Abstract: The instant invention is directed to a method for reducing the amount of sulfur in hydrocarbon streams comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a hydrocarbon stream comprising hydrocarbons and sulfur compounds with an adsorbent selective for adsorption of said sulfur compounds, under adsorption conditions capable of retaining said sulfur compounds on said adsorbent and obtaining an adsorption effluent comprising a desulfurized hydrocarbon stream, (b) collecting said desulfurized hydrocarbon stream, (c) desorbing said sulfur compounds from said adsorbent by passing a desorbent through said adsorbent under desorption conditions to obtain a desorption effluent comprising sulfur compounds and said desorbent, (d) treating said desorption effluent to remove said sulfur compounds from said desorption effluent and collecting a desulfurized desorbent effluent comprising desorbent.

Abstract: A process for preparing a lubricating oil basestock having good low temperature properties. The process includes a first amorphous isomerization catalyst having a pore volume less than 0.99 ml/gm (H2O), an alumina content in the range of 30-50 wt % based on isomerization catalyst and an isoelectric point in the range of 4.5 to 6.5. The isomerization step is followed by a catalytic dewaxing step using an intermediate pore crystalline molecular sieve.

Abstract: Premium synthetic lubricants comprise a synthetic isoparaffinic hydrocarbon base stock and an effective amount of at least one, and typically a plurality of lubricant additives such as a detergent, dispersant, antioxidant, antiwear additive, pout point depresant, VI improver and the like. The base stock is derived from a waxy, paraffinic, Fischer-Tropsch synthesized hydrocarbon feed fraction having an initial boiling point in the range of about 650-750° F. and continuously boiling up to at least 1050° F., by a process which comprises hydroisomerizing the feed and dewaxing the isomerate. The waxy feed has a T90−T10 temperature difference of at least 350° F. and is preferably hydroisomerized without any pretreatment, other than optional fractionation. The lubricant may also contain hydrocarbonaceous and synthetic base stock material.

Abstract: The invention is a method for forming a solid carbonaceous material into a pumpable fluid by combining the solid with an aqueous treatment solution and then subjecting the mixture to shearing forces. The solid carbonaceous material can be deasphalter unit rock (“DAU rock”), coke, and mixtures of DAU rock and coke. Aqueous treatment solutions contain a water soluble polymer.

Abstract: To provide a lubricating oil composition for continuously variable transmission which ensures both a high coefficient of friction between metals required for a push belt-type CTV oil and an excellent wear preventing property relative to a belt and a pulley. A lubricating oil composition for continuously variable transmission is provided, which comprises a lubricating base oil made of a mineral oil and/or a synthetic oil formulated with a metal detergent and a phosphorus-based wear preventive characterized in that a ratio between a content (ppm) of a metal derived from said metal detergent and based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition and a total base number (mg KOH/g) ranges 0.75-4.5 (ppm/mg KOH/g), and a ratio between the content (ppm) of the metal derived from said metal detergent and a content of phosphorus derived from said phosphorus-based wear preventive ranges 0.5-2.0 (ppm/ppm).

Abstract: A premium synthetic lubricating oil base stock having a high VI and low pour point is made by hydroisomerizing a Fischer-Tropsch synthesized waxy, paraffinic feed wax and then dewaxing the hydroisomerate to form a 650-750° F.+ dewaxate. The waxy feed has an initial boiling point in the range of about 650-750° F., from which it continuously boils up to at least 1050° F. and has a T90−T10 temperature difference of at least 350° F. The feed is preferably hydroisomerized without any pretreatment, other than optional fractionation. The 650-750° F.+ dewaxate is fractionated into two or more base stocks of different viscosity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polymer modified asphalt polyphosphoric and superphosphoric acid treated binder compositions having enhanced high service temperature performance properties and the method of making them and to road paving asphalts containing them.

Abstract: Waxy feeds are treated under hydroisomerization conditions to produce good yields of an isomerate product of high VI by using a silica-alumina based catalyst in which the silica-alumina has a pore volume less of 0.99 ml/gm (H2O), an alumina content in the range of 35 to 55 wt % and an isoelectric point in the range of 4.5 to 6.5. A lube fraction of the isomerate is dewaxed to provide a lube basestock of high VI. The silica-alumina may be modified with a rare earth oxide or yttria or boria or magnesia in which instance the modified catalyst has an isoelectric point greater than but no more than 2 points greater than base the silica-alumina.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a lubricant oil composition for internal combustion engines for automobiles with enhanced friction loss reduction and is especially suitable for a pressure-accumulating (common rail) type diesel engine equipped with an EGR system. The lubricant oil composition contains a base oil composed of a mineral and/or synthetic oil incorporated with at least four additives of (A) at least one type of organomolybdenum compound selected from the group consisting of sulfurized oxymolybdenum dithiocarbamate, sulfurized oxymolybdenum dithiophosphate, molybdenum phosphate and molybdenum-amine complex at 0.01 to 0.20 wt. % as Mo, (B) zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate at 0.01 to 0.50 wt. % as P, (C) one of Ca and Mg salts of alkyl salicylate at 0.05 to 1.0 wt. % as Ca or Mg and (D) Zn salt of alkyl salicylate at 0.005 to 0.2 wt.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a lubricant oil composition for internal combustion engines, that resists oxidation in the presence of NOx and evaporation characteristics, and controls poisoning of a three-way catalyst system for occluding/reducing NOx and formation of deposit in an air intake system. The lubricant oil composition for internal combustion engines, comprises a base oil, which contains aromatic compounds at 1 wt. % or less, sulfur at 10 ppm or less, and paraffin and monocyclic naphthene compounds at 50 wt. % or more as total content, and has a kinematic viscosity of 2 to 50 mm2/s at 100° C. and evaporated quantity of 16 wt. % or less determined by the NOACK evaporation test, wherein the base oil is incorporated with a zinc dithiophosphate at 0.04 to 0.10 wt. % as phosphorus, a calcium phenate and/or calcium sulfonate having a total basic number of 100 to 400 mg KOH/g at 1 to 10 wt. %, and a polyalkenyl succinimide having a boron/nitrogen wt. ratio of 0 to 1.

