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Article: Publication No. WO/2009/073447 Published on June 11, Assigned to Aramco Services, Saudi Arabian Oil for Heavy, Highly Waxy Crude Oil Upgrading Process (Saudi Arabian Inventor)
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- November 2, 2009
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GENEVA, Nov. 4 -- Ki-Hyouk Choi, Saudi Arabia, has developed a process for upgrading heavy and highly waxy crude oil without supply of hydrogen.
The patent has been assigned to Aramco Services Co., Houston, and Saudi Arabian Oil Co., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization: "A continuous process to upgrade heavy crude oil for producing more valuable crude feedstock having high API gravity, low asphaltene content, and high middle distillate yield, low sulfur content, low nitrogen content, and low metal co teat without external supply of hydrogen and/or catalyst. Heavy crude oil having substantial amount of asphaltene and heavy ...