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Mineral oils: processes and products April category listing, related patent applications 04/10

20100101978 - Flow-through cavitation-assisted rapid modification of crude oil: A device and method are provided for manipulating petroleum, non-conventional oil and other viscous complex fluids made of hydrocarbons that comprise enforcement of fluid in a multi-stage flow-through hydrodynamic cavitational reactor, subjecting said fluids to a controlled cavitation and continuing the application of such cavitation for a period of time... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20100101979 - Catalyst and hydrotreating process: d

20100101980 - Extraction of bitumen from oil sands: Carbon disulfide is used as a solvent to extract bitumen from oil sands in an anhydrous countercurrent flow process that is compatible with existing procedures for upgrading bitumen. The solution is then fractionated to separate the carbon disulfide from the bitumen product. The bitumen is then treated with hydrogen to... Agent: Young Basile

20100101981 - Bitumen extraction process: A process for the extraction and recovery of bitumen from oil sands and a process for the treatment of tailings are disclosed. Bitumen is recovered in a process comprising contacting a polysilicate microgel with an ore sand oil to produce a froth comprising bitumen and a tailings stream comprising water,... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20100096295 - Microwave processing of oil shale and coal: The present invention provides methods and systems for obtaining oil or a combustible gas from oil shale or coal, by subjecting oil shale or coal to microwave radiation for a time sufficient to at least partially decompose or extract oil, gas, or other carbon-containing materials from the oil shale and... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20100096296 - Method for processing hydrocarbon pyrolysis effluent: A method is disclosed for treating gaseous effluent from a hydrocarbon pyrolysis unit to provide steam cracked tar of reduced asphaltene and toluene insolubles content. The method is suitable for preparing reduced viscosity tar useful as a fuel blending stock, or feedstock for producing carbon black, while reducing or eliminating... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20100096297 - Process and system for recovery of asphaltene by-product in paraffinic froth treatment operations: A process for treating bitumen froth with paraffinic solvent is provided which uses three stages of separation. Froth and a first solvent are directed to a first stage at a solvent/bitumen ratio for precipitating few or substantially no asphaltenes. A first stage underflow is directed to a second stage and... Agent: Sean W. Goodwin

20100096298 - Method and device for extracting liquids from a solid particle material: A method, system, and device for separating oil from oil sands or oil shale is disclosed. The method includes heating the oil sands, spinning the heated oil sands, confining the sand particles mechanically, and recovering the oil substantially free of the sand. The method can be used without the addition... Agent: Beem Patent Law Firm

20100089794 - Method for producing a crude product, method for preparing a diluted hydrocarbon composition, crude products, diluents and uses of such crude products and diluents: Methods for producing a crude product, methods for preparing a diluted hydrocarbon composition, crude products, diluents and uses of such crude products and diluents are described. The method includes contacting of a hydrocarbon feed with one or more catalysts, where at least one of the catalyst includes one or more... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20100089795 - Fluid catalytic cracking process, and gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas obtained by the process: The fluid catalytic cracking process according to the present invention includes a first step of feeding a feedstock to a first fluid catalytic cracker, and catalytically cracking the feedstock in the first fluid catalytic cracker, so as to produce a fraction (LCO) having a boiling range of 221 to 343°... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20100089796 - Layered composition and processes for preparing and using the composition: A layered composition which can be used in various processes has been developed. The composition comprises an inner core such as a cordierite core and an outer layer comprising a refractory inorganic oxide, a fibrous component and an inorganic binder. The refractory inorganic oxide layer can be alumina, zirconia, titania,... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100089797 - Devices and processes for deasphalting and/or reducing metals in a crude oil with a desalter unit: This invention relates to devices and processes for removing asphaltenes and/or metals from crude oil to increase refinery processing of heavy materials. The desalters of this invention reduce and/or remove at least a portion of asphaltenes and/or metals form the crude oil. The separation occurs by mixing water with the... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20100089798 - Use of solids based on zinc ferrite in a process for deep desulphurizing oxygen-containing feeds: The invention concerns a process for desulphurizing a feed comprising oxygen-containing compounds, hydrocarbon-containing compounds and organic sulphur-containing compounds, by capturing sulphur on a capture mass comprising iron oxides or zinc oxides and more than 20% by weight of zinc ferrite. The process is operated in the presence of hydrogen at... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20100089799 - Use of zinc ferrite-based solids in a process for deep desulfurization of hydrocarbon fractions: The invention relates to a process for desulfurization of a non-oxidized hydrocarbon feedstock, comprising organic sulfur compounds, by adsorption, especially chemisorption of sulfur on a composition in bulk form consisting essentially of 70% by weight of zinc ferrite and optionally iron oxides or zinc oxides. The process is performed in... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20100089800 - Bitumen froth treating process: A process for treating a bitumen froth containing bitumen, solid mineral material and water, including subjecting a first mixture containing the bitumen froth and a first amount of a paraffinic solvent to first gravity separation, thereby producing a first overflow stream and a first underflow stream, wherein the first gravity... Agent: Rodman Rodman

