Patent ID: 11952537
Assignee: RIPCORD ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method of treating crude oil or petroleum distillates, the method comprising:
providing a crude oil or a petroleum distillate;
adding a treatment composition to the crude oil or the petroleum distillate, wherein the treatment composition has a pH of 9 or greater and comprises:
(a) less than 1% wt/wt di- or tri-benzohydroxy compound;
(b) a strong base;
(c) less than 0.5% wt/wt divalent metal gluconate; and
(d) a balance of water; and

mixing the treatment composition and the crude oil or petroleum distillate to form a mixture comprising 0.001% to 0.02% wt (a)/wt crude oil or petroleum distillate and 0.001% to 0.03% wt (c)/wt crude oil or petroleum distillate;
wherein (a) in the presence of (c) oxidizes a sulfur compound in the crude oil or petroleum distillate, thereby reducing the amount of the sulfur compound in the crude oil or petroleum distillate.