US Patent Issued to RJ LEE GROUP on July 29 for "Additives and methods for improving flow properties of crude oil" (Pennsylvania, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,630, issued on July 29, was assigned to RJ LEE GROUP INC. (Monroeville, Pa.).

"Additives and methods for improving flow properties of crude oil" was invented by Alan M. Levine (Monroeville, Pa.), Richard J. Lee (Murrysville, Pa.), Steven J. Monaco (Venetia, Pa.) and Jonathan Lyle Wistrom (Maryville, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a crude oil additive comprising a pyrolysis oil fraction. In some embodiments, the crude oil additive further comprises a dispersant. Also provided are methods of preparing the crude oil additive as well as methods for reducing the viscosity of crude oil and methods for increasing the API gra...