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

摘要

The invention provides a method for rendering petroleum oil as an essentially environmentally carbon dioxide-neutral fuel and source material. Carbon dioxide produced from petroleum oil combustion is captured, purified, combined with steam and light hydrocarbon fractions, or with hydrogen, and reacted under reaction conditions sufficient to form methanol and/or dimethyl ether, which can be used as fuel or feedstock for derived synthetic hydrocarbons and products.