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US 10,066,470 B2Granted
Processing hydrocarbons
AssigneeXyleco, Inc.
InventorMarshall Medoff
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Abstract
Systems and methods that include providing, e.g., obtaining or preparing, a material that includes a hydrocarbon carried by an inorganic substrate, and exposing the material to a plurality of energetic particles, such as accelerated charged particles, such as electrons or ions.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- exposing oil shale comprising hydrocarbons to a beam of particles in situ in a formation to isomerize the hydrocarbons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.