Union Oil Company of California

Frank W Stechmeyer

Donald M Fenton

Dennis D Delaney

A composition and method for reducing the pour point of syncrude, such as those from oil shale, tar sands, oil-impregnated diatomite ore, or coal, by adding thereto an effective amount of a nitrogen-containing compound such as ammonia, ammonium hydroxide or a primary, secondary or tertiary water-soluble aliphatic amine or alkanolamine having one or more alkyl groups containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Pour point reduction of syncrude

A process for reducing the force required to restart the flow of wax-containing oil which has statically cooled to its pour point or below by inserting a plurality of yieldable fluid spacers in an oil column to divide the column into shorter hydraulically isolated segments and thus reduce the forces required to yield the gelled oil.

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Newport Beach, CA, United States of America

Frank W Stechmeyer