US Patent Issued to SipChem Sahara International Petrochemical Company JSC on Dec. 16 for "Oxygenated hydrocarbon production system with acidic impurity removal resin column" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,372, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SipChem Sahara International Petrochemical Co. JSC (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia).

"Oxygenated hydrocarbon production system with acidic impurity removal resin column" was invented by Nilenindran Sundra Govender (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia), R. Balasubramanian (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Sibusiso Mtongana (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oxygenated hydrocarbon production system for producing an oxygenated hydrocarbon selected from tetrahydrofuran, 1,4-butanediol, and gamma butyrolactone using maleic anhydride. The oxygenated hydrocarbon production system first converts malei...