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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8017000 | Process for the conversion of heavy feedstocks such as heavy crude oils and distillation residues Process for the conversion of heavy feedstocks selected from heavy crude oils, distillation residues, heavy oils coming from catalytic treatment, thermal tars, oil sand bitumens, various kinds of coals and other high-boiling feedstocks of a hydrocarbon origin known ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7981277 | Integrated solvent deasphalting and dewatering A method for dewatering and deasphalting a hydrocarbon feed is provided. A hydrocarbon feed containing one or more hydrocarbons, asphaltenes and water can be mixed or otherwise combined with one or more solvents. The addition of the solvent sufficiently decreases th... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7749378 | Bitumen production-upgrade with common or different solvents Disclosed is a process for the upgrading of heavy oils and bitumens, where the total feed to the process can include heavy oil or bitumen, water, and diluent. The process can include the steps of solvent deasphalting 110 the total feed 105 to recover a... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7736493 | Deasphalter unit throughput increase via resid membrane feed preparation The present invention relates to a process for improving a deasphalting unit process by producing an improved feedstream for the deasphalting process via ultrafiltration of a vacuum resid-containing feedstream. In particular, the present invention produces an improv... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7722758 | Process for separating colour bodies and/or asphalthenic contaminants from a hydrocarbon mixture Process for separating colour bodies and/or asphalthenic contaminants from a hydrocarbon mixture using a membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, by contacting the hydrocarbon mixture with the feed side of the membrane, and by removing at the permeate side a... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7622035 | Methods of deresinating crude oils using carbon dioxide A method of deresinating a crude oil comprises contacting the crude oil with a carbon dioxide containing fluid, the crude oil having an initial API gravity and comprising an oil phase, resins, and asphaltenes, and wherein the carbon dioxide containing fluid enters t... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7566394 | Enhanced solvent deasphalting process for heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks utilizing solid adsorbent A solvent deasphalting of crude oil or petroleum heavy fractions and residues is carried out in the presence of a solid adsorbent, such as clay, silica, alumina and activated carbon, which adsorbs the contaminants and permits the solvent and oil fraction to be remov... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7438797 | Method of controlling asphaltene precipitation in a fluid A method of reducing the aggregation and deposition of asphaltene from a fluid containing asphaltene, such as crude oil, which method comprises the addition to the fluid of a compound of formula (1): wherein A is an optionally substituted ring system containing 6 to... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7381320 | Heavy oil and bitumen upgrading Disclosed is a process for the upgrading and demetallizing of heavy oils and bitumens. A crude heavy oil and/or bitumen feed is supplied to a solvent extraction process 104 wherein DAO and asphaltenes are separated. The DAO is supplied to an FCC unit 106 | 06/03/2008 |
| 7347051 | Processing of residual oil by residual oil supercritical extraction integrated with gasification combined cycle Residual oil supercritical extraction (ROSE) 10 and integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) power systems 70, 114 are cooperatively integrated. High-level heat from the IGCC is used via a heat transfer fluid 84 for high level process heati... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341102 | Flue gas injection for heavy oil recovery A variety of methods for thermal recovery of natural gas and bitumen from a formation containing the latter. In general, the methods incorporate a series of existing, but previously uncombined technologies. A modified flue gas from the steam generators conventionall... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7279017 | Method for converting heavy oil residuum to a useful fuel A method for enabling the use of heavy oil residuum by conversion to a useful product. The method, in one embodiment, involves the use of a heavy oil residuum which is substantially non flowable. The viscosity of the residuum is reduced by heat or a combination of h... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279090 | Integrated SDA and ebullated-bed process This invention relates to a novel integrated method for economically processing vacuum residue from heavy crude oils. This is accomplished by utilizing a solvent deasphalter (SDA) in the first step of the process with a C3/C4/C5 solv... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261810 | Method and system for transporting flows of fluid hydrocarbons containing wax, asphaltenes, and/or other precipitating solids A method and a system for transporting a flow of fluid hydrocarbons containing wax and/or asphaltenes or any other precipitating solids through a treatment and transportation system including a pipeline are disclosed. The flow of fluid hydrocarbons is introduced int... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7223603 | Continuous on-line process control of residua distillation Ultrasonic spectroscopy, calorimetry, or thermogravimetric analysis provide measures which correlate with properties of asphaltene complex of petroleum residua which can be used to establish or maintain consistent properties of petroleum residua during blending or t... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7193004 | Pneumatic tire having a component containing low PCA oil There is disclosed a pneumatic tire having a component comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), from about 40 to about 90 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene having a styrene content of gre... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7144498 | Supercritical hydrocarbon conversion process Supercritical conversion of hydrocarbons boiling above 538° C. (1000° F.) with a solvating hydrocarbon at a weight ratio of solvating hydrocarbon to high-boiling hydrocarbons of at least 2:1 and at conditions above the critical temperature and pressure of the high... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6974535 | Hydroconversion process for making lubricating oil basestockes A process for producing a lubricating oil basestock having at least 90 wt. % saturates and a VI of at least 105 by selectively hydroconverting a raffinate from a solvent extraction zone in a two step hydroconversion zone followed by a hydrofinishing zone, and a lubr... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6878263 | Rubber process oil and production process thereof Disclosed is a rubber process oil in which the content of polycyclic aromatics (PCAs) as determined by the IP 346 method is less than 3% by mass and which is rich in aromatic hydrocarbons, and a method for producing the same. The aniline point of the rubber process ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6673234 | Combined process of low degree solvent deasphalting and delayed coking A combined process of low degree solvent deasphalting and delayed coking, which comprises feeding a deasphalting stock and a solvent into an extractor and making the yield of the deasphalted oil 70 wt %-95 wt %, and introducing a part or all of the deasph... