Patent ID: 8753500

Claim:
A process for producing a blended stabilized crude oil from a stream of produced fluids produced from a hydrocarbon containing subterranean reservoir, the process comprising: (a) separating, in a separation complex, natural gas from produced fluids produced from a hydrocarbon bearing reservoir; (b) converting the natural gas into synthesis gas; (c) converting the synthesis gas, in the presence of a synthesis gas conversion catalyst and a hydroconversion catalyst, into a tail gas and a liquid effluent stream including liquefied petroleum gas and synthetic crude oil containing less than 5 wt % C 21+ normal paraffins; and (d) sending at least a portion of the liquid effluent stream to the separation complex and separating the liquefied petroleum gas from the synthetic crude oil and separating liquefied petroleum gas from natural crude oil obtained from the produced fluids and producing a blended stabilized crude oil containing natural crude oil and synthetic crude oil; wherein the blended stabilized crude oil has a pour point at or below 60° C. and comprises at least 2 wt % of the synthetic crude oil.