US 2024/0376315 A1 · METHODS OF MAKING A HYBRID CRUDE OIL USING PETROLEUM-BASED WASTE STREAM PRODUCTS

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Methods of making a hybrid crude oil using man-made or natural petroleum-based waste stream products. The hybrid crude oil is composed of an oil-based solution and petroleum-based coatings that were extracted from a petroleum-containing material. This hybrid crude oil is created by elevating the temperature of the oil-based solution to or above an elevated temperature, i.e., the melting or phase-change temperature of the petroleum-based coating so that it can become liquified and dissolve into the oil-based solution and create the hybrid crude oil. The petroleum-containing material is submerged into the heated oil-based solution to cause the petroleum-based coatings to dissolve into the heated oil-based solution at the elevated temperature. The liquid oil-based solution at the elevated temperature creates an environmental seal to the petroleum-based coatings to protect them from burning, carburizing, or degrading, until the liquid oil-based solution is capable of providing the necessary thermal energy for the phase change of the petroleum-based coating from a solid state to a liquid state. At which time, the petroleum-based coatings safely phase-changes into a liquid and dissolves into the oil-based solution, creating the hybrid crude oil. The heated solution effectiveness may be improved by agitating the liquid solution or solid particulates within the petroleum-containing material or the liquid oil-based solution.

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A method of making a hybrid crude oil from a petroleum-containing material that includes a petroleum-based coating, the method comprising:

forming a liquid solution comprised of:
a liquid oil-based solution;
and
a liquified petroleum-based coating that dissolved in the oil-based solution;
wherein the petroleum-containing material comprises at least one mineral that is coated with the petroleum-based coating;
wherein the petroleum-based coating contains a variety of entrapped carbon chain molecules;
wherein the petroleum-based coating is liquified by submersion into the oil-based solution that is heated at approximately an elevated temperature of the petroleum-based coating so as to cause the petroleum-based coating to phase-change from a solid or semi-solid state to a liquid state and to dissolve in the heated oil-based solution, resulting in the release of the entrapped carbon chain molecules of the liquified petroleum-based coating into the heated oil-based solution, and the transformation of the oil-based solution into the hybrid crude oil;
and
wherein the liquification of the petroleum-based coating further includes agitating any one or more of:
the liquid solution or solid particulates within any of the petroleum-containing material or the liquid oil-based solution.

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A method of making a hybrid crude oil from a petroleum-containing material that includes a petroleum-based coating, the method comprising:

heating a liquid oil-based solution to a temperature of approximately an elevated temperature of the petroleum-based coating;
wherein the petroleum-based coating is solid or semi-solid at ambient temperature;
wherein the petroleum-containing material comprises a mineral that is coated with the petroleum-based coating;
wherein the petroleum-based coating contains a variety of entrapped carbon chain molecules;
and
liquifying the petroleum-based coating by submerging the petroleum-containing material containing the solid or semi-solid petroleum-based coating into the heated the liquid oil-based solution so that the solid or semi-solid petroleum-based coating melts or phase-changes to a liquid at approximately the elevated temperature, so as to cause the liquified petroleum-based coating to dissolve into the heated liquid oil-based solution, resulting in the release of the entrapped carbon chain molecules of the liquified petroleum-based coating into the heated oil-based solution, and the transformation of the oil-based solution into the hybrid crude oil;
and
wherein the liquification of the petroleum-based coating further includes agitating any one or more of:
the liquid solution or solid particulates within any of the petroleum-containing material or the liquid oil-based solution.

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Methods of making a hybrid crude oil using petroleum-based waste stream products

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