Chevron was granted a patent for converting solid carbon feedstocks into hydrocarbons.

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    "uspto_assignee": "CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.",
    "patent_abstract": "A process includes receiving, in an unheated coke drum, a feedstock comprising a solid carbon-based material, heating the unheated coke drum and the feedstock comprising the solid carbon-based material to a first temperature to form a heated feedstock comprising the solid carbon-based material in a semi-solid state or a melted state in a heated coke drum, and processing the heated feedstock comprising the solid carbon-based material in the semi-solid state or the melted state in the heated coke drum with a heated petroleum residue-containing feedstock at a second temperature and under reaction conditions to convert at least a portion of the heated feedstock comprising the solid carbon-based material in the semi-solid state or the melted state to a product stream including a gas phase including hydrocarbons and hydrogen, and coke.",
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