Patent · US Expired

Process for treating heavy crude oil

US5269909A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Intevep, S.A. · VE

Inventors

Cesar Ovalles · Walnut Creek, US
Antonia Hamana · Caracas, VE
Rafael Bolivar · Caracas, VE
Alfredo Morales · Caracas, VE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 29, 1991
Grant date	Dec 14, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 29, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC10G47/32
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Process obtains improved viscosity and improved distillates proportion in heavy hydrocarbons, as heavy crude oil, by providing a feedstock of heavy hydrocarbons containing a water content of greater than or equal to 1% with respect to the weight of the hydrocarbons and reacting said hydrocarbons with a gas containing methane under pressure and at an elevated temperature.

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