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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:
Dec. 09, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald C Cronauer, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Roger F Vogel, Butler, PA (US);
Richard A Flinn, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
Gulf Research & Development Company, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2082 / ; 208 99 ; 208112 ;
Abstract
A process for upgrading crude shale oil containing nitrogen which comprises contacting crude shale oil in a hydrogenation zone with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to remove a selected portion of the nitrogen and then contacting the resulting product with an ion exchange resin to obtain a shale oil of substantially lower nitrogen content.