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Mineral oils: processes and products February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/13

20130048535 - Design development and implementation of analyzer based control system and algorithm: A method of correcting measurements of a chemical sensor used in an industrial facility. The method involves correcting for errors known to occur in the steady state and the dynamic state for specifically recognized situations. This method allows for correcting errors that occur due to deadtime, false zero measurements, and... Agent:

20130048536 - Method of manufacturing high quality lube base oil using unconverted oil: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing high quality lube base oil (Group III) from unconverted oil having various properties obtained in a variety of hydrocrackers using improved catalytic dewaxing and hydrofinishing, the method including producing unconverted oil of at least one kind in the same or different hydrocrackers; subjecting the... Agent: Sk Innovation Co., Ltd.

20130048537 - Method of simultaneously manufacturing high quality naphthenic base oil and heavy base oil: Disclosed is a method of simultaneously manufacturing high quality naphthenic base oil and heavy base oil using a single catalyst system, by subjecting an oil fraction (slurry oil or light cycle oil) produced by fluid catalytic cracking and an oil fraction (deasphalted oil) produced by solvent deasphalting to hydrotreating, catalytic... Agent: Sk Innovation Co., Ltd.

20130048539 - Methods and systems for upgrading hydrocarbon: Methods and systems for upgrading hydrocarbon are described. The system can include a combustor and a nozzle reactor. The combustor can be used to produce a motive fluid suitable for use in the nozzle reactor. The motive fluid produced by the combustor and a hydrocarbon stream can be injected into... Agent: Marathon Oil Canada Corporation

20130048538 - System and method for cold cracking with steam: Method to enhance the recovery of oil from an oil field, comprising: applying heat to a colloidal hydrocarbonic medium that comprises hydrocarbon chains; and applying pressure waves having a predetermined frequency and intensity to hydrocarbon chains, in order to crack hydrocarbon chains into relatively shorter hydrocarbon chains. Optionally: applying heat... Agent:

20130048540 - Ultra-dispersed catalyst and method for preparing same: A catalyst composition comprising an emulsion of an aqueous phase in an oil phase, wherein the aqueous phase contains a group 6 metal, and wherein between about 55 and 100 wt % of the group 6 metal is sulfurated. A method for making a catalyst emulsion, comprising the steps of... Agent: Intevep, S.a.

20130048541 - Attrition selective particles: Additive particles for use in a fluid catalytic cracking system are provided for reducing the opacity of flue gas that is generated from a regenerator within the system. Particles are supplied to the unit to catalyze the cracking of hydrocarbon feeds, and to react with sulfur oxides that are produced... Agent: Chevron U.s.a. Inc.

20130048542 - Desulfurization of hydrocarbons by solvent extraction: A high sulfur content hydrocarbon feedstream is treated by mixing one or more selected solvents with a sulfur-containing feedstream for a predetermined period of time, allowing the mixture to separate and form a sulfur-rich solvent-containing liquid phase and a crude oil phase of substantially lowered sulfur content, and withdrawing the... Agent: Saudi Arabian Oil Company

20130048543 - Reaction system and products therefrom: A reaction system and method for removing heteroatoms from oxidized-heteroatom-containing hydrocarbon streams and products derived therefrom are disclosed. An oxidized-heteroatom-containing hydrocarbon feed is reacted in a reaction system thereby forming non-ionic hydrocarbon products. The products derived therefrom are useful as transportation fuels, lubricants, refinery intermediates, or refinery feeds.... Agent: Auterra, Inc.

20130043159 - Process for recovering hydroprocessed hydrocarbons with two strippers in series: A process is disclosed for recovering hydroprocessing effluent from a hydroprocessing unit utilizing a hot stripper and a cold stripper. A net overhead stream from the hot stripper is forwarded to the cold stripper for further stripping. The invention is particularly suitable for hydrotreating residue feed streams. The hot stripped... Agent: Uop LLC

20130043160 - Upgrading platform using alkali metals: A process for removing sulfur, nitrogen or metals from an oil feedstock (such as heavy oil, bitumen, shale oil, etc.) The method involves reacting the oil feedstock with an alkali metal and a radical capping substance. The alkali metal reacts with the metal, sulfur or nitrogen content to form one... Agent:

