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US 9,593,564 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.
Claims10
A method comprising:
- thermally treating a hydrocarbon-containing formation, by injecting steam into the formation, to extract a hydrocarbon-containing material from the formation;
- irradiating at least a portion of the thermally-treated hydrocarbon-containing material using a radiation source comprising an electron beam;
- and
- producing a hydrocarbon-containing product from the hydrocarbon-containing material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.