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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. 08, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas R Halbert, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Kenneth L Riley, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Kenneth L Trachte, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
David L Vannauker, Kingwood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208263 ; 2082 / ;
Abstract
A process for reducing the total acid number of an acidic crude by treating the crude with hydrogen treat gas in the presence of a hydrotreating catalyst wherein the treat gas also contains hydrogen sulfide.