Patent SG-11201908020U-A (SG)
Title: Integrated hydrothermal process to upgrade heavy oil
Inventor: CHOI KI-HYOUK
IPC: C01B3/38
Filed: 2018-03-08
Abstract: SupercriticalWater Reactor Flash Drum Aqueous Reforming Unit FIG. (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 13 September 2018 (13.09.2018) WIPO I PCT IiiimmoimiolollmonolomommoiloolmommovoimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/165394 Al (51) International Patent Classification: ClOG 31/08 (2006.01) ClOG 53/02 (2006.01) C01B 3/38 (2006.01) ClOG 65/12 (2006.01) ClOG 45/26 (2006.01) ClOG 47/32 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/021491 (22) International Filing Date: 08 March 2018 (08.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/468,721 08 March 2017 (08.03.2017) US (71) Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY [SA/SA]; 1 Eastern Avenue, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). (71) Applicant (for AG only): ARAMCO SERVICES COM- PANY [US/US]; 9009 West Loop South, Houston, TX 77096 (US). (72) Inventors: CHOI, Ki-Hyouk; Saudi Arabian Oil Compa- ny, P.O. Box 62 - Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). FATHI, Mazin, M.; Saudi Arabian Oil Company, P.O. Box 62 - Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). ALOTAIBI, Bader, M.; Saudi Arabian Oil Company, P.O. Box 62 - Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). AL-NASIR, Ali, S.; Saudi Arabian Oil Company, P.O. Box 62 - Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). (74) Agent: RHEBERGEN, Constance, Gall; Bracewell LLP, P.O. Box 61389, Houston, TX 77208-1389 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (54) Title: INTEGRATED HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS TO UPGRADE HEAVY OIL (57) : An integrated hydrothermal process for upgrading heavy oil includes the steps of mixing a heated water stream and a heated feed in a mixer to produce a mixed fluid, introducing the mixed stream to a reactor unit to produce a reactor effluent that includes light fractions, heavy fractions, and water, cooling the reactor effluent in a cooling device to produce a cooled fluid, depressurizing the cooled fluid in a depressurizing device to produce a depressurized fluid, introducing the depressurized fluid to a flash drum configured to separate the depressurized fluid into a light fraction stream and a heavy fraction stream. The light fraction stream includes the light fractions and water and the heavy fraction stream includes the heavy fractions and water. The process further includes the step of 00 introducing the heavy fraction stream to an aqueous reforming unit that includes a catalyst to produce an aqueous reforming outlet. O C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/165394 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMOHIONINIMOHEMMIS DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))