US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on June 2 for "Carbon neutral hydrogen production" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,790, issued on June 2, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Carbon neutral hydrogen production" was invented by John O'Connell (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrocarbon stream is combusted within a reactor to produce soot and syngas. Sub-stoichiometric combustion of the hydrocarbon stream within the reactor converts at least 10% of the carbon in the hydrocarbon stream into soot. The syngas is mixed with a steam stream to produce a hydrogenation feed stream. A shift reactor converts at least a portion of the carbon monoxide and steam to carbon dioxide and hydrogen to produce a shifte...