METHOD FOR IMPROVING THERMAL CRACKING PROCESS AND PRODUCT YIELDS THEREFROM - Patent 1238043

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EP 1 238 043 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	11.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/37

(21)	Application number: 00980659.7

(22)	Date of filing: 21.11.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C10G 9/20

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0032/061

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0103/8459 (31.05.2001 Gazette 2001/22)

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

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Priority:

22.11.1999 US 444941

(71)	Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
	HoustonTexas 77027 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	JONES, Gregory M. Merseyside (GB) BRAUCHLE, Michael 35781 Weilburg (DE) HOFFMAN, Uwe 76833 Boechingen (DE)

(74)	Representative: Jeffrey, Philip Michael
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR IMPROVING THERMAL CRACKING PROCESS AND PRODUCT YIELDS THEREFROM