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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2022
Ifp Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Joao Marques, Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, FR;
Thibaut Corre, Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, FR;
Jeremie Barbier, Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, FR;
Brett Matthew Silverman, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
David M. Mountainland, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Sukesh Parasher, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a slurry hydroconversion process of a heavy oil feedstock comprising: (a) preparing a first conditioned feedstock () by blending said heavy oil feedstock () with an organic chemical compound () comprising at least one carboxylic acid function and/or at least one ester function and/or an acid anhydride function; (b) preparing a second conditioned feedstock () by mixing a catalyst precursor composition () with said first conditioned feedstock so that a colloidal or molecular catalyst is formed when it reacts with sulfur; (c) heating the second conditioned feedstock in at least one preheating device; (d) introducing the heated second conditioned feedstock () into at least one slurry bed reactor and operating said slurry bed reactor in the presence of hydrogen and at hydroconversion conditions to produce an upgraded material (), the colloidal or molecular catalyst being formed during step (c) and/or (d).