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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2010
Abdennour Bourane, Ras Tanura, SA;
Omer Refa Koseoglu, Dhahran, SA;
Stephane Cyrille Kressmann, Dhahran, SA;
Abdennour Bourane, Ras Tanura, SA;
Omer Refa Koseoglu, Dhahran, SA;
Stephane Cyrille Kressmann, Dhahran, SA;
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, , SA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for upgrading a hydrocarbon feedstock is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to an oxidation reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock is oxidized in the presence of a catalyst under conditions sufficient to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock; (c) separating the hydrocarbons and the oxidized sulfur compounds by solvent extraction; (d) collecting a residue stream that includes the oxidized sulfur compounds; and (e) supplying the residue stream to a gasifier to produce a syngas stream and a hydrogen sulfide stream.