US Patent Issued to Arq IP on Jan. 13 for "Solid-liquid crude oil compositions and fractionation processes thereof" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,768, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Arq IP Ltd. (London).

"Solid-liquid crude oil compositions and fractionation processes thereof" was invented by Paul Snaith (Tonbridge, Great Britain) and John Francis Unsworth (Wrexham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for the production of a fractionated product is disclosed, comprising providing a solid hydrocarbonaceous material, wherein the material is in particulate from, and wherein at least about 90% by volume (% v) of the particles are not greater than about 500 micro metre in diameter. The solid hydrocarbonaceous material is combined with an unrefined liquid hydr...