US Patent Issued to Marathon Petroleum on Sept. 23 for "Low sulfur fuel oil blends for stability enhancement and associated methods" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,467, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Marathon Petroleum Co. LP (Findlay, Ohio).

"Low sulfur fuel oil blends for stability enhancement and associated methods" was invented by Richard L. Eller (Findlay, Ohio), Peg Broughton (Findlay, Ohio), V. Elijah Mullins (Findlay, Ohio), John R. Weber (Findlay, Ohio) and Jeffrey A. Sexton (Findlay, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fuel oil compositions, and methods for blending such fuel oil compositions, to enhance initial compatibility and longer term stability when such fuel oil compositions are blended to meet IMO 2020 low sulfur fuel oil requirements (ISO 8217). In one or more embodime...