William Marsh Rice University

Nextstream Heavy Oil, LLC

Pradeep Venkataraman

Scott Lee Wellington

Houman Michael Shammai

Wilbur Edward Billups

Sivaram Pradhan

Manjusha Verma

Asphaltene may be effectively broken into smaller molecules by first elucidating the structure of the asphaltene and then developing a catalyst system based on the elucidated structure. The structure may be determined based on a series of analytical techniques including NMR, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, XPS, and LDI. The most probable structure is determined using computational methods based on quantum mechanics and classical molecular dynamics and the catalyst system is developed for the most probable structure.

Growing community of inventors

Houston, TX, United States of America

Pradeep Venkataraman