ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,754, issued on April 21.
"Method of reforming crude oil" was invented by Matthew F. Russell (Spokane, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reforming crude oil includes providing a heavy crude oil energy brick which includes an aggregate first part of heavy crude oil, an aggregate second part of one of fly ash, petroleum coke, and an aggregate having a carbon content of more than 10% by weight of the aggregate second part, a cement reacting agent of phosphoric acid, a metal-based cementing agent one of hematite and magnetite, a setting agent of one of iron oxide and elemental iron, and a working fluid. The method includes...