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Mineral oils: processes and products October categorized by USPTO classification 10/11

20110259791 - Process for treating a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock to reduce its viscosity: A process for reducing the viscosity a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock, comprising: supplying the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock and elemental sulphur to a reaction zone and reacting, in the liquid phase, at a temperature in the range of from 300 to 750° C., a part of the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock with the... Agent:

20110259792 - Process for selective reduction of the contents of benzene and light unsaturated compounds of different hydrocarbon fractions: Process for treatment of a feedstock, such as hydrocarbons that comprise at least 4 carbon atoms per molecule and that comprise at least one unsaturated compound including benzene, such that said feedstock is treated in a distillation zone, associated with a hydrogenation reaction zone, at least in part outside of... Agent:

20110259793 - Low pressure production of low cloud point diesel: A diesel fuel product with beneficial cold flow properties can be produced. A suitable feedstock for forming a diesel boiling range product can be hydrotreated to have a sulfur content of at least about 100 wppm and then dewaxed. This two stage process can allow for production of an arctic... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110259794 - Removing chlathrate inhibitors from contaminated petroleum streams: A process is presented for treating crude oil that contains a clathrate hydrate inhibitor. In the process, a crude oil contaminated with the inhibitor is maintained in a vessel at inhibitor removal conditions to produce a treated crude oil having a reduced methanol concentration.... Agent: Chevron U.s.a. Inc.

20110259795 - Process and system for recovering base oil from lubrication oil that contains contaminants therein: A process of recovering base oil from lubrication oil that contains contaminants therein, the process comprises the steps of: (i) extracting a light diesel fraction from the lubrication oil; and (ii) distilling the lubricating oil under vacuum conditions after said extracting step (i) to obtain a base oil that is... Agent: Annda Energy Pte Ltd.

20110259796 - Apparatus and method for removing contaminants from industrial fluids: A filter system for removing contaminants from oil based industrial liquids and the like includes a support tube with a permeable sidewall through which the industrial liquid flows in an inside out direction. A multilayer coalescence media surrounds the support tube, and includes at least one layer of a non-woven... Agent:

20110259797 - Method for deep desulphurization of hydrocarbon fuels: Method for deep desulphurization of hydrocarbon fuels includes following steps: (1) treatment of a hydrocarbon fuel under the condition of its mixing with gaseous oxidant selected from the group consisting nitrogen monoxide, dry air, ozone and a mixture of at least two of said reagents in order to oxidize sulfur-containing... Agent:

20110259798 - Process: Process for reducing the concentration of water-soluble carboxylic acids in a hydrocarbonaceous mixture which process comprises (i) taking a sample from the hydrocarbonaceous mixture and extracting the water-soluble carboxylic acids from the sample, (ii) subjecting the extracted water-soluble carboxylic acids to chromatography, (iii) calculating the concentration of water-soluble carboxylic acids... Agent:

20110253593 - Raw coke for electricity storage carbon material and needle coke: The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the... Agent: Nippon Oil Corporation

20110253594 - Process for the conversion of heavy charges such as heavy crude oils and distillation residues: recycling at least 60% by weight, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 95%, of the distillation residue (tar) or liquid leaving the flash unit, containing the catalyst in dispersed phase, rich in metallic sulfides produced by demetallation of the charge and possibly coke, to the deasphalting zone.... Agent: Eni S.p.a.

20110253595 - Combined solid adsorption-hydrotreating process for whole crude oil desulfurization: A whole crude oil desulfurization system and process includes a combination of an adsorption zone and a hydroprocessing zone. This combined process and system reduces the requisite throughput for the hydroprocessing unit, conventionally a very costly and process both in terms of energy expenditures and catalyst depletion. By first contacting... Agent:

20110253596 - Regenerable composite catalysts for paraffin aromatization: A composite catalyst for aromatization of paraffins includes a molecular sieve catalyst and metal dehydrogenation catalyst present as discrete catalysts in a physical admixture. The molecular sieve catalyst can be a zeolite and the metal dehydrogenation catalyst can be in the form of a nanoctructure, such as zinc oxide nanopowder.... Agent: Fina Technology, Inc.

20110253597 - Method for producing vacuum in a vacuum oil-stock distillation column and a plant for carrying out the method: A method is provided for producing vacuum in a vacuum oil-stock distillation column and includes pumping a gas-vapor medium out of a column by an ejector into a condenser; feeding a gas mixture and a high-pressure gas into a second gas-gas ejector from which the vapour-gas mixture is fed into... Agent:

20110253598 - Composition and method for breaking water in oil emulsions: A multi-component demulsifier comprising an alkoxylated C5-C7 alkyl substituted phenol-formaldehyde resin and at least one polyalkylene oxide triblock copolymer. This synergistic combination of materials is useful in breaking emulsions, of water in hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon in water.... Agent: General Electric Company

20110253599 - Processing aids to improve the bitumen recovery and froth quality in oil sands extraction processes: Disclosed and claimed is a method for improving the froth quality and bitumen recovery in primary bitumen extraction processes by coagulant addition in the underwash feed water. Preferred coagulants are cationic or amphoteric polymers. Coagulant addition in the underwash feed water reduces the solids content reporting to the primary bitumen... Agent:

20110247967 - Deposit mitigation in gasoline fractionation, quench water system and product recovery section: A method for selecting a solvent or mixture of solvents useful for mitigating deposit formation, cleaning existing deposits, and/or decreasing the rate of deposit formation is disclosed. Decreasing the rate at which deposits may form and/or increasing the rate at which deposits may be removed can dramatically improve process economics... Agent: Lummus Technology Inc.

