US Patent Issued to IFP Energies Nouvelles on May 26 for "Hydroconversion of a hydrocarbon-based heavy feedstock in a hybrid ebullated-entrained bed, comprising mixing said feedstock with a catalyst precursor containing an organic additive" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,625, issued on May 26, was assigned to IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Hydroconversion of a hydrocarbon-based heavy feedstock in a hybrid ebullated-entrained bed, comprising mixing said feedstock with a catalyst precursor containing an organic additive" was invented by Joao Marques (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France), Thibaut Corre (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France), Jeremie Barbier (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France), Brett Matthew Silverman (Lawrenceville, N.J.), David M. Mountainland (Lawrenceville, N.J.) and Sukesh Parasher (Lawrenceville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydroconversion process of a heavy oil feedsto...