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Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Yifei Liu

Jiang Wu

Teng Xu

Stephen Todd Cohn

Jeffrey C Yeh

Processes are described for producing mesophase pitch. The processes generally comprise providing a feedstock having a T5≥400° F. (204° C.) and a T95≤1,400° F. (760° C.) and heating the feedstock at a temperature ranging from about 420° C. to about 520° C. to produce a heat treated product including isotropic pitch. Generally, the heating is conducted under conditions sufficient to satisfy the relationship [X*Y]≥20,000 seconds, wherein X is the equivalent reaction time of the heating, and wherein Y is the bromine number of the feedstock as measured in accordance with ASTM D1159. The processes generally further comprise contacting the isotropic pitch with a solvent having a Solubility Blending number (S) of at least about 10 SU under conditions sufficient to produce a solvent fraction comprising the solvent and an insoluble fraction comprising mesophase pitch, and recovering the mesophase pitch.

Processes for producing mesophase pitch

Methods and systems to preserve, prepare, extract, and/or analyze hydrocarbons in the pore spaces of or adsorbed in organic-rich rock samples, such as, but not limited to, drill cuttings and drill cores, using one or more combinations of physical energy sources, including, but not limited to, thermal, vapor pressure, and mechanical stress. The collected samples are transported and prepared in low temperature conditions, with parts of subsequent processing at very low temperatures, thereby allowing a fuller measurement of geochemical fingerprints for the extracted hydrocarbons using various analysis tools. More particularly, the treatment and process allows geochemical fingerprinting to very low carbon number ranges.

Method and system for preserving and obtaining hydrocarbon information from organic-rich rock samples

Methods and systems to monitor and analysis unconventional reservoirs with wellbores with a substantially horizontal section. Monitoring and analysis is conducted in three dimensions using high-resolution geochemical fingerprinting analyses of rock samples and produced oil samples. The invention uses methods to preserve, prepare, extract, and/or analyze hydrocarbons in the pore spaces of or adsorbed in organic-rich rock samples, such as, but not limited to, drill cuttings and drill cores, using one or more combinations of physical energy sources, including, but not limited to, thermal, vapor pressure, and mechanical stress. The collected samples are transported and prepared in low temperature conditions, with parts of subsequent processing at very low temperatures, thereby allowing a fuller measurement of geochemical fingerprints for the extracted hydrocarbons using various analysis tools. More particularly, the treatment and process allows geochemical fingerprinting to very low carbon number ranges. The techniques of the present invention may be used to optimize well stacking and spacing, completion design, and cluster efficiency evaluation to improve unconventional reservoir economics.

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