US Patent Issued to BP P.L.C. on June 23 for "Process for producing methane" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,433, issued on June 23, was assigned to BP P.L.C. (London).

"Process for producing methane" was invented by Alexander James Paterson (Yorkshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to processes for the production of methane from hydrogen and carbon dioxide. In particular, the disclosure provides for a process for providing a product composition comprising methane. The process includes contacting a gaseous mixture comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide with a supported methane synthesis catalyst, the supported methane synthesis catalyst comprising cobalt in the range of 1 wt % to 35 wt...