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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leslie E Compton, Claremont, CA (US);
William H Rowan, Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
Occidental Oil Shale, Inc., Grand Junction, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ; E21C / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166259 ; 166266 ; 166270 ; 299-2 ; 423224 ; 423244 ;
Abstract
The hydrogen sulfide concentration of a gas of relatively higher hydrogen sulfide concentration is reduced by combining at a temperature less than about 650.degree. F hydrogen sulfide in the gas with oxygen in the presence of a fragmented permeable mass of particles containing oil shale to yield a gas with relatively lower hydrogen sulfide concentration for withdrawing from the fragmented permeable mass.