US Patent Issued to ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology on July 8 for "Hydrocarbon pyrolysis of feeds containing mercury" (Singaporean, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,762, issued on July 8, was assigned to ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Co. (Baytown, Texas).

"Hydrocarbon pyrolysis of feeds containing mercury" was invented by Keng-Fai Kuan (Singapore), Boon Hwa Sow (Singapore) and Rodney S. Smith (Midlothian, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention generally relate to processes, systems, and methods for the pyrolysis of hydrocarbon feeds containing one or more forms of mercury, e.g., the steam cracking of heavy oil, such as crude oil. Effluent from the pyrolysis is processed to remove various forms of mercury produced during the pyrolysis and/or carried over from the hydrocar...