METHOD FOR REDUCING THE NITROGEN CONTENT OF PETROLEUM STREAMS WITH REDUCED SULFURIC ACID CONSUMPTION - Patent 1702028

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EP 1 702 028 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	20.09.2006 Bulletin 2006/38

(21)	Application number: 04812575.1

(22)	Date of filing: 01.12.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C10G 17/06^(2006.01)

C10G 67/08^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/040088

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/056726 (23.06.2005 Gazette 2005/25)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

05.12.2003 US 527211 P

(71)	Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
	Annandale, NJ 08801-0900 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GREANEY, Mark, A. Upper Black Eddy, PA 18972 (US) BEGASSE, John, N. Livingston, NJ 07039 (US) LEE, MaryKathryn Plainfield, NJ 07060 (US)

(74)	Representative: Pols, Ronald Maarten et al
	ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc., PO Box 105 1830 Machelen 1830 Machelen (BE)

(54)	METHOD FOR REDUCING THE NITROGEN CONTENT OF PETROLEUM STREAMS WITH REDUCED SULFURIC ACID CONSUMPTION