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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Inventors:
Rodney S. Smith, Jr., Edinburgh Midlothian, GB;
Beshoy Abdelmalek, Seabrook, TX (US);
Mark A. Nierode, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Moran, Humble, TX (US);
Derrick B. Callander, Humble, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 29/16 (2006.01); C10G 31/06 (2006.01); C01B 3/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 29/16 (2013.01); C01B 3/506 (2013.01); C10G 31/06 (2013.01); C01B 2203/046 (2013.01); C01B 2203/048 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to hydrocarbon streams containing impurities such as carbon oxysulfides, to processes for upgrading the hydrocarbons by removing at least a portion of the impurities therefrom, to equipment useful in such processes, and to the use of upgraded hydrocarbons for, e.g., chemical manufacturing.