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EP 0 240 090 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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02.12.1987 Bulletin 1987/49 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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07.10.1987 Bulletin 1987/41 |
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Date of filing: 03.04.1987 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE |
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Priority: |
04.04.1986 GB 8608302
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Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V. |
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Inventors: |
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- Breuker, Jacobus Hendrikus
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- Van Gooswilligen, Gerrit
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- Schellekens, Johannes Cornelis Antonius
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Process for the preparation of bitumen |
(57) Process for the preparation of bitumen in which a residual fraction of a thermally
cracked hydrocarbon feedstock is distilled under subatmospheric pressure at a maximum
distillation temperature that corresponds with the boiling point at the subatmospheric
pressure of hydrocarbons having an atmospheric boiling point of 455-540°C and at least
a part of the distillation residue is recovered as bitumen.