US Patent Issued to SHELL USA on Dec. 2 for "Methane oxidation catalyst and a method of making and using thereof" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,792, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SHELL USA INC. (Houston).

"Methane oxidation catalyst and a method of making and using thereof" was invented by Peter Tanev Tanev (Houston) and Mario Soorholtz (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sulfur-resistant, high activity methane oxidation catalyst for use in removing methane from gas streams having a concentration of methane by oxidizing the methane. The methane oxidation catalyst is especially useful in processing gas streams that also have a concentration of a sulfur compound. The sulfur-resistant methane oxidation catalyst includes a unique multi-crystalline zirconia as ...