US Patent Issued to Ripcord Energy Solutions on May 12 for "Removal of hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans from oil or oil derivatives and treatment compositions for accomplishing the same" (Michigan, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,297, issued on May 12, was assigned to Ripcord Energy Solutions LLC (Savannah, Ga.).

"Removal of hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans from oil or oil derivatives and treatment compositions for accomplishing the same" was invented by Linda Esther Schweitzer (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Bobby Burkes Sr. (New Orleans).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aqueous treatment compositions for crude oil and/or petroleum distillates to remove sulfur compounds therefrom and treatment methods using such compositions are disclosed. The composition has less than 0.5% wt/wt di- or tri-benzohydroxy compound, a strong base, less than 1% wt/wt divalent metal g...