US Patent Issued to EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH on April 22 for "Solids removal using solvent blends comprising a disulfide solvent" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,257, issued on April 22, was assigned to EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY (Spring, Texas).

"Solids removal using solvent blends comprising a disulfide solvent" was invented by Kevin A. Harnsberry (Beaumont, Texas) and P. Scott Northrop (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solids dissolution may be promoted using a solvent blend comprising a disulfide solvent, particularly additional solids present in combination with elemental sulfur deposits. The solvent blends may comprise at least one disulfide solvent, at least one amine solvent, at least one ketone solvent, at least one ester solvent, and optionally water. Solids dis...