US Patent Issued to SHELL USA on April 21 for "Heavy hydrocarbon hydroprocessing catalyst and methods of making and using thereof" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,699, issued on April 21, was assigned to SHELL USA INC. (Houston).

"Heavy hydrocarbon hydroprocessing catalyst and methods of making and using thereof" was invented by Opinder Kishan Bhan (Bellaire, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The specification discloses a highly macroporous catalyst for hydroprocessing and hydroconversion of heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks. The high macroporosity catalyst incudes an inorganic oxide, molybdenum, and nickel components. It has a pore structure such that at least 18% of its total pore volume is in pores of a diameter greater than 5,000 angstroms and at least 25% of its total pore volume is in por...