Mannesmannrohren-Werke Ag

Kurt Gruber

Willi Keim

Klaus Hentschel

An improved petroleum distillation process in which methanol is added to the petroleum to be distilled and methanol/hydrocarbon azeotrope is recovered boiling at about 63.degree. C. which can be used as a fuel. The methanol can be derived from natural gas or another fossil fuel source. A methanol crude oil emulsion from a long distance pipeline can be distilled by this process without preliminary treatment.

Process for transportation and distillation of petroleum with methanol

Fossil fuel such as crude oil or coal is transported through a pipe by converting some of the constituents of the fossil fuel, such as natural gas, into methanol. The methanol is then used to form an emulsion with the fossil fuel. The emulsion is transported by pipeline.

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Mo_nchengladbach, Germany

Kurt Gruber