EP 2260089 A1 20101215 - METHOD FOR TREATING HEAVY CRUDE OIL
Title (en)
METHOD FOR TREATING HEAVY CRUDE OIL
Title (de)
VERFAHREN ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON SCHWEREM ROHÖL
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT DE PÉTROLE BRUT LOURD
Publication
Application
Priority
- CA 2009000289 W 20090311
- US 3569008 P 20080311
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2009111871A1] According to the invention, there is provided a method for treating heavy crude oil (HCO) which includes the steps of combining the HCO with an alkane containing solvent to form an HCO/solvent mixture, sonicating this mixture at audio frequency to precipitate asphaltenes from the HCO/solvent mixture, and separating the precipitated asphaltenes from the HCO/solvent mixture.
IPC 8 full level
C10G 31/00 (2006.01); C10G 17/00 (2006.01); C10G 21/00 (2006.01); C10G 29/20 (2006.01); C10G 31/09 (2006.01); C10G 32/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
C10G 21/003 (2013.01 - EP US); C10G 32/02 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2009111871 A1 20090917; EA 021729 B1 20150831; EA 201071060 A1 20110429; EA 201401282 A1 20150331; EP 2260089 A1 20101215; EP 2260089 A4 20111005; US 2013277275 A1 20131024
DOCDB simple family (application)
CA 2009000289 W 20090311; EA 201071060 A 20090311; EA 201401282 A 20090311; EP 09719531 A 20090311; US 200913822818 A 20090311