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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:
Jun. 12, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lillian A Rankel, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208 45 ; 208 86 ; 208 95 ; 208106 ;
Abstract
A process is provided for preparing pipelineable syncrude and asphalt from a heavy crude oil. The syncrude has substantially less metals content and Conradson Carbon Residue than the precursor crude oil, and may be used as feed for catalytic cracking or as fuel oil. The asphalt is adaptable for paving. The process consists of air-blowing the crude, deasphalting the air-blown product, and thermally cracking the deasphalted oil to reduce its viscosity, in that order. The process is adaptable to on-site use in or near a heavy oil field, using skid-mounted equipment.