Patent ID: 11873220
Assignee: IOGEN CORPORATION
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  G  Y | IPC C  G

Claim 0:
1. A process for producing methane for use in producing liquid fuel comprising renewable content, said process comprising:
(a) producing methane from organic material, the organic material being renewable biomass comprising at least cellulose;
(b) supplying methane that is treated as renewably derived biogas to a fuel production facility, the supplying comprising introducing the methane from step (a) into a pipeline configured to deliver methane to the fuel production facility,
wherein the methane that is treated as renewably derived biogas is withdrawn from the pipeline, and
wherein the withdrawn methane is used in a production process for producing the liquid fuel comprising renewable content, said production process comprising:
(i) subjecting the withdrawn methane to reforming to produce renewable hydrogen; and
(ii) producing the liquid fuel comprising renewable content, said producing comprising combining the renewable hydrogen from step (i) with crude oil derived liquid hydrocarbon in a reactor such that at least some of the renewable hydrogen is incorporated into the crude oil derived liquid hydrocarbon, wherein a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of the renewable content of the liquid fuel is at least 20% lower than 98 kg CO2e/MMBTU; and

(c) generating numerical information to support a credit associated with (i′) the methane that is treated as renewably derived biogas, (ii′) the renewable hydrogen, (iii′) the liquid fuel comprising renewable content, or any combination thereof.