US Patent Issued to BP P.L.C. on Aug. 4 for "Process for producing a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst and Fischer-Tropsch start-up process" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,605, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BP P.L.C. (London).

"Process for producing a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst and Fischer-Tropsch start-up process" was invented by Alexander James Paterson (Yorkshire, Great Britain), Richard J Mercer (Billingham, Great Britain) and John West (Billingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for producing a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst wherein from 15 to 40 mol. % of the cobalt thereon is in the form of cobalt oxide. The present invention also relates to a start-up process for a reduced-and-passivated cobalt-containing Fischer-Tropsch ca...