20130043162 - Process for recovering hydroprocessed hydrocarbons with two strippers and common overhead recovery: A process is disclosed for recovering hydroprocessing effluent from a hydroprocessing unit utilizing a hot stripper and a cold stripper. The cold stripper and the hot stripper utilize a common overhead recovery apparatus.... Agent: Uop LLC

20130043161 - Process for recovering hydroprocessed hydrocarbons with two strippers in one vessel: A process is disclosed for recovering hydroprocessing effluent from a hydroprocessing unit utilizing a hot stripper and a cold stripper. The cold stripper and the hot stripper are contained in the same vessel. A barrier prevents material from the hot stripper from entering into the cold stripper.... Agent: Uop LLC

20130043163 - Reducing the carbon emissions intensity of a fuel: Techniques for reducing a carbon emissions intensity of a fuel includes injecting a carbon dioxide fluid into a first wellbore; producing a hydrocarbon fluid from a second wellbore to a terranean surface; and producing a fuel from the produced hydrocarbon fluid, the fuel including a low-carbon fuel and assigned an... Agent:

20130043164 - Coal seam gas fracking systems and methods: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for treating fracking fluids are provided in which a dispersion system receives a portion of a body of fracking fluid collected in a well. The dispersion system may comprise a hydrodynamic mixing chamber and a nozzle. An additive comprising one or... Agent:

20130043165 - Process for drying oil sand mature fine tailings: A process for drying fine tailings is provided. The process, which may use a pipeline reactor system, comprises providing an in-line flow of the fine tailings; continuously introducing a flocculent solution to cause dispersion and commence flocculation of the fine tailings and may comprise rapid turbulent mixing; subjecting the fine... Agent: Suncor Energy Inc.

20130043166 - Removal of mercury and mercuric compounds from crude oil streams: The invention is directed towards a method of removing mercury bearing species from a hydrocarbon containing fluid. The method comprises the steps of: i) adding dithiocarbamate polymer to the fluid in an amount such that the number of mercury bonding sites on the polymer exceeds the amount of mercury atoms... Agent:

20130037446 - Gazoline upgrading process: wherein the catalyst is a crystalline compound with micro/mesoporous structure chosen among crystalline aluminosilicates, crystalline aluminophosphates, crystalline silico-aluminophosphates, crystalline zeolites, or the catalyst is a composite material comprising at least 20% wt of at least one of the above mentioned crystalline compounds, and wherein the mesoporous volume of the crystalline... Agent: Total Raffinage Marketing

20130037447 - Process for reacting a petroleum fraction: In one exemplary embodiment, a system for reacting a first feed can include a petroleum fraction having at least about 90%, by volume, with a boiling point of at least about 300° C. The system can include a bubble column reactor. The bubble column reactor, in turn, can include a... Agent: Uop LLC

20130037448 - Process for reducing the total acid number in refinery feedstocks: A process is described for reducing the total acid number of a refinery feedstock. In one embodiment, refinery feedstock containing naphthenic acids is contacted with an effective amount of solid catalyst in the presence of an aqueous caustic base, wherein the caustic base is sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, for... Agent: Saudi Arabian Oil Company

20130037449 - Process for the recovery of oils from a solid matrix: Process for the recovery of oils from a solid matrix comprising: subjecting said solid matrix to extraction by mixing with at least one organic solvent having a boiling point lower than or equal to 160° C., preferably ranging from 60° C. to 140° C., operating at a temperature ranging from... Agent: Eni S.p.a.

20130032510 - Advanced method and apparatus to process bitumen containing impurities: This invention relates to open-pit mining wherein crushed bitumen is fed into an enclosed pyrolyzer and heated under pressure in a reduced atmosphere where the cracking of asphalt results in a tar-free bitumen in the form of volatile matter containing a hydrogen rich, non-condensable syngas with vaporized light liquids and... Agent:

20130032511 - Apparatus and processes for production of coal derived oil products: Apparatus and processes for production of coal derived oils from a mixture of pulverized coal and a coal solvent in predetermined proportions, which when agitated produces a substantially ash-free coal slurry liquid. Subsequently the coal slurry liquid is heat treated in a fractionator to produce predetermined products, and a portion... Agent: Coalstar Industries Inc.