Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Paul T. Larsie
  • Process for converting natural gas to higher value products using a methanol refinery remote from the natural gas source
    Patent number: 6632971
    Abstract: A process for treating methane-containing natural gas is provided which comprises: i) converting methane to methanol at or near a site of natural gas production; ii) transporting the methanol to a refinery remote from said site of production, said refinery producing ethylene and propylene and comprising an alkylation unit which can utilize a propylene feed; and iii) converting said methanol to gasoline boiling range fuel product and petrochemicals, including ethylene, propylene, butenes and xylenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen H. Brown, William A. Weber, Reuel Shinnar