Patent ID: 8828220
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: C10G,C25C

Abstract:
1. A method of upgrading an oil feedstock comprising: obtaining a quantity of an oil feedstock, the oil feedstock comprising at least one carbon atom and a heteroatom and/or one or more heavy metals; reacting the quantity of the oil feedstock with an alkali metal and an upgradant hydrocarbon, wherein the upgradant hydrocarbon comprises at least one carbon atom and at least one hydrogen atom, wherein the alkali metal reacts with the heteroatom and/or the one or more heavy metals to form one or more inorganic products, wherein the upgradant hydrocarbon reacts with the oil feedstock to produce an upgraded oil feedstock, wherein the number of carbon atoms in the upgraded oil feedstock is greater than the number of carbon atoms in the oil feedstock; and separating the inorganic products from the upgraded oil feedstock.