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Mineral oils: processes and products June invention type 06/11

20110155631 - Integrated process for producing diesel fuel from biological material and products and uses relating to said process: The present invention relates to an integrated process for producing diesel fuel or fuel additive from biological material by producing paraffins by a Fischer-Tropsch reaction on one hand and by a catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of bio oils and fats on the other hand. Two hydrocarbon streams, which both comprises predominately hydrocarbons... Agent:

20110155632 - Process for making products with low hydrogen halide.: A process for making products with low hydrogen halide, comprising: a) stripping or distilling an effluent from a reactor into a first fraction having an amount of hydrogen halide, and a second fraction having a reduced amount of hydrogen halide; wherein the reactor comprises: an ionic liquid catalyst having a... Agent: Chevron U.s.a., Inc.

20110155633 - Process for middle distillae production form fischer-tropsch waxes using a modified-zeolite-based catalyst: The invention relates to a process for the production of middle distillates from a paraffinic feedstock that is produced by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, implementing a hydrocracking/hydroisomerization catalyst that comprises at least one hydro-dehydrogenating metal that is selected from the group that is formed by the metals of group VIB and group... Agent: Ifp Energies Nouvelles

20110155634 - Process for upgrading fcc product with additional reactor with catalyst recycle: A process is disclosed for contacting feed with mixed catalyst in a secondary reactor that is incorporated into an FCC reactor. The mixed catalyst used in the secondary reactor is regenerated catalyst from a regenerator that regenerates spent catalyst from an FCC reactor that is mixed with spent catalyst from... Agent: Uop LLC

20110155635 - Process for removing metals from resid: A process for removing a metal from a resid feed includes contacting the resid feed comprising the metal with a resid-immiscible ionic liquid to produce a resid and resid-immiscible ionic liquid mixture, and separating the mixture to produce a resid effluent having a reduced metal content relative to the resid... Agent: Uop LLC

20110155636 - Hydroprocessing of biocomponent feedstocks with low purity hydrogen-containing streams: A biocomponent feedstock can be hydroprocessed using a hydrogen-containing refinery as a source of hydrogen gas. A relatively low cost catalyst, such as a water gas shift catalyst and/or spent hydrotreating catalyst, can be used as a hydrogenation catalyst for the process. The hydroprocessing can allow for olefin saturation and/or... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110155637 - Process for removing nitrogen from vacuum gas oil: A process for removing a nitrogen compound from a vacuum gas oil feed includes contacting the vacuum gas oil feed comprising the nitrogen compound with a VGO-immiscible phosphonium ionic liquid to produce a vacuum gas oil and VGO-immiscible phosphonium ionic liquid mixture, and separating the mixture to produce a vacuum... Agent: Uop LLC

20110155638 - Process for removing sulfur from vacuum gas oil: A process for removing a sulfur compound from a vacuum gas oil feed includes contacting the vacuum gas oil feed comprising the sulfur compound with a VGO-immiscible ionic liquid to produce a vacuum gas oil and VGO-immiscible ionic liquid mixture, and separating the mixture to produce a vacuum gas oil... Agent: Uop LLC

20110155639 - High conversion partial upgrading process: The described invention discloses an innovative hydroconversion-processing configuration for converting bitumen or heavy oils to produce a transportable synthetic crude oil (SCO). The innovative processing scheme disclosed herein maximizes the synthetic crude oil yield at a minimal investment compared to currently known methods.... Agent:

20110155641 - Catalyst based on a crystalline material comprising silicon with a hierarchical and organized porosity, and an improved process for the treatment of hydrocarbon feeds: The present invention concerns a catalyst comprising at least one crystalline material comprising silicon with a hierarchical and organized porosity and at least one hydrodehydrogenating element selected from the group formed by elements from group VIB and/or group VIII of the periodic table of the elements. Said crystalline material comprising... Agent: Ifp Energies Nouvelles

20110155640 - Process for recycling hydrogen halide to a reactor comprising an ionic liquid: A process for hydrocarbon conversion, comprising: a) stripping or distilling a hydrocarbon effluent from a reactor comprising an ionic liquid catalyst having: a metal halide, and a hydrogen halide or an organic halide into a first and second fraction, and b) recycling at least a portion of the first fraction... Agent: Chevron U.s.a., Inc.

