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Mineral oils: processes and products December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/11

20110315596 - Integrated hydrocracking and dewaxing of hydrocarbons: An integrated process for producing naphtha fuel, diesel fuel and/or lubricant base oils from feedstocks under sour conditions is provided. The ability to process feedstocks under higher sulfur and/or nitrogen conditions allows for reduced cost processing and increases the flexibility in selecting a suitable feedstock. The sour feed can be... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110315597 - Catalytic processes and systems for base oil production from heavy feedstock: Processes and catalyst systems are provided for dewaxing a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock to form a lubricant base oil. A layered catalyst system of the present invention may comprise a first hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst disposed upstream from a second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst. Each of the first and second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalysts... Agent: Chevron U.s.a. Inc

20110315598 - Catalytic processes and systems for base oil production using zeolite ssz-32x: Processes and catalyst systems are provided for dewaxing a hydrocarbon feedstock to form a lubricant base oil. A layered catalyst system of the present invention may comprise a first hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst disposed upstream from a second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst. Each of the first and second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalysts may... Agent: Chevron U.s.a. Inc

20110315599 - Integrated hydrocracking and dewaxing of hydrocarbons: An integrated process for producing naphtha fuel, diesel fuel and/or lubricant base oils from feedstocks under sour conditions is provided. The ability to process feedstocks under higher sulfur and/or nitrogen conditions allows for reduced cost processing and increases the flexibility in selecting a suitable feedstock. The sour feed can be... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110315601 - High shear process for processing naphtha: A method and system for processing naphtha, including a high shear mechanical device. In one embodiment, the method comprises forming a dispersion of gas in a naphtha hydrocarbon liquid in a high shear device prior to introduction in a cracking reactor/furnace. In another instance the system for processing naphtha comprises... Agent: H R D Corporation

20110315600 - Removal of sulfur compounds from petroleum stream: A process for upgrading an oil stream by mixing the oil stream with a water stream and subjecting it to conditions that are at or above the supercritical temperature and pressure of water. The process further includes cooling and a subsequent alkaline extraction step. The resulting thiols and hydrogen sulfide... Agent: Saudi Arablan Oil Company

20110315602 - Recessed gas feed distributor process for fcc riser: An FCC process may include a distributor disposed in a recess in a wall of the riser for distributing gaseous hydrocarbon feed to a riser. The distributor may be shielded from upwardly flowing catalyst by a shield. An array of nozzles from the distributor may extend through openings in the... Agent: Uop LLC.

20110315603 - Spent catalyst riser distributor: The present invention relates to an improved design for use in fluid cracking processes, preferably used in either a fluid catalytic cracking (“FCC”) process or a fluid coking process. In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus and process for improving the separation and distributing spent catalyst and gases... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20110315604 - Method for resolving emulsions in enhanced oil recovery operations: Disclosed and claimed is a method of demulsifying an emulsion comprising water and oil. The method comprises adding an effective amount of a composition comprising at least one substantially fully quaternized ammonium adduct of polyephalohydrin that has a molecular weight from about 500 Da to about 2,500 Da.... Agent:

20110315605 - Pretreatment method for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanostructures from coal and carbon chars: Carbon nanostructures such as multiwalled carbon nanotubes are formed from electrolyzed coal char. The electrolyzed coal char is formed by forming a slurry of coal particles, metal catalyst and water and subjecting this to electrolysis, which generates carbon dioxide and hydrogen. This forms a coating on the particles which includes... Agent: Ohio University

20110308995 - Dual reactor for better conversion of heavy hydrocarbons: An improved hydrocarbon cracking process includes a first reactor such as a nozzle reactor positioned in series with a second reactor such as a tubular reactor. A cracking fluid such as steam or natural gas is reacted with heavy hydrocarbon material in the first reactor. The first reactor may provide... Agent:

20110308996 - Methodology to determine feed quality (di+ring aromatic content) of fcc and hydrocracking feeds: A method of upgrading naphtha and diesel yields from fluid catalytic cracking and hydrocracking units by improving a feed quality of a petroleum feedstock, product or fraction mixture. The method of improving the feed quality of the petroleum feedstock, product or fraction mixture occurs by first determining the API Gravity... Agent: Conocophillips Company

20110308997 - Process for using catalyst with rapid formation of iron sulfide in slurry hydrocracking: A process is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products. The heavy hydrocarbon feed is slurried with a catalyst comprising iron oxide and alumina to form a heavy hydrocarbon slurry and hydrocracked to produce lighter hydrocarbons. The iron oxide in the catalyst converts to catalytically active iron... Agent: Uop LLC

20110308998 - Process for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons using uzm-35: p

20110308999 - Method for selective hydrogenation of phenylacetylene in the presence of styrene: The present invention discloses a process for the selective hydrogenation of phenylacetylene in the presence of styrene, comprising contacting a phenylacetylene and styrene-containing hydrocarbon fraction feedstock with a carbon-containing catalyst under hydrogenation reaction conditions, wherein the carbon-containing catalyst has a carbon content of from 0.02 to 8 wt % based... Agent:

20110309000 - Method for upgrading hydrocarbon compounds and a hydrocarbon compound distillation separation apparatus: There is provided a method for upgrading hydrocarbon compounds, in which hydrocarbon compounds synthesized in a Fisher-Tropsch synthesis reaction are fractionally distillated, and the fractionally distillated hydrocarbon compounds are hydrotreated to produce liquid fuel products. The method includes fractionally distilling heavy hydrocarbon compounds synthesized in the Fisher-Tropsch synthesis reaction as... Agent:

