Patents Assigned to Texon Midstream, LLC
  • Methods of blending off transmix into gasoline streams
    Patent number: 12644064
    Abstract: Methods for blending transmix containing distillates such as diesel fuel into certified gasoline streams that can be burned in internal combustion engines without affecting the certification of the gasoline or the efficiency or operability of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Texon Midstream, LLC
    Inventor: John Colin Robbins
  • Systems and methods for automated tank monitoring and blending
    Patent number: 12404467
    Abstract: Provided are automated systems and methods for measuring the physical properties of fuels in large storage tanks, and for blending butane into the fuels, including chemometric methods for controlling physical properties selected from volatility, butane content, and density of the fuel during the blending process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: Texon Midstream, LLC
    Inventor: Larry D. Mattingly
  • Controlled blending of transmix fractions into defined hydrocarbon streams
    Patent number: 12398334
    Abstract: Automated methods and systems for blending high sulfur hydrocarbons, particularly those derived from transmix, into low sulfur hydrocarbon streams are provided. Also provided are methods for splitting transmix into usable hydrocarbon fractions and blending the fractions back into defined hydrocarbon streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Texon Midstream, LLC
    Inventors: John Colin Robbins, Gary S. Wawak
  • Methods for expanding and enriching hydrocarbon diluent pools
    Patent number: 12291677
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for enriching diluents with butane so as not to violate pre-defined limits for liquid hydrocarbon fuels with respect to density, volatility and low density hydrocarbon content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Texon Midstream, LLC
    Inventors: Larry D. Mattingly, Ronnie D. Andrews, John Colin Robbins
  • Controlled blending of biodiesel into distillate streams
    Patent number: 12065620
    Abstract: Methods are provided for accurately blending biodiesel into distillate streams to achieve a pre-determined percentage of biodiesel in the distillate, applicable to wild-type distillate streams as well as distillate streams that already contain some percentage of biodiesel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Texon Midstream, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Fransham, John Colin Robbins