20110247964 - Process for removing asphaltenic particles: Process for removing asphaltenic particles from a hydrocarbon feed containing asphaltenic particles by treating the feed in a filter unit comprising a perforated tube surrounded by hollow longitudinal projections comprising a filter having openings of at most 50 micrometer diameter in which the internal space of each of the hollow... Agent:

20110247965 - Method for resolving emulsions in enhanced oil recovery operations: Disclosed and claimed is a method of demulsifying a produced emulsion into oil and water by adding a surfactant to the produced emulsion. The surfactant comprises any combination of surfactants having a plurality of hydrophilic groups.... Agent:

20110247966 - Recovery and separation of crude oil and water from emulsions: A composition and method demulsify a produced emulsion from anionic surfactants and polymer (SP) and alkali, surfactants, and polymer (ASP). The produced emulsion is demulsified into oil and water. In one embodiment, the composition includes a surfactant. The surfactant comprises a cationic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, or any combinations thereof.... Agent: William Marsh Rice University

20110240517 - Treated oils having reduced densities and viscosities: A treated oil, such as a treated heavy oil, which has a viscosity which is lower than the viscosity of the oil prior to the treatment thereof (i.e., the initial oil). The temperature at which 80 mass % of the treated oil has boiled is within 25° C. of temperature... Agent:

20110240518 - Gasoline hydrodesulfurization and membrane unit to reduce mercaptan type sulfur: A process for the hydrodesulfurization of gasoline is disclosed, the process including: feeding (1) a cracked naphtha containing mercaptans and other organic sulfur compounds and (2) hydrogen to a first hydrodesulfurization reactor containing one or more beds of a hydrodesulfurization catalyst; contacting sulfur compounds comprising the other organic sulfur compounds... Agent: Catalytic Distillation Technologies

20110240519 - Process and apparatus for alkylating and hydrogenating a light cycle oil: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for alkylating and hydrogenating a light cycle oil. The process can include passing the light cycle oil, one or more C2-C6 alkenes, and hydrogen through a reaction vessel containing an alkylation zone and a hydrogenation zone. Generally, the hydrogen is at least partially... Agent: Uop, LLC

20110240520 - Ancillary cracking of paraffinic naphtha in conjunction with fcc unit operations: The production of light hydrocarbons consisting of ethylene, propylene, butylenes, and of gasoline is enhanced by introducing a virgin paraffinic naphtha feedstream derived from an external source into an ancillary downflow reactor that utilizes the same catalyst composition as an adjacent FCC unit for cracking the naphtha and withdrawing the... Agent:

20110240521 - Hydroprocessing of gas oil boiling range feeds: A system and method for producing fuels and lubricant basestocks from gas oil boiling range feeds is provided. Desulfurization and conversion stages are used to form fuel and lubricant products. The product from a desulfurization stage can be fractionated, and a portion of the fractionated bottoms can be used as... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110240522 - Hydroprocessing method, or an apparatus relating thereto: One exemplary embodiment can be a hydroprocessing method. The hydroprocessing method can include providing a feed and a stream including hydrogen to a vessel. The vessel may have a catalyst collector and an internal riser. Generally, a catalyst circulates within the vessel by at least partially rising within the internal... Agent: Uop, LLC

20110240523 - fluid catalytic cracking (fcc) process for manufacturing propylene and ethylene in increased yield: A fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process for manufacturing propylene and ethylene in increased yield. The process comprises cracking an olefinic naphtha stream and main hydrocarbon stock in combination with an olefinic C4 hydrocarbon stream in different zones of one or more risers of an FCC unit. Each FCC riser comprises... Agent:

20110240524 - method and apparatus for breaking an emulsion: A method of demulsifying an emulsion is provided, the method comprising an initial step of supplying the emulsion to a fluid processor passage (14) having an inlet (16) and an outlet (18), wherein the cross sectional area of the passage (14) between the inlet (16) and outlet (18) does not... Agent:

20110240525 - Distillation column pressure control: Methods and systems for controlling the pressure of distillation columns, for example those operating under vacuum pressure and conventionally equipped with a steam ejector system, are described. Representative distillation columns are used in the separation of thermally unstable components, such as the physical solvent sulfolane, having relatively low volatility. Such... Agent: Uop LLC

20110240526 - Debris separation device and method of use: A device for use in separating debris from a flowing stream which comprises a substantially hollow, substantially conical shaped structure comprising a top end member and a plurality of adjacently positioned side members angularly extending from a top end member to a substantially circular bottom end. The top end member... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company