US Patent Issued to ExxonMobil Engineering and Technology on Nov. 18 for "Hydrocarbon pyrolysis of feeds containing sulfur" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,503, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ExxonMobil Engineering and Technology Co. (Spring, Texas).

"Hydrocarbon pyrolysis of feeds containing sulfur" was invented by Alok Srivastava (Houston), Rodney S. Smith (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and James P. Chapman (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to processes, apparatuses, and systems for the removal of sulfur compounds from a heavy hydrocarbon feed as part of steam cracking processes to produce light olefins. In at least one embodiment, the process includes introducing a hydrocarbon feed having a first sulfur content to a steam cracker to produce a stea...