Inventor · Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, FR

Frederic Morel

50Patents
17h-index
60Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 4, 1986 → Sep 16, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6203695A Hydrotreating hydrocarbon feeds Performing Operations; Transporting 109 Expired
US6447671B1 Process for converting heavy petroleum fractions, comprising an ebullated bed hydroconversion step and a hydrotreatment step Chemistry; Metallurgy 56 Expired
US6306287A Process for hydrotreatment of a heavy hydrocarbon fraction using permutable reactors and introduction of a middle distillate Chemistry; Metallurgy 55 Expired
US6309537A Hydrotreating hydrocarbon feeds in an ebullating bed reactor Chemistry; Metallurgy 48 Expired
US6436280B1 Catalyst for hydrotreating hydrocarbon feeds in a fixed bed reactor Performing Operations; Transporting 44 Expired
US5460714A Liquid phase catalytic hydrocarbon hydroconversion with polyaromatic additive Chemistry; Metallurgy 42 Expired
US6153087A Process for converting heavy crude oil fractions, comprising an ebullating bed conversion step and a hydrocracking step Chemistry; Metallurgy 40 Expired
US8926824B2 Process for the conversion of residue integrating moving-bed technology and ebullating-bed technology Chemistry; Metallurgy 37 Active
US6277270A Process for converting heavy petroleum fractions that comprise a fixed-bed hydrotreatment stage, an ebullated-bed conversion stage, and a catalytic cracking stage Chemistry; Metallurgy 31 Expired
US6207041A Process for converting heavy crude oil fractions, comprising an ebullating bed hydroconversion step and a hydrotreatment step Chemistry; Metallurgy 28 Expired
US6017441A Multi-step catalytic process for conversion of a heavy hydrocarbon fraction Chemistry; Metallurgy 24 Expired
US6117306A Catalytic process for conversion of a petroleum residue using a fixed bed hydrodemetallization catalyst Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5980730A Process for converting a heavy hydrocarbon fraction using an ebullated bed hydrodemetallization catalyst Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US9512319B2 Process for the production of carbon black from at least one FCC slurry cut, comprising a specific hydrotreatment Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Active
US6620311B2 Process for converting petroleum fractions, comprising an ebullated bed hydroconversion step, a separation step, a hydrodesulphurization step and a cracking step Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US6171477A Hydroconversion of vacuum distillates and deasphalted oils in fixed beds and boiling beds Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US5776988A Process for converting synthesis gas into hydrocarbons Chemistry; Metallurgy 18 Expired
US6043187A Catalyst for hydrotreating hydrocarbon feeds in a fixed bed reactor Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US5718820A Petroleum fuel base Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired
US5527448A Process for obtaining a fuel through extraction and hydrotreatment of a hydrocarbon charge, and the gas oil obtained Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US4715946A Process for deasphalting a hydrocarbon charge containing asphaltenes Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US6280606A Process for converting heavy petroleum fractions that comprise a distillation stage, ebullated-bed hydroconversion stages of the vacuum distillate, and a vacuum residue and a catalytic cracking stage Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US6132597A Hydrotreating hydrocarbon feeds in an ebullating bed reactor Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US6221239A Process for transforming a gas oil cut to produce a dearomatised and desulphurised fuel with a high cetane number Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US5925234A Process for the production of an internal combustion engine fuel base by hydrotreatment and extraction, and the product therefrom Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired

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