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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Applicants:
John M. Hays, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Erin E. Tullos, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Joseph B. Cross, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Inventors:
John M. Hays, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Erin E. Tullos, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Joseph B. Cross, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process is disclosed for removing mercury from a liquid hydrocarbon stream by contacting the mercury-containing liquid hydrocarbon stream with ferrous halide at moderate temperatures and without preheating the liquid hydrocarbon stream, or subjecting the liquid hydrocarbon stream to a heat treating step, immediately prior to contact with the ferrous halide particles.