Patents by Inventor Scott G. Morrison

Scott G. Morrison 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).

  • Publication number: 20260201259
    Abstract: Systems and processes for the production of circular products, including circular olefins and circular products derived from the circular olefins, by feeding particular hydrocarbons derived from one or more feed source to steam cracking and to fluid catalytic cracking and by sending the product of steam cracking and the product of fluid catalytic cracking to an integrated separation system. The circular olefins can be used in any downstream process to produce any circular product, such as a circular product produced through polymerization, oligomerization, or hydrogenation of the circular olefins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Jacob M. Hilbrich, Scott G. Morrison, Miguel Gonzalez Borja
  • Patent number: 12637399
    Abstract: Disclosed is oligomerization of ethylene to form 1-hexene in combination with aromatization of the 1-hexene formed by oligomerization, to form benzene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ryan W. Snell, Xianghong Hao, Brook L. Small, Bruce E. Kreischer, Scott G. Morrison, Gregory G. Hendrickson
  • Publication number: 20250368906
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based, fossil fuel-based, or bio-based feedstock. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways. The use of a mass balance approach which attributes the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit has been developed, which permits ISCC certification agency approval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Ronald G. Abbott, Scott G. Morrison, Steven R. Horlacher, Jamie N. Sutherland, Bruce D. Murray, Jacob M. Hilbrich, Charles T. Polito
  • Patent number: 12435016
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the integration of systems and methods associated with steam cracking, oligomerization reactions, hydrogenation reactions, and aromatization reactions for the production of benzene via the hydrogenation of oligomers produced from ethylene. In some aspects, the disclosed systems and methods utilize one or more of an oligomerization process, a hydrotreating process, and an aromatization process for producing a benzene comprising effluent. In further aspects, the systems and methods disclosed herein utilize one or more selective oligomerization catalyst systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Steven M. Bischof, Gregory G. Hendrickson, Uriah J. Kilgore, Bruce E. Kreischer, Scott G. Morrison, Ryan W. Snell, Orson L. Sydora
  • Publication number: 20250122427
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based, fossil fuel-based, or bio-based feedstock. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways. The use of a mass balance approach which attributes the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit has been developed, which permits ISCC certification agency approval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Gold, Ronald G. Abbott, Scott G. Morrison, Steven R. Horlacher, Jarnie N. Sutherland, Bruce D. Murray, Jacob M. Hilbrich, Charles T. Polito
  • Patent number: 12146106
    Abstract: Processes for using pyrolysis gas as a feedstock or a co-feedstock for making a variety of chemicals, for example, circular ethylene, circular ethylene polymers and copolymers, and other circular products. In these processes, pyrolysis reactor conditions can be selected to increase or optimized the production of pyrolysis gas over pyrolysis oil, and the pyrolysis gas which is usually used as fuel or flared can be fed downstream of the steam cracker furnace for economic use to form circular chemicals. Operating parameters of the pyrolysis unit may be adjusted to increase or decrease the proportion of pyrolysis gas relative to pyrolysis liquid as a function of their relative economic values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ronald G. Abbott, Bruce D. Murray, Scott G. Morrison, Bradley T. Price
  • Patent number: 12091620
    Abstract: A system for processing plastic waste may include a feed line, a feed fractionator, a hydrotreater, a catalytic reforming unit, a heavy oil cracker, and a steam cracker. A pyrolyzed plastics feed is separated into light, medium, and heavy hydrocarbon streams. The hydrotreater removes sulfur, and the catalytic reforming unit produces a circular aromatic-rich stream. The heavy oil cracker generates cracked streams. The steam cracker produces a circular olefin stream from a cracked stream. A system for processing plastic waste may include the feed line, the feed fractionator, the hydrotreater, a medium hydrocarbon fractionator, the catalytic reforming unit, a full-range reforming unit, the heavy oil cracker, and the steam cracker. The medium hydrocarbon fractionator produces two hydrocarbon streams. The full-range naphtha reforming unit produces a second circular aromatic-rich stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Bruce D. Murray, Scott G. Morrison, Kenneth Fountain, Steven R. Horlacher, Vincent D. Mcgahee, Reza Khankal, David Dockter
