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Sulfone cracking using supercritical water

US9353318B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY · SA

Inventors

Omer Refa Koseoglu · Dhahran, SA
Farhan M. Al-Shahrani · Dhahran, SA
Abdennour Bourane · Ras Tanura, SA

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 24, 2012
Grant date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC10G2300/805
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for employing supercritical water, optionally in the presence of a catalyst, for the cracking of sulfones sulfoxides and mixtures thereof, which have been recovered and separated after the oxidative desulfurization of a stream of crude oil or distilled fractions thereof.

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