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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8440071 | Methods and systems for hydrocracking a heavy oil feedstock using an in situ colloidal or molecular catalyst A hydrocracking system involves introducing a heavy oil feedstock and a colloidal or molecular catalyst, or a catalyst precursor capable of forming the colloidal or molecular catalyst, into a hydrocracking reactor. The colloidal or molecular catalyst is formed in si... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8431016 | Methods for hydrocracking a heavy oil feedstock using an in situ colloidal or molecular catalyst and recycling the colloidal or molecular catalyst A hydrocracking system involves introducing a heavy oil feedstock and a colloidal or molecular catalyst, or a precursor composition capable of forming the colloidal or molecular catalyst, into a hydrocracking reactor. The colloidal or molecular catalyst is formed in... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8404103 | Combination of mild hydrotreating and hydrocracking for making low sulfur diesel and high octane naphtha Methods are disclosed for the hydrotreating and hydrocracking of highly aromatic distillate feeds such as light cycle oil (LCO) to produce ultra low sulfur gasoline and diesel fuel. Optimization of hydrotreater severity improves the octane quality of the gasoline or... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8372268 | High surface area composition for use in the catalytic hydroconversion of a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock, a method making such composition and its use A catalyst composition that is especially useful in the hydroconversion of pitch, micro carbon residue and sulfur contents of a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock without the excessive formation of sediment. The catalyst composition is a reasonably high surface area compos... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8277638 | Process for using catalyst with rapid formation of iron sulfide in slurry hydrocracking A process is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products. The heavy hydrocarbon feed is slurried with a catalyst comprising iron oxide and alumina to form a heavy hydrocarbon slurry and hydrocracked to produce lighter hydrocarbo... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8142645 | Process for increasing the mono-aromatic content of polynuclear-aromatic-containing feedstocks Hydrocarbons containing polynuclear aromatics, such as cycle oil and pyrolysis fuel oil (PFO), are upgraded using an catalyst complex that selectively cracks the polynuclear aromatic compounds to form higher value mono-aromatic compounds, such as benzene toluene, xy... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8062505 | Process for using iron oxide and alumina catalyst with large particle diameter for slurry hydrocracking A process and apparatus is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products. The heavy hydrocarbon feed is slurried with a catalyst comprising iron oxide and alumina to form a heavy hydrocarbon slurry and hydrocracked to produce ligh... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8021538 | Hydroconversion catalysts and methods of making and using same Stable catalyst carrier impregnating solutions can be prepared using a component of a Group VIB metal, e.g., molybdenum, at high concentration, a component of a Group VIII metal, e.g., nickel, at low concentration, and a phosphorous component, e.g., phosphoric acid,... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7943037 | Hydroconversion process for petroleum resids using selective membrane separation followed by hydroconversion over carbon supported metal catalyst A heavy residual petroleum feed boiling above 650° F.+ (345° C.+) is subjected to membrane separation to produce a produce a permeate which is low in metals and Microcarbon Residue (MCR) as well as a retentate, containing most of the MCR and metals, the... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7931799 | Hydroconversion multi-metallic catalyst and method for making thereof A process for preparing a bulk multi-metallic catalyst for hydrotreating heavy oil feeds is provided. The catalyst is particularly suitable for hydrotreating heavy oil feeds having a boiling point in the range of 343° C. (650° F.)- to 454° C. (850° F.), an avera... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931798 | Hydroconversion process for petroleum resids by hydroconversion over carbon supported metal catalyst followed by selective membrane separation A heavy residual petroleum feed boiling above 650° F.+ (345° C.+) is subjected to hydroconversion at elevated temperature in the presence of hydrogen at a hydrogen pressure not normally higher than 500 psig (3500 kPag) using a dispersed metal-on-carbon catalyst to... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922895 | Supercritical water processing of extra heavy crude in a slurry-phase up-flow reactor system A method of mixing a catalyst with a heavy oil to create a heavy oil/catalyst mixture. This is followed by combining the heavy oil/catalyst mixture with supercritical water to form light hydrocarbon products and heavy hydrocarbon products. By doing so the light hydr... