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RENDERING PETROLEUM OIL AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CARBON DIOXIDE NEUTRAL SOURCE MATERIAL FOR FUELS, DERIVED PRODUCTS AND AS A REGENERATIVE CARBON SOURCE

  • US 20100261937A1
  • Filed: 04/07/2010
  • Published: 10/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for rendering petroleum oil as an essentially environmentally carbon dioxide-neutral fuel and regenerative carbon source for producing methanol or dimethyl ether, which comprises:

  • subjecting petroleum oil to refining or combustion conditions sufficient to produce carbon dioxide;

    capturing and purifying the produced carbon dioxide; and

    combining the purified carbon dioxide with water and a suitable light hydrocarbon fraction or with hydrogen produced from water under reaction conditions sufficient to produce methanol or dimethyl ether, so that the carbon dioxide generated from the petroleum oil is not introduced into the atmosphere, thus rendering the petroleum oil as an essentially environmentally carbon dioxide-neutral fuel and regenerative carbon source.

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