Patents by Inventor Matthew T. Woodchick

Matthew T. Woodchick has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11920096
    Abstract: Low sulfur fuel oil blend compositions and methods of making such blend compositions to increase the stability and compatibility of LSFO blends having paraffinic resids that are blended with distillates and/or cracked stocks of higher asphaltenes and/or aromatics content. In one or more embodiments, distillates and/or cracked stocks that incrementally reduce the initial aromaticity of the distillate or cracked stock with the highest aromaticity are sequentially blended prior to resid addition. Such incremental reduction and sequential blending have been found to provide a resulting low sulfur fuel oil blend that is both compatible and stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventors: Matthew T. Woodchick, V. Elijah Mullins, Peg Broughton
  • Publication number: 20220298440
    Abstract: Low sulfur fuel oil blend compositions and methods of making such blend compositions to increase the stability and compatibility of LSFO blends having paraffinic resids that are blended with distillates and/or cracked stocks of higher asphaltenes and/or aromatics content. In one or more embodiments, distillates and/or cracked stocks that incrementally reduce the initial aromaticity of the distillate or cracked stock with the highest aromaticity are sequentially blended prior to resid addition. Such incremental reduction and sequential blending have been found to provide a resulting low sulfur fuel oil blend that is both compatible and stable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventors: Matthew T. Woodchick, V. Elijah Mullins, Peg Broughton
  • Patent number: 11352577
    Abstract: Low sulfur fuel oil blend compositions and methods of making such blend compositions to increase the stability and compatibility of LSFO blends having paraffinic resids that are blended with distillates and/or cracked stocks of higher asphaltenes and/or aromatics content. In one or more embodiments, distillates and/or cracked stocks that incrementally reduce the initial aromaticity of the distillate or cracked stock with the highest aromaticity are sequentially blended prior to resid addition. Such incremental reduction and sequential blending have been found to provide a resulting low sulfur fuel oil blend that is both compatible and stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventors: Matthew T. Woodchick, V. Elijah Mullins, Peg Broughton
  • Publication number: 20210253965
    Abstract: Low sulfur fuel oil blend compositions and methods of making such blend compositions to increase the stability and compatibility of LSFO blends having paraffinic resids that are blended with distillates and/or cracked stocks of higher asphaltenes and/or aromatics content. In one or more embodiments, distillates and/or cracked stocks that incrementally reduce the initial aromaticity of the distillate or cracked stock with the highest aromaticity are sequentially blended prior to resid addition. Such incremental reduction and sequential blending have been found to provide a resulting low sulfur fuel oil blend that is both compatible and stable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventors: Matthew T. Woodchick, V. Elijah Mullins, Peg Broughton