20110155642 - Fluid catalytic cracking process with reduced carbon dioxide emission: This invention concerns a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process with reduced carbon monoxide emission which modifies the regeneration phase of the spent catalyst by using pure oxygen without the need for dilution when burning coke adhering to the catalyst. In addition, this invention improves the reconditioning stage of the catalyst,... Agent: Petroleo Brasileiro S.a. - Petrobras

20110155643 - Increasing distillates yield in low temperature cracking process by using nanoparticles: Metal or metal-oxide nanoparticles, or combinations of metal and metal-oxide nanoparticles are added to crude oil before initial distillation in order to increase the yield of light hydrocarbons obtained during initial distillation. According to one aspect, a solid acid micropowder can be added with the metal or metal-oxide nanoparticles or... Agent:

20110155646 - Process for removing hydrogen sulfide in crude oil: A method for reducing the amount of hydrogen sulfide present in crude oil includes adding a hydrogen sulfide scavenger composition to the crude oil to capture the hydrogen sulfide, migrating the captured sulfides to an aqueous phase and removing the aqueous phase from the crude oil. The hydrogen sulfide scavenger... Agent:

20110155645 - Process for removing metals from crude oil: A process for removing a metal from a crude oil includes contacting the crude oil containing the metal with a crude-immiscible ionic liquid to produce a crude oil and crude-immiscible ionic liquid mixture, and separating the mixture to produce a crude oil effluent having a reduced metal content relative to... Agent: Uop LLC

20110155644 - Process for removing metals from vacuum gas oil: A process for removing a metal from a vacuum gas oil feed includes contacting the vacuum gas oil feed comprising the metal with a VGO-immiscible ionic liquid to produce a vacuum gas oil and VGO-immiscible ionic liquid mixture, and separating the mixture to produce a vacuum gas oil effluent having... Agent: Uop LLC

20110155647 - Process for de-acidifying hydrocarbons: A process for de-acidifying a hydrocarbon feed includes contacting the hydrocarbon feed containing an organic acid with a feed-immiscible phosphonium ionic liquid to produce a hydrocarbon and feed-immiscible phosphonium ionic liquid mixture; and separating the mixture to produce a hydrocarbon effluent having a reduced organic acid content relative to the... Agent: Uop LLC

20110155648 - Methods for obtaining bitumen from bituminous materials: A method of extracting bitumen from bituminous material. In some embodiments, the method may include loading a bitumen material in a column, followed by feeding a first quantity of first solvent into the column. The method may also include collecting the bitumen-enriched solvent exiting the column. A quantity of the... Agent: Marathon Oil Canada Corporation

20110147263 - Process and system to convert olefins to diesel and other distillates: The present invention provides a process for producing a hydrocarbon fuel composition that includes introducing an olefin feed composition including light olefins to an oligomerization catalyst to yield an intermediate composition including olefins having at least four carbon atoms, introducing the intermediate composition and a second feed of aromatic compounds... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110147264 - Solid catalyst liquid phase hydroprocessing using moving bed reactors: Systems and processes for the hydroprocessing of a hydrocarbonaceous feed are provided that utilize a plurality of moving bed reactors. The reactors may be moving bed radial flow reactors. A hydrogen injection point can be provided prior to each reactor by providing a mixer that mixes hydrogen with a hydrocarbonaceous... Agent: Uop LLC

20110147265 - Adsorbing polynuclear aromatics from a reforming process at reaction temperatures: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for removing one or more polynuclear aromatics from at least one reformate stream from a reforming zone. The PNAs may be removed using an adsorption zone. The adsorption zone can include first and second vessels. Generally, the process includes passing the at least... Agent: Uop LLC

20110147266 - Petroleum upgrading process: A process for upgrading a heavy oil stream by completely mixing the heavy oil stream with a water stream prior to the introduction of an oxidant stream. A mixture of the heavy oil stream and the water stream are subjected to operating conditions, in the presence of the oxidant stream,... Agent: Saudi Arabian Oil Company

20110147267 - Rapid cycle reforming process: This invention relates to process for producing a reformate or gasoline product. The process involves a rapid cycle of reacting hydrocarbon feedstock to form the product and then regenerating the catalyst used in the reaction. The process can be carried out at relatively high liquid hourly space velocities and preferably... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110147268 - Process for producing a jet fuel having a high nmr branching index: A process for producing a jet fuel, comprising contacting an olefin and an isoparaffin with an unsupported catalyst system comprising an ionic liquid catalyst and a halide containing additive in an alkylation zone under alkylation conditions to make an alkylate product, and recovering the jet fuel from the alkylate product,... Agent: Chevron U.s.a. Inc.

