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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2018
Vertec Biosolvents, Inc., Downers Grove, IL (US);
Petrodal Corporation S.a., Ciudad de Panama, PA;
Rathin Datta, Chicago, IL (US);
Ramon Burgues, Valencia, VE;
Elena Osta, Valencia, VE;
James E. Opre, Downers Grove, IL (US);
PETRODAL CORPORATION S.A., Ciudad de Panama, PA;
VERTEC BIOSOLVENTS, INC., Downers Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
An enhanced diluent (EDIL) composition used to prepare a transportable dense crude oil composition is disclosed. An EDIL composition contains a usually used dense crude hydrocarbon diluent (DIL) plus an additive (ADD) composition that permits the amount of EDIL used in the resulting diluted transportable dense crude (EDIL:DC) to be lessened by about 20 to about 60 percent, while maintaining the viscosity and other properties of the usually used DC:DIL composition. A contemplated ADD composition is a mixture of three components, a solvent mixture, a diol and a surfactant. A contemplated EDIL composition contains about 1 to about 20 percent by weight of the ADD composition. Admixture of EDIL with a dense crude at about 80 to about 40 percent by volume of the amount of DIL usually used provides an easily transportable enhanced dense crude composition. A method of preparing a transportable dense crude composition is also disclosed.