20110309002 - Apparatus, system, and method for separating bitumen from crude oil sands: A method for separating bitumen from crude oil sands comprises subjecting crude oil sands to vibration selected to cause bitumen to separate from crude oil sands and filtering the separated bitumen from the crude oil sands.... Agent:

20110309001 - Low interfacial tension surfactants for petroleum applications: The invention relates to a class of novel surfactants that have utility in the recovery and/or extraction of oil.... Agent:

20110303580 - Slurry hydrocracking apparatus or process: One exemplary embodiment can include a slurry hydrocracking process. The process can include combining one or more hydrocarbons and a slurry hydrocracking catalyst as a feed to a slurry hydrocracking reaction zone, fractionating an effluent from the slurry hydrocracking reaction zone, separating the pitch from at least a portion of... Agent: Uop, LLC

20110303581 - Process for preparing benzene: The present invention relates to a process for the endothermic, catalytic gas phase reaction of naphtha with hydrogen to form benzene, in which the reaction is carried out in 5 to 12 serial reaction zones under adiabatic conditions.... Agent: Bayer Technology Services Gmbh

20110303582 - Vacuum distilled dao processing in fcc with recycle: System and method for processing hydrocarbon. One or more embodiments of the method include combining a first hydrocarbon including a de-asphalted oil with a recycled hydrocarbon product to produce a combined hydrocarbon, cracking the combined hydrocarbon to produce a cracked hydrocarbon product, and recycling at least a portion of the... Agent: Kellogg Brown & Root LLC

20110303583 - Process for using supported molybdenum catalyst for slurry hydrocracking: A process is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products. The heavy hydrocarbon feed is slurried with a catalyst comprising molybdenum supported on a base, such as boehmite or pseudo-boehmite alumina. Iron oxide may also be in the base. The base is preferably bauxite. The heavy hydrocarbon... Agent: Uop LLC

20110303584 - Process for using supported molybdenum catalyst for slurry hydrocracking: A process is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products. The heavy hydrocarbon feed is slurried with a catalyst comprising molybdenum supported on a base, such as boehmite or pseudo-boehmite alumina. Iron oxide may also be in the base. The base is preferably bauxite. The heavy hydrocarbon... Agent: Uop LLC

20110303585 - Process for aromatic hydrogenation and cetane value increase of middle-distillate feedstocks: The instant invention pertains to a process for treating a feed, for example a Light Cycle Oil (LCO), having a high content of S and/or N impurities and/or a high content of aromatics, comprising the following steps, in particular in such an order a step of desulphurisation (HDS) and denitrification... Agent: Total Raffinage Marketing

20110297582 - Oil reactor vacuum pump having hydraulic gasket for catalytic oiling reactions from previously conditioned slurry-like residues and method therefor: The invention describes a method and an apparatus for the diffusion-catalytic conversion of hydrocarbon-containing residues in two stages, in a first stage at 120-200° C., heated by the waste heat of the power generator in order to convert solid input materials into a reaction slurry and, in a second stage,... Agent:

20110297583 - Process for fluid catalytic cracking: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for fluid catalytic cracking. The process may include providing a torch oil to a stripping section of a first reaction zone, which in turn can communicate at least a partially spent catalyst to a regeneration zone for providing additional heat duty to the... Agent: Uop, LLC

20110297584 - Systems and methods for processing a catalyst regenerator flue gas: A system comprising a reactor comprising a hydrocarbon feedstock and a regenerated catalyst under catalytic cracking conditions to yield a cracked reactor product and a spent catalyst, the spent catalyst comprising a hydrocarbon layer; a regenerator comprising a spent catalyst feedstock and an oxygen containing gas feedstock to burn at... Agent:

20110297585 - Process for reducing the quantity of carbon dioxide produced in a fluid catalytic cracking regeneration off gas: The present invention relates to a process for the reduction of CO2 emissions from the flue gas of a cracking catalyst regenerator that is part of a fluidized catalytic cracking system which cracks petroleum feedstocks such as petroleum distillates of residual or crude oil which, when catalytically cracked, provide either... Agent: Air Liquide Large Industries U.s. Lp

20110297586 - Process for separating bitumen from other constituents in mined, bitumen rich, ore: Separation of bitumen from mined ore employs cooling of the mined ore at a temperature where all the species contained in the ore become solid and brittle. Ore is maintained solid by appropriate continuous injection of cold air and/or carbon dioxide in the processing plant through the process. Difference in... Agent:

20110297587 - Methods and systems for removing fines from hydrocarbon-containing fluids: A method of removing fines from a hydrocarbon-containing fluid can include preparing a bed media of particulate earthen material (12). The hydrocarbon-containing fluid having fines therein can be passed through the bed media (12) at a flow rate such that a portion of the fines are retained in the bed... Agent:

20110290702 - Lubricating base oil blend: The present invention relates to a lubricating base oil blend comprising (a) a mineral oil derived base oil having a saturates content of more than 90 wt %, a sulphur content of less than 0.03 wt % and a viscosity index of between 80-150, and (b) a paraffinic base oil... Agent:

20110290703 - Coal liquefaction complex with minimal carbon dioxide emissions: The invention described herein relates to a novel process for reducing the carbon dioxide emissions from a coal and/or biomass liquefaction facility by utilizing a steam methane reformer unit in the complex designed to produce additional hydrogen which can be thereafter utilized in the process, as required for the plant... Agent: