful in a catalytic reforming reaction, wherein practice of the invention results in an increased recovery of butane and propane. The effluent... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4620920 | Catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon oils from two mixtures boiling above the gasoline range This invention concerns a process for the preparation of a gasoline boiling hydrocarbon from a mixture of hydrocarbons specifically defined. The hydrocarbon feedstock is a mixture of two hydrocarbon oils with the first hydrocarbon oil having a Conradson c... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4592830 | Hydrovisbreaking process for hydrocarbon containing feed streams A hydrogen donor solvent selected from the group consisting of a full range crude oil and an atmospheric topped crude oil is used in a hydrovisbreaking process. The heavy fraction being processed is heated in the presence of hydrogen and the solvent under... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4201659 | Process for the preparation of gas oil A process is disclosed for the conversion of asphaltines-containing mineral hydrocarbon oil to distillate gas oil by a processing sequence comprising thermal cracking, flashing, atmospheric fractionation, vacuum fractionation, thermal cracking, catalytic ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4200519 | Process for the preparation of gas oil A process for the preparation of gas oil from residual oils by combination of two stages of thermal cracking, cyclone separation, vacuum distillation, deasphalting, atmospheric distillation, and recycling of certain streams.... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4192734 | Production of high quality fuel oils A processing arrangement for upgrading crude oil by the combination of hydrodewaxing, and fluid catalytic cracking or hydrocracking to maximize the production of low pour, high quality distillate fuel oil is particularly described. Cracking of atmospheric... | 03/11/1980 |