20100084312 - Hydrocracking catalyst and process using a magnesium aluminosilicate clay: This invention is directed to hydrocracking catalysts and hydrocracking processes employing a magnesium aluminosilicate clay. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay has a characteristic 29Si NMR spectrum. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay is the product of a series of specific reaction steps. Briefly, the magnesium aluminosilicate clay employed in the catalyst and process... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20100084311 - Hydrodemetallization catalyst and process: This invention is directed to hydrodemetallization catalysts and hydrodemetallization processes employing a magnesium aluminosilicate clay. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay has a characteristic 29Si NMR spectrum. The magnesium aluminosilicate clay is the product of a series of specific reaction steps. Briefly, the magnesium aluminosilicate clay employed in the catalyst and process... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20100084313 - Process to improve jet fuels: This invention relates to a process for improving the yield and properties of jet fuel from a kerosene feed. More particularly, a kerosene feedstock is hydrotreated and dewaxed using a ZSM-48 catalyst to produce a jet fuel in improved yield and having improved properties.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20100084314 - Method and device for separation of a liquid fluid by centrifugal separation and evaporation: A method and a device for separation of a fluid in the liquid state comprising two liquids that are not mutually miscible, with different densities, wherein a first liquid is to be cleansed from a second liquid, whereby the fluid in the liquid state is conducted through a rotor where... Agent: Michaud-kinney Group LLP

20100084315 - Process for treating elemental sulphur for smell improvement: A process for treating a stream of elemental sulphur comprising an organic polysulphide and/or a thiol for smell improvement, the process comprising the following steps: (a) providing a molten stream of elemental sulphur comprising an organic polysulphide and/or a thiol at a temperature in the range of from 120 to... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20100084316 - Desulfurization of heavy hydrocarbons and conversion of resulting hydrosulfides utilizing a transition metal oxide: The present invention is a process for desulfurizing hydrocarbon feedstreams with alkali metal compounds and regenerating the alkali metal compounds via the use of a transition metal oxide. The present invention employs the use of a transition metal oxide, preferably copper oxide, in order to convert spent alkali metal hydrosulfides... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20100084317 - Desulfurization of heavy hydrocarbons and conversion of resulting hydrosulfides utilizing copper metal: The present invention is a process for desulfurizing hydrocarbon feedstreams with alkali metal compounds and regenerating the alkali metal compounds via the use of a copper metal reagent. The present invention employs the use of a copper metal reagent to convert spent alkali metal hydrosulfides in the regeneration of the... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20100084318 - Desulfurization of heavy hydrocarbons and conversion of resulting hydrosulfides utilizing copper sulfide: The present invention is a process for desulfurizing hydrocarbon feedstreams with alkali metal compounds and regenerating the alkali metal compounds via the use of a copper sulfide reagent. The present invention employs the use of a copper sulfide reagent to convert alkali metal hydrosulfides in the generation or regeneration of... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20100078352 - Method for treating refinery waste streams in a fluid catalytic cracking unit and an improved catalytic cracking unit for processing refinery waste streams: A method of processing the waste stream includes introducing the waste stream into the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit such that waste stream is processed within the regenerator unit or in CO boiler unit such that the waste stream and the regenerator flue gas are burned within the regenerator unit or... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20100078354 - 170 neutral base oil with improved properties: We provide a base stock comprising hydrocarbons with consecutive numbers of carbon atoms, wherein the base stock has a boiling range from 388 to 538° C., a VI from 105 to less than 120, and a Noack volatility from 6.6 to 11.5 wt % or a CCS VIS at −25°... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20100078353 - Process to make a 110 neutral base oil with improved properties: A process to manufacture a base oil, comprising selecting an original base oil having an original VI, an original volatility, and an original CCS VIS; and removing a lower boiling fraction, whereby the base oil is made having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. from 4.2 to 4.6 mm2/s, a... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20100078355 - Process to manufacture a base stock and a base oil manufacturing plant: We provide a process to manufacture a base stock, comprising hydrocracking, separating, and dewaxing, wherein the base stock has a ratio of Noack volatility to CCS VIS at −25° C. multiplied by 100 from 0.15 to 0.40. We also provide a base stock made by a process, and a base... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20100078356 - Process for the distillation of decanted oils for the production of petroleum pitches: This invention describes a process for the distillation of decanted oil to improve the efficiency of the production of pitches having excellent physical and chemical properties through the development of a distillation process which basically comprises the introduction of a stage of condensation of light volatile compounds derived from distillation... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100078357 - Process for mixing regenerated and carbonized catalyst: A process for mixing regenerated and carbonized catalyst involves obstructing upward flow of catalyst by one or more baffles between a catalyst inlet and a feed distributor. Each catalyst stream may be passed to opposite sides of a riser. Baffles obstruct upward flow to effect mixing of regenerated and carbonized... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100078358 - Mercury removal process: A process is disclosed for decreasing the level of elemental mercury contained in a liquid hydrocarbon stream by a) contacting the liquid hydrocarbon stream with a water stream containing an oxidizing agent for conversion of at least a portion of the Hg(0) to Hg(II); b) extracting at least a portion... Agent: Conocophillips Company -IPServices Group Attention: Docketing

20100078359 - Process, system and facility for desorbing: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for desorbing one or more polynuclear aromatics from at least one fraction from a hydrocracking zone using an adsorption zone. The adsorption zone can include first and second vessels. Generally, the process includes passing the at least one fraction from an effluent of... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services