ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,001, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).
"Deoiling process" was invented by Gaither M. Phillips (Spring, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to methods for deoiling a hydrocarbon feed and to products formed therefrom. In an embodiment is provided a method of deoiling a feed that includes introducing a waxy feed and a deoiling solvent to a dilution chilling zone; mixing the waxy feed and the deoiling solvent in the dilution chilling zone at a temperature of from about 10deg F. to about 30deg F. to form a slurry; introducing the slurry t...