MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647102346 A) filed by Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B. V. on August 25, 2026, for Process For Production Of Synthesis Gas Using Waste Methane-Rich Gas As A Feedstock.
Inventors include Crom, Lori Ann; Bej, Shyamal Kumar; and Lee, Chi Chiang.
The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.
Abstract: This invention provides a process for the production of a synthesis gas (syngas). The process comprises obtaining a methane rich tail gas stream from a hydrocarbon cracker unit and utilising the methane rich tail gas stream as a feed stream for a steam methane reformer reactor in order to produce a syngas product. Either or both of the hydrocarbon cracker unit and the steam methane reformer reactor are heated by electrical energy, which may be generated from a renewable source. The methane rich tail gas may be subjected to one or more treatment stages prior to utilising it as a feed stream for the steam methane reformer reactor.
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