PROCESS FOR REDUCING THE ACIDITY OF OIL - Patent 1194505

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EP 1 194 505 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	10.04.2002 Bulletin 2002/15

(21)	Application number: 00931456.8

(22)	Date of filing: 30.05.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C10G 27/02, C10G 53/12, C10G 33/04

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB0002/068

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0075/262 (14.12.2000 Gazette 2000/50)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

02.06.1999 GB 9912842

(71)	Applicant: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
	London EC2M 7BA (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	COLLINS, Ian Ralph Middlesex TW16 5AR (GB) DUNCUM, Simon Neil Bracknell,Berkshire RG42 3UD (GB) OSBORNE, Christopher George Sandhurst,Berkshire GU47 8QU (GB)

(74)	Representative: Collins, Frances Mary et al
	BP International Limited,Group Patents and Agreements,Chertsey Road Sunbury-on-Thames,Middlesex TW16 7LN Sunbury-on-Thames,Middlesex TW16 7LN (GB)

(54)	PROCESS FOR REDUCING THE ACIDITY OF OIL