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6652739 | Process for deasphalting residua by reactive recycle of high boiling material An improved process for deasphalting a residua feedstock by use of a short vapor residence time process unit comprised of a horizontal moving bed of fluidized and/or stirred hot particles. The vapor phase product stream from said process unit is passed to... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6554995 | Method of separating petroleum-containing material into fractions, extraction system, and extraction fluid therefor A method of separating a petroleum-containing material into at least two fractions, an extraction system, and an extraction fluid therefor are provided. Petroleum-containing material as well as a solvent mixture comprising 50%-99% by volume sub-critical c... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6533925 | Asphalt and resin production to integration of solvent deasphalting and gasification This invention involves heat integration of a solvent deasphalting process with a gasification process and an improved process for separating a resin phase from a solvent solution comprising a solvent, deasphalted oil (DAO) and resin. This improved proces... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6524469 | Heavy oil upgrading process An improved heavy oil conversion process is disclosed in which the heavy oil feed is first thermally cracked using visbreaking or hydrovisbreaking technology to produce a product that is lower in molecular weight and boiling point than the feed. The produ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6511937 | Combination slurry hydroconversion plus solvent deasphalting process for heavy oil upgrading wherein slurry catalyst is derived from solvent deasphalted rock The invention described herein is directed to (a) slurry hydroprocessing (SHP) of a feed under SHP conditions; (b) deasphalting, under deasphalting conditions the product obtained from said step (a) and recovering a solvent deasphalted oil and solvent dea... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6464856 | Separation of tars, oils and inorganic constituents from oil bearing sands or shales An improved process for the total separation and recovery of four constituents, namely, 1) insoluble pitches and tars also known as asphaltenes, 2) a kerosene based oil fraction, 3) clays and silts of less than 80 μm mesh and 4) sands of greater than 80 ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6357526 | Field upgrading of heavy oil and bitumen A process and system which integrates on-site heavy oil or bitumen upgrading and energy recovery for steam production with steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) production of the heavy oil or bitumen. The heavy oil or bitumen produced by SAGD is flashed ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6313367 | Inhibition of asphaltene deposition in crude oil production systems It has been discovered that various ester and ether reaction products are excellent asphaltene deposition inhibitors or dispersants for use in hydrocarbons such as crude oils. The asphaltene inhibiting compounds may be (1) esters formed from the reaction ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6303842 | Method of producing olefins from petroleum residua Olefins may be produced by thermally steam cracking residuum containing a short residuum having a boiling point range greater than 565° C. wherein at least 3 weight percent of the short residuum has a boiling point greater than or equal to 650° C. The r... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6274032 | Method of and means for upgrading hydrocarbons containing metals and asphaltenes A hydrocarbon source feed is upgraded using a solvent deasphalting (SDA) unit employing a solvent having a critical temperature Tc by initially separating from a first hydrocarbon input stream fractions with an atmospheric equivalent boiling te... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6274030 | Filtration of feed to integration of solvent deasphalting and gasification The invention is a process of removing solids, particularly catalyst fines, from an asphaltene-containing hydrocarbon liquid. The process comprises contacting an asphaltene-containing hydrocarbon liquid with a solvent to create a mixture. The solvent is t... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6270653 | Method of controlling asphaltene precipitation in a fluid A method of controlling asphaltene precipitation in a fluid comprising the addition of a precipitation inhibitor to the fluid containing the asphaltene.... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6245222 | Additive enhanced solvent deasphalting process (law759) The invention relates to a process for enhancing demetallation of metals containing hydrocarbonaceous feedstocks by contacting a metals containing hydrocarbonaceous feedstock at a sufficient temperature and pressure with an additive containing a polyoxyal... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6241874 | Integration of solvent deasphalting and gasification The invention is the integration of a process of gasifying asphaltenes in a gasification zone by partial oxidation and the process of asphaltene extraction with a solvent. The integration allows low level heat from the gasification reaction to be utilized... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6207044 | Solvent extraction of hydrocarbons from inorganic materials and solvent recovery from extracted hydrocarbons A process for the solvent separation of hydrocarbons from tar sand or contaminated soils comprises extracting the hydrocarbons from the sand or soil in a solvent extraction means to form a hydrocarbon rich solvent solution. The rich solvent is separated f... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6204420 | Synergistic mixtures of phosphoric esters with carboxylic acids or carboxylic acid derivatives as asphaltene dispersants The invention relates to a synergistic mixture of A from 5 to 99% by weight of a carboxylic acid having more than 4 carbon atoms, an ethercarboxylic acid containing C18 -C22 -alkyl, C18 -C22 -alkenyl or C6... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6171471 | Heavy oil upgrading process (LAW813) The present invention is a slurry-type process for upgrading heavy oils to FCC and S/C feeds under temperature and pressure conditions similar to MSHP, but employing catalysts in concentrations small enough (e.g., | 01/09/2001 |
| 6106701 | Deasphalting process Disclosed are methods for improving the separation of resins and asphaltenes from each other and a base residuum during alkane deasphalting by adding a phase separation accelerator to the residuum. The phase separation accelerators include alkyl and alkyl... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6103808 | High aromatic oil and rubber composition and oil extended synthetic rubber using the same The high aromatic oil provided in the present invention is characterized by that a glass transition point is -45 to -20° C. and an aromatic component measured by Clay-Gel method accounts for 55 to 90% by weight and that a polycyclic aromatic compound mea... | 08/15/2000 |
