Patents Assigned to 4CRGroup LLC
  • Two-stage, close-coupled, dual-catalytic heavy oil hydroconversion process
    Publication number: 20120067775
    Abstract: A process for the production of high yields of high quality products from heavy hydrocarbonaceous feedstock is provided comprising a two-stage, close-coupled process, wherein the first stage comprises a thermal-catalytic zone into which is introduced a mixture comprising the feedstock, coal, dispersed catalyst, and hydrogen; and the second, close-coupled stage comprises a catalytic-hydrotreating zone into which substantially all the effluent from the first stage is directly passed and processed under hydrotreating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: 4CRGroup LLC
    Inventors: Dennis R. Cash, Graham J. Forder, David S. Mitchell, Joe W. Rosenthal