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7585406 | Process for hydroconverting of a heavy hydrocarbonaceous feedstock A Process for hydroconverting of a heavy hydrocarbonaceous feedstock comprising a catalyst to produce lower boiling hydrocarbon products. The method can be used for the high- boiling point residues of oil refining (asphaltene, the residues of vacuum and under pressu... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7513989 | Hydrocracking process using bulk group VIII/Group VIB catalysts The invention relates to a hydrocracking process for hydrocracking petroleum and chemical feedstocks using bulk Group VIII/VIB catalysts. Preferred catalysts include those comprised of Ni—Mo—W. ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7351382 | Particle filter having a catalytically active coating to accelerate burning off accumulated soot particles during a regeneration phase The present invention is directed to a particle filter to remove soot from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine. The particle filter contains a catalytically active coating on a filter body to accelerate bum-off during a regeneration phase of the soot particles collec... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348462 | Process for preparing branched olefins from a paraffinic wax A process for preparing branched alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons, which process comprises contacting branched olefins with an aromatic hydrocarbon under alkylating conditions, which branched olefins have been obtained by a process which comprises dehydrogenating an isop... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7311815 | Hydrocarbon products and methods of preparing hydrocarbon products A method of preparing high linear paraffin or high end-chain monomethyl content products is accomplished by converting synthesis gas in a Fischer-Tropsch reaction to hydrocarbon products. These may be hydrotreated to provide an n-paraffin content of greater than 50%... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311814 | Process for the production of hydrocarbon fluids Hydrocarbon fluids are produced by hydrocracking a vacuum gas oil stream, fractionating and/or hydrogenating the hydrocracked vacuum gas oil. The fluids typically have ASTM D86 boiling point ranges within the range 100° C. to 400° C. the range being no more than 7... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7291575 | Active, heterogeneous bi- or tri-dentate catalyst A catalyst composition, and olefin polymerization process using same, formed from a mixture of a non-aluminoxane aluminum compound, an inorganic oxide and a transition metal bidentate or tridentate complex in certain prescribed proportions. The composition can be fo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288182 | Hydroprocessing using bulk Group VIII/Group VIB catalysts A process for hydroprocessing petroleum and chemical feedstocks by use of a bulk multimetallic catalyst comprised of at least one Group VIII non-noble metal and at least one, preferably two Group VIB metal wherein the ratio of Group VIB metal to Group VIII metal is ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288201 | Methods for removing moisture from hydrogen halides A composition comprising a magnesium halide coated macroporous carbonaceous substrate is provided for effecting moisture removal from a hydrogen halide fluid. Moisture removal is effected by intimately contacting the hydrogen halide fluid with the magnesium halide c... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282137 | Process for preparing basestocks having high VI A process for preparing high VI lubricating oil basestocks comprising hydrotreating, hydrodewaxing and optionally hydrofinishing. The hydrotreating step is under conditions such that the amount of conversion to 343° C. minus is less than 5 wt. % of the feedstock an... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270738 | Catalyst and process for hydrocracking hydrocarbon-containing feedstocks This invention relates to silico-aluminum substrates, catalysts, and the hydrocracking and hydrotreatment processes that use them. The catalyst comprises at least one hydro-dehydrogenating element that is selected from the group that is formed by elements of group V... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7259128 | Titanium oxide and alumina alkali metal compositions The invention relates to Group 1 metal/porous metal oxide compositions comprising porous metal oxide selected from porous titanium oxide and porous alumina and an alkali metal or an alkali metal alloy. The compositions of the inventions are described as Stage 0 and ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249469 | Method for separating a multicomponent stream This invention relates to a method for separating a stream having benzene, toluene and alkyl benzene, said method comprising: feeding the stream into a first distillation column, wherein the stream comprises between about 60 mole percent to about 85 mole percent tol... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7241375 | Heavy hydrocarbon composition with utility as a heavy lubricant base stock A heavy hydrocarbon composition with utility as a heavy hydrocarbon base stock comprising at least 95 wt % paraffin molecules, of which at least 90 wt % are isoparaffin, containing hydrocarbon molecules having consecutive numbers of carbon atoms, is a liquid at 100Â... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241323 | Pyrolysis process for producing fuel gas Solid waste resource recovery in space is effected by pyrolysis processing, to produce light gases as the main products (CH4, H2, CO2, CO, H2O, NH3) and a reactive carbon-rich char as the main byproduct. Signifi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235684 | Process for preparing (branched-alkyl) arylsulfonates and a (branched-alkyl) arylsulfonate composition A process for preparing branched alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons, which process comprises contacting branched olefins with an aromatic hydrocarbon under alkylating conditions, which branched olefins have been obtained by a process which comprises dehydrogenating an isop... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235173 | Hydrotreating catalyst that contains a nitrogen-containing organic compound and its use A hydrotreating catalyst that contains at least one element of group VIB and/or group VIII of the periodic table and optionally phosphorus and/or silicon, with an organic compound as an additive that contains at least one nitrogen atom, is used for the transformatio... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232515 | Hydrofining process using bulk group VIII/Group VIB catalysts A process for hydrofining a lubricating oil feedstock comprising contacting the feedstock with a hydrofining catalyst in a hydrofining zone under hydrofining conditions wherein the hydrofining catalyst comprises a bulk metal catalyst containing non-noble Group VIII ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7220350 | Wax isomerate yield enhancement by oxygenate pretreatment of catalyst A waxy hydrocarbon feed is catalytically treated with a dewaxing catalyst that has been selectively activated. The selective activation of the catalyst involves treating the catalyst with at least one oxygenate. The selectively activated catalyst can then be used to... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211235 | Method for producing hydrotalcites A method is described for the manufacture of hydrotalcites by using at least one compound of a bivalent metal (Component A) and at least one compound of a trivalent metal (Component B), wherein at least one of these components is not used in the form of a solution, ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208442 | Molecular sieve compositions, catalyst thereof, their making and use in conversion processes The invention relates to a catalyst composition, a method of making the same and its use in the conversion of a feedstock, preferably an oxygenated feedstock, into one or more olefin(s), preferably ethylene and/or propylene The catalyst composition comprises a molec... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201838 | Oxygenate treatment of dewaxing catalyst for greater yield of dewaxed product Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon synthesis using a cobalt catalyst is used to produce waxy fuel and lubricant oil hydrocarbons from synthesis gas derived from natural gas. The waxy hydrocarbons are hydrodewaxed, with reduced conversion to lower boiling hydrocarbons, by c... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186329 | High-macropore hydroprocessing catalyst and its use The present invention pertains to a catalyst comprising 7–20 wt. % of a Group VIB metal component, calculated as trioxide on the weight of the catalyst, and 0.5 to 6 wt. % of a Group VIII metal component, calculated as oxide on the weight of the catalyst, on a por... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7173160 | Processes for concentrating higher diamondoids Hydroprocessing such as hydrocracking is advantageously employed in processes for the recovery and purification of higher diamondoids from petroleum feedstocks. Hydrocracking and other hydroprocesses degrade nondiamondoid contaminants. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169197 | Pyrolysis processing for solid waste resource recovery Solid waste resource recovery in space is effected by pyrolysis processing, to produce light gases as the main products (CH4, H2, CO2, CO, H2O, NH3) and a reactive carbon-rich char as the main byproduct. Signifi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169294 | Hydroprocessing catalyst and use thereof The invention pertains to a hydroprocessing catalyst suitable for the conversion of heavy hydrocarbon oils, which comprises 7–20 wt. % of Group VI metal, calculated as trioxide, and about 0.5–6 wt. % of Group VIII metal, calculated as oxide, on a carrier compris... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7132042 | Production of fuels and lube oils from fischer-tropsch wax Dewaxed fuel and lubricant base stocks are made by (a) producing a synthesis gas from natural gas, (b) reacting the H2 and CO in the gas in the presence of a cobalt Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, at reaction conditions effective to synthesize a waxy hydrocarbo... | 11/07/2006 |