20110147269 - Process for producing a low volatility gasoline blending component and a middle distillate using an ionic liquid: A process for producing a low volatility gasoline blending component and a middle distillate, comprising alkylating a hydrocarbon stream comprising at least one olefin having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms and at least one paraffin having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms with an ionic liquid catalyst and an... Agent: Chevron U.s.a. Inc.

20110147270 - Catalytic reformer unit and unit operation: An improved process for catalytic reformers and their use for the catalytic reforming of petroleum naphthas. More particularly, the invention relates to an improved reformer unit which can be operated at higher throughput relative to compressor size. The invention utilizes pressure swing adsorption to improve the hydrogen content of hydrogen... Agent:

20110147271 - Process for producing a high stability desulfurized heavy oils stream: Self-compatible heavy oil streams are produced from converted and/or desulfurized fractions. In a preferred embodiment, an incompatibility stream is added to the converted and/or desulfurized stream to reduce the solubility number of the stream. After using a water wash to remove incompatible material, a lighter fraction is removed from the... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110147272 - Emulsification of hydrocarbon gas oils to increase efficacy of water based hydrogen sulfide scavengers: A hydrogen sulfide scavenging process for heavy oil that reduces hydrogen sulfide while minimizing corrosion to processing equipment. The method includes the steps of adding an aqueous-based scavenger containing one or more aldehydes, such as glyoxal, to the heavy oil using a static mixer injection system and creating an aqueous-based... Agent: General Electric Company

20110147273 - Desulfurization process using alkali metal reagent: Hydrocarbon feedstreams are desulfurized using an alkali metal reagent, optionally in the presence of hydrogen. Improved control over reaction conditions can be achieved in part by controlling the particle size of the alkali metal salt and by using multiple desulfurization reactors. After separation of the spent alkali metal reagent, the... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110147274 - Regeneration of alkali metal reagent: After desulfurizing a hydrocarbon feedstream using an alkali metal reagent, the hydrocarbon feedstream can include particles of spent alkali metal salts. The spent alkali metal salts can be separated from the hydrocarbon feedstream and regenerated to form an alkali metal reagent, such as a alkali hydroxide or alkali sulfide. The... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110147275 - Polyalkylene epoxy polyamine additives for fouling mitigation in hydrocarbon refining processes: The present invention provides a method for reducing fouling, including particulate-induced fouling, in a hydrocarbon refining process including the steps of providing a crude hydrocarbon for a refining process and adding an antifouling agent containing a polymer base unit and a polyamine group to the crude hydrocarbon. The antifouling agent... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110147276 - Method for recovering bitumen from oil sand: In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for recovering bitumen from an oil sand, the method comprising: (a) contacting a bitumen-containing oil sand with a first solvent mixture of cyclohexane and ethanol to provide an extraction mixture comprising a sand phase and an organic phase; (b) separating the... Agent: General Electric Company

20110139676 - Composition of hydrocarbon fuel: Slurry hydrocracking a heavy hydrocarbon feed produces a HVGO stream and a pitch stream. At least a portion of the pitch stream is subjected to SDA to prepare a DAO stream low in metals. The DAO is blended with at least a portion of the HVGO stream to provide turbine... Agent: Uop LLC

20110139677 - Catalytic system and process for the hydroconversion of heavy oil products: Catalytic system which can be used in processes for the hydroconversion of heavy oils by means of hydrotreatment in slurry phase, characterized in that it comprises: a catalyst, having the function of hydrogenating agent, containing MoS2 or WS2 or mixtures thereof in lamellar form or an oil-soluble precursor thereof; a... Agent: Eni S.p.a.

