Bp Corporation North America Inc.

Stepan Company

David Eisenberg

Vahid Bagheri

Carroll W Lanier

Ranier Benda

Kevin S Ratliff

Franz Josef Luxem

Marshall J Nepras

Leonard F Zaporowski

Andrew D Overstreet

Randall J Stolk

Robert E Farritor

Frederic Grzeszczak

Provided are methods for decreasing the reaction time between an alkanolamine such as triethanolamine and a fatty acid alkyl ester such as, a triglyceride, a vegetable oil, a methyl ester, an ethyl ester, etc., a fatty acid, or a mixture thereof. The methods utilize a divalent zinc catalyst to facilitate and accelerate an esterification or transesterification reaction between the alkanolamine and the fatty acid, or fatty acid alkyl ester.

Catalyst for esteramine production

A process for the production of an oligomer oil by the polymerization of a feedstock containing one or more C to C 1-olefins in the presence of a solid unsupported metallocene- and activator-containing catalyst system which is formed by removing the solvent from a solution of the soluble metallocene- and activator-containing catalyst system.

Oligomerization using a solid, unsupported metallocene catalyst system

A multistep process for the selective production of an oligomer oil having predetermined properties in which the first step involves the polymerization of a feedstock containing one or more C to C 1-olefins in the presence of a catalyst comprising a bulky ligand transition metal catalyst and in which a subsequent step involves the olgiomerization of at least a preselected fraction of the product of the first step.

Oligomer oils and their manufacture

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Northbrook, IL, United States of America

David Eisenberg