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Mineral oils: processes and products May archived by USPTO category 05/09

20090134060 - Systems and methods of producing a crude product: Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts containing a transition metal sulfide produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude feed has a residue content of at least 0.2 grams of residue per gram of crude feed. The crude product is a liquid mixture... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090134059 - Very low sulfur heavy crude oil and porcess for the production thereof: A process for production of sweet heavy crude oil is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: removing contaminants from heavy oil, bitumen or bitumen froth to form a substantially dewatered deasphalted oil; and subsequent desulfurization of the substantially dewatered deasphalted oil using sodium metal desulfurization to produce a sweet... Agent: Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company

20090134061 - Distillate-to-gasoline catalyst system and process therefor: A process is disclosed for converting distillate to gasoline-range hydrocarbons using a two-stage catalyst system including a first catalyst containing platinum, palladium, or platinum and palladium, and an acidic support, and a second catalyst containing iridium and an inorganic oxide support, and optionally nickel.... Agent: Conocophillips Company -IPServices Group Attention: Docketing

20090134062 - Catalyst support: A catalyst support in the shape of a non-planar ring having a bore; wherein there is no rotational symmetry around the axis extending through the centre of the bore defined by the ring, and wherein the ratio of the thickness of the ring to the outer diameter of the ring... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090134063 - Device and process for distribution of mixed charges onto fixed beds of catalyst in descending-flow reactors: Such drainage tubes mounted in said manner have the objective of restricting and reorienting the flow of mixed charges, multiplying the points whereon they fall, principally of the liquid phase, onto said beds of catalysts. For the purpose of doing so said drainage ducts, being segments of tubes, distributed on... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090134064 - Reactor for use in upgrading heavy oil: The instant invention relates to an upflow for upgrading heavy oil feed stock and a method for upgrading heavy oil feed stock employing an upflow reactor and with a slurry catalyst. In one embodiment, the upflow reactor is a liquid recirculating reactor, which is operated in manner corresponding to a... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20090134065 - Pentasil catalyst for light olefins in fluidized catalytic units: The catalyst of this invention is capable of enhancing light olefin, e.g., propylene, yields in fluidizable catalytic cracking (FCC) processes. The catalyst comprises (a) pentasil zeolite, (b) at least 5% by weight phosphorus (P2O5) based on particles containing the pentasil, and at least about 1% by weight iron oxide, as... Agent: W.r. Grace & Co.-conn.

20090134066 - Method for producing alkyl-aromatic compounds by direct alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons with alkanes: The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkylaromatics by reacting aromatic compounds with C1-C14-alkanes in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, which comprises using as the catalyst a crystalline, micro- and/or mesoporous solid comprising silicon and at least one father element selected from the group consisting of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090134067 - Systems and methods of producing a crude product: Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts containing a transition metal sulfide produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude feed has a residue content of at least 0.2 grams of residue per gram of crude feed. The crude product is a liquid mixture... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090134068 - Separation of water from hydrocarbons: A method for the removal of dissolved water or water and ice from hydrocarbon liquids such as petroleum refinery fuels or natural gas liquids in a manner which enables the fuels to be readily treated by the coalescence/separation technique while reducing the potential for plugging filters and other equipment with... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20090127161 - Process and apparatus for integrated heavy oil upgrading: A process and apparatus is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products. The heavy hydrocarbon feed is slurried with a particulate solid material to form a heavy hydrocarbon slurry and hydrocracked to produce vacuum gas oil (VGO). A light portion of the VGO may be hydrotreated and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc Patent Services

20090127162 - Use of a fischer-tropsch derived white oil in food contact applications: The present invention relates to the use of a Fischer-Tropsch derived white oil in food contact applications, wherein the Fischer-Tropsch derived white oil has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of in between more than 2 mm2/s and less than 7 mm2/s according to ISO 3014, and a content of... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090127163 - Zone reactor incorporating reversible hydrogen halide capture and release: An improved process and a zone reactor for converting a hydrocarbon feedstock into higher hydrocarbons is provided. A first zone in the reactor contains both a material capable of releasing hydrogen halide (HX) and a carbon-carbon coupling catalyst; a second zone is initially empty or contains a halogenation and/or oxyhalogenation... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090127164 - Method for eliminating the carbonyl sulfide contained in a liquid hydrocarbon stream: The liquid hydrocarbon stream including COS is introduced via line 1 into membrane contactor CM to be placed in contact, through membrane M, with the aqueous alkanolamine solution arriving via line 3. The COS contained in the hydrocarbon stream is absorbed by the aqueous alkanolamine solution. The liquid hydrocarbons from... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090127165 - Bulk catalyst comprising nickel tungsten metal oxidic particles: The invention relates to a nickel tungsten bulk catalyst, to a process for the manufacture of said catalyst and to the use of said catalyst for the hydrotreatment, in particular the hydrodesulphurisation and hydrodenitrogenation of hydrocarbon feedstock. The catalyst comprises nickel tungsten metal oxidic particles obtainable by a process comprising... Agent: Albemarle Netherlands B.v. Patent And Trademark Department

