Global Patent Index - EP 1658355 A1

EP 1658355 A1 20060524 - IMPROVED STABILITY OF HYDROCARBONS CONTAINING ASPHALTENES

Title (en)

IMPROVED STABILITY OF HYDROCARBONS CONTAINING ASPHALTENES

Title (de)

VERBESSERTE STABILITÄT VON ASPHALTENE BEINHALTENDEN KOHLENWASSERSTOFFEN

Title (fr)

STABILITE AMELIOREE DES HYDROCARBURES CONTENANT DES ASPHALTENES

Publication

EP 1658355 A1 20060524 (EN)

Application

EP 04757200 A 20040721

Priority

  • US 2004023575 W 20040721
  • US 48889103 P 20030721
  • US 89413804 A 20040719

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2005010126A1] Heavy fuel oils or residual fuel oils can be stabilized with magnesium overbased compounds such as magnesium overbased carboxylates. It was surprisingly discovered that adding magnesium overbased carboxylates to the residual fuel oils shortly after thermal cracking gave much better results than can be achieved after the application of the carboxylates to the fuel oil after storage. Further, compounds containing at least about 21 wt% magnesium also give better results than compounds with 18 wt% or less, in one non­ limiting embodiment. Magnesium overbased compounds can also be added to coker feedstocks to reduce coker furnace fouling. Treatment with the methods of this invention reduces asphaltene deposits and sludges.

IPC 1-7

C10G 29/06; C10L 1/24; C10L 1/18

IPC 8 full level

C10G 9/00 (2006.01); C10G 9/16 (2006.01); C10G 75/04 (2006.01); C10L 1/18 (2006.01); C10L 1/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

C10G 9/005 (2013.01 - EP US); C10G 9/16 (2013.01 - EP US); C10G 75/04 (2013.01 - EP US); C10L 1/1817 (2013.01 - EP US); C10L 1/2493 (2013.01 - EP US); C10L 1/1832 (2013.01 - EP US); C10L 1/188 (2013.01 - EP US); C10L 1/2437 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2005010126A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2005010126 A1 20050203; CA 2532924 A1 20050203; EP 1658355 A1 20060524; NO 20060465 L 20060130; US 2005040072 A1 20050224

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2004023575 W 20040721; CA 2532924 A 20040721; EP 04757200 A 20040721; NO 20060465 A 20060130; US 89413804 A 20040719