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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Charles G. Mones, Cheyenne, WY (US);
Frank D. Guffey, Laramie, WY (US);
Phyllis J. Brecher, Laramie, WY (US);
Inventors:
Lee E. Brecher, Laramie, WY (US);
Charles G. Mones, Cheyenne, WY (US);
Frank D. Guffey, Laramie, WY (US);
Assignee:
The University of Wyoming Research Corporation, Laramie, WY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 9/00 (2006.01); C10G 51/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 9/007 (2013.01); C10G 51/023 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1025 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1033 (2013.01); C10G 2300/302 (2013.01); C10G 2300/308 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hydrocarbonaceous material upgrading method may involve a novel combination of heating, vaporizing and chemically reacting hydrocarbonaceous feedstock that is substantially unpumpable at pipeline conditions, and condensation of vapors yielded thereby, in order to upgrade that feedstock to a hydrocarbonaceous material condensate that meets crude oil pipeline specification.