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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. 03, 1991
Filed:
May. 07, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin P Grosboll, Kingwood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208108 ; 208 14 ; 208370 ; 208107 ;
Abstract
A method of producing and upgrading crude oil in flowable form which is characterized by the steps of forming hydrogen from methane gas and hydrogenating only a portion of the crude oils and produce a less viscous bottom stream that is then admixed with the remainder of the crude to form a flowable crude and transporting the flow of crude to a refinery.