US Patent Issued on Oct. 21 for "Low sulfur fuel oil blends for paraffinic resid stability and associated methods" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,578, issued on Oct. 21.

"Low sulfur fuel oil blends for paraffinic resid stability and associated methods" was invented by Matthew T. Woodchick (Findlay, Ohio), V. Elijah Mullins (Findlay, Ohio) and Peg Broughton (Findlay, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Low sulfur fuel oil blend compositions and methods of making such blend compositions to increase the stability and compatibility of LSFO blends having paraffinic resids that are blended with distillates and/or cracked stocks of higher asphaltenes and/or aromatics content. In one or more embodiments, distillates and/or cracked stocks that incrementally reduce the initial aromatici...