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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:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Anand Subramanian, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Raymond Floyd, Katy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Anand Subramanian, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Raymond Floyd, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Kellogg Brown & Root LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/04 (2006.01); C10C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for processing one or more hydrocarbons are provided. One or more hydrocarbons can be selectively separated to provide one or more heavy deasphalted oils. At least a portion of the heavy deasphalted oil can be thermally cracked to provide one or more lighter hydrocarbon products.