20110139678 - Process for conversion of paraffinic feedstock: The present invention provides a process for the conversion of a paraffinic feedstock that comprises at least 50 wt % of compounds boiling above 370° C. and which has a paraffin content of at least 60 wt %, an aromatics content of below 1 wt %, a naphthenic content below... Agent:

20110139679 - Method for catalytic cracking with maximization of diesel base stocks: e

20110139682 - Catalyst for upgrading inferior acid-containing crude oil, process for manufacturing the same, and application thereof: The present invention relates to a mesopore material of a catalyst for upgrading acid-containing crude oil. Said mesopore material is an amorphous material containing alkaline earth oxide, silica and alumina, and has an anhydrous chemical formula of (0-0.3)Na2O.(1-50)MO.(6-58)Al2O3.(40-92)SiO2, based on the weight percent of the oxides, wherein M is one... Agent: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation

20110139680 - Process and apparatus for integration of a high-pressure hydroconversion process and a medium-pressure middle distillate hydrotreatment process, whereby the two processes are independent: The invention relates to the integration of a process for hydrotreatment of distillates (light and/or middle), that operates under a hydrogen partial pressure of 0.5 to 6.0 MPa, with a process for hydrotreatment/hydroconversion of middle and/or heavy distillates that operates at a hydrogen partial pressure that is at least 4.0... Agent: Ifp

20110139681 - Process for producing hydrocarbon fuel: Slurry hydrocracking a heavy hydrocarbon feed produces a HVGO stream and a pitch stream. At least a portion of the pitch stream is subjected to SDA to prepare a DAO stream low in metals. The DAO is blended with at least a portion of the HVGO stream to provide turbine... Agent: Uop LLC

20110139683 - Fcc process with spent catalyst recycle: Disclosed is an FCC apparatus and process in which coked catalyst is recycled to the base of the riser to contact fresh feed through a passage disposed within the riser.... Agent: Uop LLC

20110139684 - Catalyst composition for reducing gasoline sulfur content in catalytic cracking process: A sulfur reduction catalyst useful to reduce the levels of sulfur in a cracked gasoline product comprises a metal vanadate compound. The metal vanadate compound can be supported on a molecular sieve such as a zeolite in which the metal vanadate compound is primarily located on the exterior surface of... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20110139685 - Preparation of hydrogenation and dehydrogenation catalysts: In a process for producing a metal containing catalyst composition suitable for effecting hydrocarbon hydrogenation and/or dehydrogenation reactions, a catalyst support comprising a porous crystalline material combined with an amorphous binder is treated with an anchoring material capable of bonding to the surface of the support and to a metal... Agent:

20110139686 - Method of removing hydrogen sulfide: The invention provides a method of removing sulfides from viscous petroleum streams such as asphalt, crude oil, and oil slurry using zinc octoate in which the molar ratio of zinc complexed with octanoic acid is not 1:2. Because zinc has a +2 charge and carboxylic acid has a −1 charge,... Agent:

20110139687 - Method and systems to remove polar molecules from refinery streams: The present invention relates to methods and systems for removing polar molecule contaminants from a refinery stream in connection with the processing of hydrocarbon fluids, chemicals, whole crude oils, blends and fractions in refineries and chemical plants that include adding high surface energy and/or high surface area nanoparticle compounds to... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110132803 - Two stage hydroprocessing with divided wall column fractionator: A divided wall column allows for fractionation of multiple streams while maintaining separate product qualities. Effluents from multiple stages of a reaction system can be processed in a single divided wall column. The divided wall column can produce multiple cuts from each separated area, as well as at least one... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110132804 - Increasing octane number of light naphtha using a germanium-zeolite catalyst: This invention relates to a process for the increasing the octane number of a naphtha hydrocarbon feed having a predominantly paraffin content with a germanium-containing zeolite catalyst. The catalyst is a non-acidic germanium zeolite on which a noble metal, such as platinum, has been deposited. The zeolite structure may be... Agent: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation

20110132805 - Heavy oil cracking method: A method for cracking heavy oil is disclosed. The method uses a first heating stage, a second heating stage, a first cracking stage and a second cracking stage to produce cracked distillates from the residual heavy oil.... Agent:

20110132806 - Removal of nitrogen compounds from fcc distillate: A method for the removal of nitrogen compounds from FCC feed or from catalytically cracked distillates including FCC cycle oils by using formaldehyde to selectively couple organic heterocyclic nitrogen species in the FCC feed or FCC distillate to form higher boiling coupling products out of the boiling range of FCC... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110132807 - Method for making a hydroprocessing catalyst: The present invention is directed to a method for making a catalyst for hydroprocessing a carbonaceous feedstock under hydroprocessing conditions. More particularly, the present invention is directed to methods for inhibiting rapid decomposition of ammonium nitrate during calcination of the catalyst following metal impregnation, wherein ammonium nitrate is formed when... Agent: Chevron U.s.a. Inc.

20110132808 - Rare earth-containing attrition resistant vanadium trap for catalytic cracking catalyst: The present invention provides a metal passivator/trap comprising a rare earth oxide dispersed on a matrix containing a calcined hydrous kaolin.... Agent: Basf Corporation

20110132809 - Separation and extraction of desired recoverable materials from source materials: Systems and methods for extracting recoverable materials (e.g., petroleum and/or other hydrocarbons) from source materials (e.g., tar sands) are provided. According to one embodiment a method is provided for extracting bitumen from tar sand. Tar sands are introduced into a batch or continuous processing plasma furnace. The bitumen contained within... Agent: Green Technology LLC A Nevada Limited Liability Company

20110127192 - Hydrocracking catalyst, a process for producing the same, and the use of the same: The present invention relates to a hydrocracking catalyst comprising an acidic silica-alumina, an optional alumina, an effective quantity of at least one VIII Group metal component(s), an effective quantity of at least one VIB Group metal component(s) and an organic additive, wherein the organic additive is one or more selected... Agent: Research Institute Of Petroleum Processing, Sinopec

20110127193 - Catalyst for catalytic cracking fluidized bed: The present invention relates to a catalyst for catalytic cracking fluidized-bed, and the technical problems to be primarily solved by the present invention are high reaction temperature, low cryogenic activity of catalysts and worse selectivity during the preparation of ethylene-propylene by catalytically cracking naphtha. The present invention uses the composition... Agent: Shanghai Research Institute Of Petrochemical Technology Sinopec

20110127194 - Hydrocarbon treatment process: In a catalytic treatment process, mercaptans in sour hydrocarbon are oxidized to disulfide oils using an aqueous treatment solution containing a chelated polyvalent metal catalyst, alkali metal hydroxide, and the alkali metal salt of at least one alcohol in a non-dispersive mixing apparatus wherein an upgraded hydrocarbon containing the disulfide... Agent: Merichem Company

20110127195 - Demulsifying compositions and methods for separating emulsions using the same: The present invention provides for a demulsifying composition comprising the reaction product of an oxirane or oxetane compound (I) comprising at least two oxirane or oxetane groups; a compound (II) comprising silicon and one or more amino groups; and optionally a polyamine (III); and a secondary amine (IV).... Agent: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.

20110127196 - Viscous hydrocarbon treatment method by in-situ asphaltene inerting: The invention concerns a method for treating viscous hydrocarbon containing asphaltenes, which consists in performing the following steps: precipitating at least part of the asphaltenes by adding into the hydrocarbon an appropriate solvent; adding into the hydrocarbon polymerization products adapted to encapsulate the precipitated asphaltenes to inert same.... Agent: Institutfrancais Du Petrole

20110127197 - Closed loop solvent extraction process for oil sands: The present invention is directed to a method comprising contacting an oil sand with a suitable solvent to generate a solvated oil sand slurry; separating solvent-diluted bitumen from the solvated oil sand slurry to generate (a) a solvent-diluted bitumen and (b) a slurry with increased solids concentration; and filtering the... Agent:

20110127198 - Oil sand slurry solids reduction to enhance extraction performance for problem ores: A process for extracting bitumen from problem oil sand ores having low bitumen content and/or high fines content is provided, comprising: mixing the problem oil sand ore with heated water to produce an oil sand slurry; conditioning the oil sand slurry for a period of time sufficient to substantially disperse... Agent: Syncrude Canada Ltd. In Trust For The Owners Of The Syncrude Project