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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:
Feb. 28, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence B Peck, Houston, TX (US);
Robert D Buttke, Lisle, IL (US);
George L Ott, Naperville, IL (US);
Jeffry A Cox, Warrenville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208212 ; 208 / ; 208100 ; 208108 ; 208112 ; 208162 ; 208177 ; 208348 ;
Abstract
An effective hydrotreating process is provided to minimize precipitation of asphaltenic solids in the product oil. In the preferred process, an aromatic diluent, preferably comprising decanted oil, is injected into one or more of the fractionators downstream of the reactor.