20090127166 - Methods of isolating and using components from a high solvency dispersive power (hsdp) crude oil: Method of isolating active resins from a high solvency dispersive power (HSDP) crude oil includes providing a HSDP crude oil, deasphalting the HSDP crude oil into at least a deasphalted oil (DAO) fraction and a first asphaltenes fraction, deasphalting the first asphaltenes fraction to isolate active resins from a second... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20090120836 - Fcc-cfe cat fine extraction: method and system for extracting catalyst fines from slurry oil cat fine bottoms (socfbs) into an aqueous layer: A method for separating hydrocarbons from Slurry Oil Cat' Fine Bottoms (SOCFBs) comprising the steps of removing SOCFBs from a slurry oil storage tank and combining the SOCFBs with diluent and water in a Feed Preparation Vessel (FPV) and transferring the SOCFB and water emulsion to a Feed Processing Unit... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20090120837 - Method of obtaining high-quality products from polyolefine waste material or polyolefines: The object of the invention is the method of production of high value products: kerosene including cosmetic kerosene, white oils, high value paraffin and purified liquid fuels from polyolefin waste material and polyolefins. According to the invention the product of the thermocatalytic decomposition of polyolefin waste material obtained in a... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20090120838 - Production of high quality lubricant bright stock: A process for producing a lubricant bright stock from a very heavy feed obtained from a petroleum crude is disclosed. The bright stock produced by the present process has a reduced cloud point and better oxidation stability relative to bright stocks prepared by conventional methods. The process comprises the steps... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090120839 - Hydrogen management for hydroprocessing units: Improved hydroprocessing processes for upgrading refinery streams via the use of rapid cycle pressure swing absorption having a cycle time of less than 30 s for increasing the concentration of hydrogen in the vapor phase product recycled to the hydroprocessing zone.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20090120840 - Method for unpressurized catalytic conversion of organic solids into oil: A process is disclosed for unpressurized catalytic conversion of organic solids into oil, with the steps of conditioning the starting material, cracking in an oil reactor with simultaneous distilled separation of the desired hydrocarbon section, and discharging the solids obtained in the reaction, wherein conditioning of the floatable solid starting... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20090120841 - Methods of denitrogenating diesel fuel: A process for denitrogenating diesel fuel includes contacting diesel fuel containing one or more nitrogen compounds with an acid ionic liquid in an extraction zone to selectively remove the nitrogen compound(s) and produce a denitrogenated diesel fuel effluent containing denitrogenated diesel fuel and acid ionic liquid containing nitrogen species; and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc Patent Services

20090120842 - Process for upgrading whole crude oil to remove nitrogen and sulfur compounds: A crude oil feedstream is treated to remove or reduce the content of known undesired heteroatomic and polynuclear aromatic compounds containing nitrogen and sulfur by contacting the feedstream with one or more solid adsorbent materials selected from attapulgus clay, alumina, silica gel and activated carbon in a mixing vessel for... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090120843 - Filtration apparatus and method: A filtration apparatus is disclosed for the removal of metals from jet fuel at high flow rates and limited pressure drops. The filter comprises a monolayer of immobilized chelating agent on packed silica gel. The filtration apparatus is particularly useful for the removal of copper from jet fuel.... Agent: Tomas Friend, LLC

20090120844 - Process for simultaneous recovery and cracking/upgrading of oil from solids: The present invention relates to a process for the simultaneous recovery and cracking/upgrading of oil from solids such as tar sand and oil shale. With this process a number of the obstacles with the existing technology are solved, and the process upgrades the oil into a lighter product than the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090120845 - Beneficiation of hydrocarbons from mineral matrices: Methods for liberating organic carbonaceous products from mineral matrices such as oil shale and the products liberated by the present methods inter alia, the invention in a preferred embodiment subjects oil shale to resonance disintegration including inter alia rapid pressure and directional changes to essentially instantaneously vary forces acting thereon.... Agent: Kenneth Earl Darnell

20090114566 - Method of upgrading heavy hydrocarbon streams to jet products: A process of upgrading a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock comprising contacting a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock with a catalyst in the presence of hydrogen in a reactor system, containing the catalyst as the only catalyst, wherein the catalyst, is prepared by sulfiding a catalyst precursor obtained by mixing at reaction conditions, to... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20090114567 - Cracking hydrocarbonaceous materials with heating bodies: A continuous process and apparatus for treating feedstocks containing carbonaceous materials involves heating bodies to heat the feedstock to vaporize and crack hydrocarbons and carbon formed on heating bodies is removed through direct contact to a flame heater.... Agent: James Sonntag James Sonntag, Patent Attorney

20090114568 - Reforming nanocatalysts and methods of making and using such catalysts: Catalysts suitable for use in reforming hydrocarbons have a halogen promoter and a plurality of dispersed nanocatalyst particles supported on a solid support. The dispersed nanocatalyst particles are manufactured using a dispersing agent to control the size and/or crystal face exposure of the particles. The controlled size and dispersion of... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090114569 - Methods for removing metallic and non-metallic impurities from hydrocarbon oils: An embodiment of the invention is directed to a treatment method for reducing the level of metallic and nonmetallic impurities in an oil. The method includes the step of contacting the oil with a porous silica adsorbent material. The adsorbent material is characterized by a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area value... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090114570 - Hydrogen peroxide capacitor process for the recovery of hydrocarbons: The method relates generally to an improved method for the recovery of hydro-carbons from bitumen/oil deposits such as oil sands, tar sands, oil shales and conventional oil deposits. The method charges the silicon particles thus repulsing the oil, at the same time the hydrogen peroxide selectively reacts with metals, metal... Agent: Michael Pearce