ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,502, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).
"Methods of vapor pressure stabilization of crude oil" was invented by John T. Cullinane (Montgomery, Texas) and Christopher Hardy (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of crude oil stabilization may include separating crude oil in a bulk separator into a first light hydrocarbon stream, a first water stream, and a first bottoms stream; separating the first bottoms stream in an intermediate pressure separator into a second light hydrocarbon stream, a second water stream, and a second bottoms stream; separating the second bottom...