  • Patent number: 12077713
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based, fossil fuel-based, or bio-based feedstock. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways. The use of a mass balance approach which attributes the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit has been developed, which permits ISCC certification agency approval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ronald G. Abbott, Scott G. Morrison, Steven R. Horlacher, Jamie N. Sutherland, Bruce D. Murray, Jacob M. Hilbrich, Charles T. Polito
  • Publication number: 20240191149
    Abstract: A system for processing plastic waste may include a feed line, a feed fractionator, a hydrotreater, a catalytic reforming unit, a heavy oil cracker, and a steam cracker. A pyrolyzed plastics feed is separated into light, medium, and heavy hydrocarbon streams. The hydrotreater removes sulfur, and the catalytic reforming unit produces a circular aromatic-rich stream. The heavy oil cracker generates cracked streams. The steam cracker produces a circular olefin stream from a cracked stream. A system for processing plastic waste may include the feed line, the feed fractionator, the hydrotreater, a medium hydrocarbon fractionator, the catalytic reforming unit, a full-range reforming unit, the heavy oil cracker, and the steam cracker. The medium hydrocarbon fractionator produces two hydrocarbon streams. The full-range naphtha reforming unit produces a second circular aromatic-rich stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Bruce D. Murray, Scott G. Morrison, Kenneth Fountain, Steven R. Horlacher, Vincent D. Mcgahee, Reza Khankal, David Dockter
  • Patent number: 11939542
    Abstract: A system for processing plastic waste may include a feed line, a feed fractionator, a hydrotreater, a catalytic reforming unit, a heavy oil cracker, and a steam cracker. A pyrolyzed plastics feed is separated into light, medium, and heavy hydrocarbon streams. The hydrotreater removes sulfur, and the catalytic reforming unit produces a circular aromatic-rich stream. The heavy oil cracker generates cracked streams. The steam cracker produces a circular olefin stream from a cracked stream. A system for processing plastic waste may include the feed line, the feed fractionator, the hydrotreater, a medium hydrocarbon fractionator, the catalytic reforming unit, a full-range reforming unit, the heavy oil cracker, and the steam cracker. The medium hydrocarbon fractionator produces two hydrocarbon streams. The full-range naphtha reforming unit produces a second circular aromatic-rich stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Bruce D. Murray, Scott G. Morrison, Kenneth Fountain, Steven R. Horlacher, Vincent D. Mcgahee, Reza Khankal, David Dockter
  • Publication number: 20240034699
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the integration of systems and methods associated with steam cracking, oligomerization reactions, hydrogenation reactions, and aromatization reactions for the production of benzene via the hydrogenation of oligomers produced from ethylene. In some aspects, the disclosed systems and methods utilize one or more of an oligomerization process, a hydrotreating process, and an aromatization process for producing a benzene comprising effluent. In further aspects, the systems and methods disclosed herein utilize one or more selective oligomerization catalyst systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Steven M. Bischof, Gregory G. Hendrickson, Uriah J. Kilgore, Bruce E. Kreischer, Scott G. Morrison, Ryan W. Snell, Orson L. Sydora
  • Publication number: 20240010584
    Abstract: Disclosed is oligomerization of ethylene to form 1-hexene in combination with aromatization of the 1-hexene formed by oligomerization, to form benzene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan W. Snell, Xianghong Hao, Brook L. Small, Bruce E. Kreisher, Scott G. Morrison, Gregory G. Hendrickson
  • Publication number: 20230407183
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based, fossil fuel-based, or bio-based feedstock. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways. The use of a mass balance approach which attributes the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit has been developed, which permits ISCC certification agency approval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ronald G. ABBOTT, Scott G. MORRISON, Steven R. HORLACHER, Jamie N. SUTHERLAND, Bruce D. MURRAY, Jacob M. HILBRICH, Charles T. POLITO
  • Patent number: 11802250
