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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Green Source Energy Llc, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Liang-tseng Fan, Manhattan, KS (US);
Shahram Reza Shafie, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Green Source Holdings, LLC, Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 1/17 (2006.01); C10M 105/02 (2006.01); C10M 105/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 1/17 (2013.01); C10M 2203/065 (2013.01); C10M 2203/1006 (2013.01); C10M 2207/022 (2013.01); C10M 2207/0235 (2013.01); C10M 2219/082 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0391 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method and composition for reducing drag, reducing friction, reducing viscosity, and/or improving flow of viscous hydrocarbons including adding an effective amount of a drag-reducing composition containing a blend of turpentine liquids to a viscous hydrocarbon storage or pipeline operation and forming a drag-reducing mixture of viscous hydrocarbons and the blend of turpentine liquids.