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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Claire Ansell, Chester, GB;
Richard Hugh Clark, Chester, GB;
Richard John Heins, Chester, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/04 (2006.01); C10M 101/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Process to blend a mineral derived hydrocarbon product and a Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon product by providing in a storage vessel of a marine vessel a quantity of mineral derived hydrocarbon product and Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon product such that initially the mineral derived hydrocarbon product is located substantially above the Fischer-Tropsch derived hydrocarbon product, transporting the combined products in the marine vessel from one location to another location, also referred to as the destination, and obtaining a blended product at arrival of the marine vessel at its destination.