    Abstract: A system for processing plastic waste may include a feed line, a feed fractionator, a hydrotreater, a catalytic reforming unit, a heavy oil cracker, and a steam cracker. A pyrolyzed plastics feed is separated into light, medium, and heavy hydrocarbon streams. The hydrotreater removes sulfur, and the catalytic reforming unit produces a circular aromatic-rich stream. The heavy oil cracker generates cracked streams. The steam cracker produces a circular olefin stream from a cracked stream. A system for processing plastic waste may include the feed line, the feed fractionator, the hydrotreater, a medium hydrocarbon fractionator, the catalytic reforming unit, a full-range reforming unit, the heavy oil cracker, and the steam cracker. The medium hydrocarbon fractionator produces two hydrocarbon streams. The full-range naphtha reforming unit produces a second circular aromatic-rich stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Bruce D. Murray, Scott G. Morrison, Kenneth Fountain, Steven R. Horlacher, Vincent D. Mcgahee, Reza Khankal, David Dockter
  • Patent number: 11781073
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based or fossil fuel co-feed, or as a feedstock in the absence of a petroleum-based or fossil fuel co-feed. A mass balance accounting approach is employed to attribute the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit, which permits assigning circular product credit to product streams. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ronald G. Abbott, Scott G. Morrison, Steven R. Horlacher, Jamie N. Sutherland, Bruce D. Murray, Jacob M. Hilbrich, Charles T. Polito
  • Patent number: 11746297
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based, fossil fuel-based, or bio-based feedstock. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways. The use of a mass balance approach which attributes the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit has been developed, which permits ISCC certification agency approval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ronald G. Abbott, Scott G. Morrison, Steven R. Horlacher, Jamie N. Sutherland, Bruce D. Murray, Jacob M. Hilbrich, Charles T. Polito
  • Patent number: 11713424
    Abstract: A process for operating a reforming system by operating a reforming section containing a plurality of reactors, wherein each of the plurality of reactors containing a reforming catalyst capable of catalyzing the conversion of at least a portion of the hydrocarbons in a treated hydrocarbon stream into a reactor effluent comprising aromatic hydrocarbons, and operating a sulfur guard bed (SGB) to remove sulfur and sulfur-containing hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon feed to provide the treated hydrocarbon stream, where the SGB contains at least a layer of a SGB catalyst comprising the same catalyst as the reforming catalyst, and where each reactor of the plurality of reactors within the reforming section may be operated at a higher operating temperature than an operating temperature of the SGB. A system for carrying out the process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP
    Inventors: Ryan W. Snell, Scott G. Morrison, Vincent D. McGahee, Xianghong Hao, Gabriela Alvez-Manoli
  • Publication number: 20230220282
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based, fossil fuel-based, or bio-based feedstock. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways. The use of a mass balance approach which attributes the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit has been developed, which permits ISCC certification agency approval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ronald G. ABBOTT, Scott G. MORRISON, Steven R. HORLACHER, Jamie N. SUTHERLAND, Bruce D. MURRAY, Jacob M. HILBRICH, Charles T. POLITO
  • Patent number: 11618855
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based, fossil fuel-based, or bio-based feedstock. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways. The use of a mass balance approach which attributes the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit has been developed, which permits ISCC certification agency approval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP
    Inventors: Ronald G. Abbott, Scott G. Morrison, Steven R. Horlacher, Jamie N. Sutherland, Bruce D. Murray, Jacob M. Hilbrich, Charles T. Polito
  • Publication number: 20230067668
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based or fossil fuel co-feed, or as a feedstock in the absence of a petroleum-based or fossil fuel co-feed. A mass balance accounting approach is employed to attribute the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit, which permits assigning circular product credit to product streams. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ronald G. ABBOTT, Scott G. MORRISON, Steven R. HORLACHER, Jamie N. SUTHERLAND, Bruce D. MURRAY, Jacob M. HILBRICH, Charles T. POLITO