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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2008
Applicant:
Scott A. Kinkead, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Inventor:
Scott A. Kinkead, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/22 (2006.01); E21B 43/25 (2006.01); C07C 4/06 (2006.01); C10G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for chemically-upgrading shale-bound kerogen comprises contacting shale-bound kerogen comprising carbon-carbon double bonds with a quantity of alkene species in the presence of an olefin metathesis catalyst. A catalyzed metathetical reaction occurs between the shale-bound kerogen and the alkene species and smaller kerogen-derived molecular species are formed. The smaller kerogen-derived molecular species are recovered.