Systems and methods of producing a crude product
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsScott Lee Wellington, Stanley Nemec Milam
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Abstract
Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude feed has a residue content of at least 0.2 grams of residue per gram of crude feed. Methods of preparing the one or more catalysts are described. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. One or more properties of the crude product may be changed by at least 10% relative to the respective properties of the crude feed. The crude product may include hydrocarbons with different boiling point distributions.
Claims13
A method of producing a transition metal sulfide catalyst, comprising:
- mixing a transition metal oxide and a metal salt to form a transition metal oxide/metal salt mixture;
- reacting the transition metal oxide/metal salt mixture with hydrogen to form an intermediate;
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- reacting the intermediate with sulfur, one or more compounds of sulfur, or mixtures thereof in the presence of one or more hydrocarbons to produce the transition metal sulfide catalyst.
A transition metal sulfide catalyst, wherein the transition metal sulfide catalyst is obtainable by a method comprising:
- mixing a transition metal oxide and a metal salt to form a transition metal oxide/metal salt mixture;
- reacting the transition metal oxide/metal salt mixture with hydrogen to form an intermediate;
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- reacting the intermediate with sulfur, one or more compounds of sulfur, or mixtures thereof, in the presence of one or more hydrocarbons to produce the transition metal sulfide catalyst.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.