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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:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2002
Applicants:
Keith A. Bullin, Brazos County, TX (US);
Joel G. Cantrell, Brazos County, TX (US);
Inventors:
Keith A. Bullin, Brazos County, TX (US);
Joel G. Cantrell, Brazos County, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bryan Research & Engineering, Inc., Bryan, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 27/00 (2006.01); C07C 11/00 (2006.01); C07C 2/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for converting natural gas to a hydrocarbon liquid wherein a stream of natural gas at a selected pressure is mixed with a hot gas stream which is at a temperature sufficient to affect a chemical reaction and form an intermediate product stream containing reactive hydrocarbons, the intermediate product stream being quenched and the quenched intermediate product stream being reacted in a catalytic liquification zone to produce a hydrocarbon liquid.