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Coupled with the earlier award of European Patent Number 1 635 924 B1, intellectual property protection is now in place in the EU for removing sulfur and nitrogen, with or without an aqueous phase, with or without an oxidizing agent and with or without frequency limitations on the sonic equipment at the wellhead, along a pipeline or in a refinery.
The process uses high power sonic energy in a moderate temperature, atmospheric pressure environment to reduce sulfur, nitrogen, and trace metals in petroleum while also reducing oil density.
The process increases API (American Petroleum Institute) gravity (least specific gravity = highest API gravity) and volume. Sour (greater than 1/2% by weight sulfur) crude is rendered less sour, more useable product is extracted from a 42 gallon barrel of oil, and the volume of treated crude oil expands.
The process is fully supported by highly affordable, reliable, available, durable, computerized commercial off the shelf equipment from Germany.
The recently awarded European patents complement U.S. Patent 7,081,196 and a number of patents and patents pending in 42 different oil producing and oil refining nations. These 42 countries represent 55.7% of all crude oil production, 30% of world crude oil reserves, and 40% of the world's refining capacity. Over 1,500 claims remain pending around the world.
Dr. Mark Cullen, Managing Director at Petrosonics LLC, stated:
"Our second European patent protects a substantial portion of our technology for removing contaminants from diesel fuel and diesel fuel represents a large portion of the output of a typical refinery. We are particularly gratified with these awards in the European Union in that, as a major partner in the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the actions of the EU make award in the other Patent Cooperation Treaty countries that much easier. Given that the process is fully protected, is less expensive to deploy and operate than traditional technologies and is fully supported by commercial, off the shelf equipment, we see no barriers to licensing it to end users now."
AVEC Chairman Mr. Ahmed Khalifa stated, "We are ecstatic. This technology is the first major advancement in refining technology in decades and has great potential. We look forward to rapid licensing through Dubai-based PETRO-AVEC LLC."
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