Patent ID: 11912945
Assignee: MAGēMā TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 5:
6. A process for treating nigh sulfur Heavy Marine Fuel Oil for use as feedstock in a subsequent refinery unit, the process comprising: mixing a quantity of Feedstock Heavy Marine Fuel Oil with a quantity of Activating Gas mixture to give a Feedstock Mixture; contacting the Feedstock Mixture with one or more catalysts under reactive conditions to form a Process Mixture from said Feedstock Mixture; receiving said Process Mixture and separating liquid components of the Process Mixture from bulk gaseous components of the Process Mixture; subsequently separating residual gaseous components and by-product hydrocarbon compounds from the Process Mixture to form a Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil; and, discharging the Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil to a subsequent refinery unit, and wherein said Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil suitable feedstock for needle grade coking and said Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil has a sulfur content in the range from about 0.01-0.7 wt %; a vanadium content less than about 50 ppmw; a nickel content less than about 50 ppmw; an aromatic content in the range from about 50-80 wt %; an asphaltene content less than about 8 wt %; a nitrogen content in the range from about 0.0-0.7 wt; and an ash value less than about 100 ppmw.