US Patent Issued to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals on March 4 for "Method for desulfurizing a hydrocarbon feedstock" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,963, issued on March 4, was assigned to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for desulfurizing a hydrocarbon feedstock" was invented by Khalid R. Alhooshani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Saheed Adewale Ganiyu (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a hydrodesulfurization catalyst having nickel and molybdenum sulfides deposited on a support material containing mesoporous silica that is optionally modified with zirconium. The method of making the hydrodesulfurization catalyst involves a single-step calcination and reduction procedure. The utilization of the hydro...