US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on July 29 for "Ammonia production from carbon-and water-derived hydrogen" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,335, issued on July 29, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Ammonia production from carbon-and water-derived hydrogen" was invented by Ahmad O. Khowaiter (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mourad Younes (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Aqil Jamal (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Gerard De Nazelle (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Aadesh Harale (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for ammonia production are provided. An exemplary method includes electrolyzing water to form H2 and O2; contacting a reformer feed stream including hydrocarbons, O2 from electrolysis, and an oxidant stream including O2 and N...