US Patent Issued to MARATHON PETROLEUM on Nov. 4 for "Systems and methods of alternative energy integration with hydrocarbon products" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,497, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP (Findlay, Ohio).

"Systems and methods of alternative energy integration with hydrocarbon products" was invented by David Whikehart (Findlay, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods to efficiently integrate alternative energy with a hydrocarbon production process to produce a hydrocarbon product for distribution. The hydrocarbon product for distribution is produced through one or more selections of available agricultural fuels, available renewable power, and available petroleum product production options. Such selections are determined based on time an...