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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:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2002
Moses Minta, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Ronald R. Bowen, Magnolia, TX (US);
James R. Rigby, Kingwood, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a process of manufacturing a pressurized multi-component liquid from a pressurized, multi-component stream, such as natural gas, which contains C components and at least one component of C , C , C , or C . The process selectively removes from the multi-component stream one or more of the C components that would be expected to crystallize at the selected temperature and pressure of the pressurized multi-component liquid product and leaves in the multi-component stream at least one C component. The multi-component stream is then liquefied to produce a pressurized liquid substantially free of crystallized C components. The removal of the C components can be by selective fractionation or crystallization.