Methods for forming gas products from hydrocarbon feeds
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsMazin M. Fathi, Mohammed R. Dossary, Faisal M. Mulla
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Abstract
A gas product may be formed from a hydrocarbon feed by a method that may comprise introducing water to a reactor, wherein the reactor comprises a lobular catalyst, introducing the hydrocarbon feed to the reactor, and contacting the hydrocarbon feed, the water, and the lobular catalyst within the reactor, such that at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed is reacted to form a gas product. The water in the reactor may be at a temperature and pressure such that the water is a supercritical fluid. At least 20 wt. % of the hydrocarbon feed may be converted to the gas product in the reactor.
Claims21
A method for forming a gas product from a hydrocarbon feed, the method comprising:
- introducing water to a reactor, wherein the reactor comprises a lobular catalyst;
- introducing the hydrocarbon feed to the reactor;
- contacting the hydrocarbon feed, the water, and the lobular catalyst within the reactor, such that at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed is reacted to form a gas product, wherein the water in the reactor is at a temperature and pressure such that the water is a supercritical fluid, and wherein at least 20 wt. % of the hydrocarbon feed is converted to the gas product in the reactor;
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- wherein the lobular catalyst is not a particulate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.