Abstract: Clean distillate useful as a jet fuel or jet blending stock is produced from Fischer-Tropsch wax by separating wax into heavier and lighter fractions; further separating the lighter fraction and hydroisomerizing the heavier fraction and that portion of the light fraction above about 475° F. The isomerized product is blended with the untreated portion of the lighter fraction to produce high quality, clean, jet fuel.

Abstract: Diesel fuels or blending stocks having excellent lubricity, oxidative stability and high cetane number are produced from non-shifting Fischer-Tropsch processes by separating the Fischer-Tropsch product into a lighter and heavier fractions, e.g., at about 700° F., subjecting the 700° F.+fraction to hydro-treating, and combining the 700° F.− portion of the hydrotreated product with the lighter fraction that has not been hydrotreated.

Abstract: A novel scheme for olefin recovery/separation based on the redox properties of metal dithiolene complexes is described. The complex, [1,2-bis(cyano)ethylene-1,2-dithiolato]nickel, [Ni(S2C2(CN)2)2], when generated electrochemically, binds olefin to form an adduct. The olefin is released when the olefin adduct is reduced electrochemically. The reduced form of the metal dithiolene complex can then be re-oxidized to complete the cycle. For olefins such as 1-hexene, propylene, and ethylene, fast olefin binding and release is observed when modulated electrochemically. Olefin binding/release rates are fast as compared to the electrochemistry experiment (second or sub-second time-scale).

Abstract: The invention relates to processes for treating acidic crudes or fractions thereof to reduce or eliminate their acidity by addition of effective amounts of crosslinked polymeric amines having a pKa of greater than 9 such as polyvinyl amine and anionic exchange resins having amino groups. The process has utility for crude processing.

Abstract: The present invention is a process for decreasing the acidity of a starting acidic crude oil by contacting an acidic crude with an effective excess of ammonia dissolved in said crude to form an ammonia-continuous oil discontinuous phase at a temperature and conditions sufficient to form the corresponding amide of the naphthenic acids. The process is useful in the processing of acidic crudes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making an asphalt product having an enhanced flash point and lower volatility, comprising vacuum distilling a blend of a high boiling petroleum fraction having an initial boiling point of at least 270° C. and a crude to produce a product asphalt having a flash of from 265° C. to 300° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for enhancing demetallation of metals containing hydrocarbonaceous feedstocks by contacting a metals containing hydrocarbonaceous feedstock at a sufficient temperature and pressure with an additive containing a polyoxyalkylene moiety said additive having preferential insolubility in alkane deasphalting solvent to produce an additive treated feedstock; and then contacting the resulting product with an effective deasphalting solvent to produce a deasphalted oil having a decreased metals content and an insoluble metals containing phase.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention is related to a process for desalting crude oil that requires less wash water than conventional desalting methods. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a chemical demulsifier formulation comprising an emulsion-breaking chemical and a solvent carrier is added to the crude oil. Wash water is then added to the crude oil until the volume of water in the oil ranges from about 0.1 to about 3 vol. %. Subsequently, the mixture of crude oil, wash water, and chemical demulsifier formulation is subjected to opposed-flow mixing. Chemical emulsion-breakers useful in the invention have a hydrophobic tail group and a hydrophilic head group. Preferably, the emulsion breaker has the formula: x ranges from 1 to 5, y ranges from 0 to 2, and R is an alkyl group having 4-9 carbon atoms, and n ranges from 3 to 9.

Abstract: The invention is a method for forming a solid carbonaceous material into a pumpable fluid by combining the solid with an aqueous treatment solution and then subjecting the mixture to shearing forces. The solid carbonaceous material can be deasphalter unit rock (“DAU rock”), coke, and mixtures of DAU rock and coke. Aqueous treatment solutions contain a water soluble polymer.

Abstract: Sulfur-containing petroleum feeds are desulfurized by contacting the feeds with staged addition of sodium metal at temperatures of at least about 250° C. in the presence of excess hydrogen to sodium metal. The formation of Na2S is substantially suppressed and the formation of NaSH is promoted in the desulfurization process.