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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen H. Brown, Brussels, BE;
William A. Weber, Burlington, NJ (US);
Reuel Shinnar, Great Neck, NY (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 2/00 ; C07C 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 2/00 ; C07C 1/00 ;
Abstract
A process for treating methane-containing natural gas is provided which comprises: i) converting methane to methanol at or near a site of natural gas production; ii) transporting the methanol to a refinery remote from said site of production, said refinery producing ethylene and propylene and comprising an alkylation unit which can utilize a propylene feed; and iii) converting said methanol to gasoline boiling range fuel product and petrochemicals, including ethylene, propylene, butenes and xylenes.