ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,470, issued on March 17, was assigned to TotalEnergies OneTech (Courbevoie, France) and IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Integrated method for thermal conversion and indirect combustion of a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock in a redox chemical loop for producing hydrocarbon streams and capturing the CO 2 produced" was invented by Sebastien Leplat (Honfleur, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an integrated method for thermal conversion and indirect combustion of a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock in a redox chemical loop for producing hydrocarbon streams. The heavy hydrocarbon feedstock (1) is brou...