US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on Feb. 17 for "Targeted disulfide reduction in petroleum matrices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,997, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Targeted disulfide reduction in petroleum matrices" was invented by Stephen J. Harley (Richmond, Calif.), Rachel Mohler (Richmond, Calif.), Peter Hillman (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Samin Sharifiasl (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a method of selectively reacting and removing disulfides and reducing corrosivity in petroleum matrixes with an acid wash composition."

The patent was filed on Oct. 31, 2023, under Application No. 18/498,612.

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