SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING A CRUDE PRODUCT - Patent 1702048

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EP 1 702 048 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.11.2005

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

(21)	Application number: 04814520.5

(22)	Date of filing: 16.12.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C10G 47/02^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/042344

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/063928 (14.07.2005 Gazette 2005/28)

(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:

19.12.2003 US 531506 P
14.10.2004 US 618799 P

(71)	Applicant: Shell Oil Company
	Houston, Texas 77252-2463 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BROWNSCOMBE, Thomas, Fairchild Houston, TX 77005 (US) MILAM, Stanley, Nemec Spring, TX 77379 (US) WELLINGTON, Scott, Lee Bellaire, Texas 77401 (US)

(74)	Representative: Zeestraten, Albertus W. J. et al
	Shell International B.V., Intellectual Property Services, P.O. Box 384 2501 CJ The Hague 2501 CJ The Hague (NL)

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