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| 208057000 | First stage is an hydrogenation (saturation) | 85 |
| 20080223753 | METHOD FOR DESULFURIZING HYDROCARBON FRACTIONS FROM STEAM CRACKING EFFLUENTS - The present invention relates to a method for treating a feed corresponding to a pyrolysis gasoline, comprising:
| 09-18-2008 |
| 20080230441 | Hydrotreating And Hydrocracking Process And Apparatus - Partial conversion hydrocracking process comprising the steps of (a) hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feedstock with a hydrogenrich gas to produce a hydrotreated effluent stream comprising a liquid/vapour mixture and separating the liquid/vapour mixture into a liquid phase and a vapour phase, and (b) separating the liquid phase into a controlled liquid portion and an excess liquid portion, and (c) combining the vapour phase with the excess liquid portion to form a vapour plus liquid portion, and (d) separating an FCC feed-containing fraction from the controlled liquid portion and simultaneously hydrocracking the vapour plus liquid portion to produce a dieselcontaining fraction, or hydrocracking the controlled liquid portion to produce a diesel-containing fraction and simultaneously separating a FCC feed-containing fraction from the vapour plus liquid portion. The invention also includes an apparatus for carrying out the partial conversion hydrocracking process. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080245702 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING A CRUDE PRODUCT - The present invention is directed to a method for producing a crude product from a crude feed. A crude feed is contacted with a hydrogen source and a catalyst comprising a transition metal sulfide under conditions controlled such that the crude product has a residue content of at most the 30% of the residue content of the crude feed. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080257783 | Process for Catalytic Conversion of Fischer-Tropsch Derived Olefins to Distillates - The invention provides a low aromatic producing process for catalytical conversion of Fisher-Tropsch derived olefins to distillates (COD), which process includes the step of contacting Fisher-Tropsch derived olefins with a zeolyte type catalyst at pressures of more than 50 barg. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090008290 | Systems and Methods for Producing a Crude Product - Systems and methods for hydroprocessing a heavy oil feedstock, the system employs a plurality of contacting zones and separation zones and an interstage solvent deasphalting unit. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing a slurry catalyst for upgrading the heavy oil feedstock, forming upgraded products of lower boiling hydrocarbons. In the separation zones which operates at a temperature within 20° F. and a pressure within 10 psi of the pressure in the contacting zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally, further treated in an in-line hydrotreater. At least a portion of the non-volatile fractions recovered from at least one of the separation zones is sent to the interstage solvent deasphalting unit, for separating unconverted heavy oil feedstock into deasphalted oil and asphaltenes. The deasphalted oil stream is sent to one of the contacting zones for further upgrade. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090008291 | Systems and Methods for Producing a Crude Product - Systems and methods for hydroprocessing a heavy oil feedstock with reduced heavy oil deposits, the system employs a plurality of contacting zones and separation zones zone under hydrocracking conditions to convert at least a portion of the heavy oil feedstock to lower boiling hydrocarbons, forming upgraded products. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing a slurry catalyst for upgrading the heavy oil feedstock, forming upgraded products of lower boiling hydrocarbons. In the separation zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally, further treated in an in-line hydrotreater. At least a portion of the non-volatile fractions recovered from at least one of the separation zones is recycled back to the first contacting zone in the system, in an amount ranging between 3 to 50 wt. % of the heavy oil feedstock. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090078611 | Integrated Process for Oil Extraction and Production of Diesel Fuel from Biorenewable Feedstocks - An integrated process has been developed for producing diesel boiling range fuel from renewable feedstocks such as animal and plant oils and using a byproduct naphtha as an extraction solvent in the generation of the renewable feedstock. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide a hydrocarbon fraction useful as a diesel fuel or diesel boiling range fuel blending component. A byproduct naphtha stream is used as an extraction solvent in a process for the generation of the renewable feedstock. If desired, the hydrocarbon fraction can be isomerized to improve cold flow properties. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090095653 | Hydroisomerization Process - A process is provided for improving the cold flow properties of a hydrocarbon stream employing a substantially liquid-phase continuous hydroisomerization zone where the reaction zone has a substantially constant level of dissolved hydrogen throughout without the addition of additional hydrogen external to the reaction zone. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090120837 | Method Of Obtaining High-Quality Products From Polyolefine Waste Material Or Polyolefines - The object of the invention is the method of production of high value products: kerosene including cosmetic kerosene, white oils, high value paraffin and purified liquid fuels from polyolefin waste material and polyolefins. According to the invention the product of the thermocatalytic decomposition of polyolefin waste material obtained in a vapour form is subjected to a fractionating condensation or full condensation followed by fractionating distillation and to a process of catalytic hydrogenation to remove the unsaturated double bonds and hydrogenation of aromatic hydrocarbons eventually present in the product. Then the prepared fractions undergo further treatment by means of distillation in order to obtain fractions corresponding with the boiling temperature limits of the following high purity final products: gasoline fraction, cosmetic kerosene, white oil fraction—that can be eventually split into narrower fractions of physicochemical properties characteristic of different grades of white oil—and the paraffin fraction used as a raw material for preparation of cosmetic paraffin and other high quality paraffin grades. Partial condensation and re-circulation of the vaporised decomposition product to the thermocatalytic reactor is advantageous for increase the content of low boiling hydrocarbons corresponding with kerosene and white oil fractions in the product of the thermocatalytic decomposition. The suitable choice of the catalyst and reaction conditions in the process of the thermocatalytic decomposition of polyolefin wastes can result in partial cyclisation of the aliphatic hydrocarbons into naphthenic or aromatic hydrocarbons which are then transformed into naphthenic hydrocarbons improving the physicochemical properties of the obtained high value products. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090134061 | DISTILLATE-TO-GASOLINE CATALYST SYSTEM AND PROCESS THEREFOR - A process is disclosed for converting distillate to gasoline-range hydrocarbons using a two-stage catalyst system including a first catalyst containing platinum, palladium, or platinum and palladium, and an acidic support, and a second catalyst containing iridium and an inorganic oxide support, and optionally nickel. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090206004 | Aromatic hydrogenation process - An MCM-41 catalyst having a crystalline framework containing SiO | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090261016 | PROCESS FOR THE TOTAL CONVERSION OF HEAVY FEEDSTOCKS TO DISTILLATES - Process for the conversion of heavy feedstocks comprising the following steps: mixing the heavy feedstock with a suitable hydrogenation catalyst and sending the mixture obtained to a first hydrotreatment area (HT | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090288985 | Process for producing light olefins and aromatics - A process for producing light olefins and aromatics, which comprises reacting a feedstock with a catalytic cracking catalyst in at least two reaction zones, wherein the reaction temperature of at least one reaction zone downstream of the first reaction zone is higher than that of the first reaction zone and its weight hourly space velocity is lower than that of the first reaction zone. The spent catalyst is separated from the reaction product vapor, regenerated and then returned to the reactor. The reaction product vapor is separated to obtain the desired products, light olefins and aromatics. This process efficiently produces light olefins such as propylene, ethylene, etc. from heavy feedstocks, wherein the yield of propylene exceeds 20% by weight, and produces aromatics such as toluene, xylene, etc. at the same time. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090308788 | PROCESS FOR PRE-REFINING CRUDE OIL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AT LEAST TWO NON-ASPHALTENIC OILS Pa, Pb, AND AN ASPHALTENIC OIL Pc - A process for pre-refining a crude oil P is described in which P is fractionated into several fractions, some of which are typically hydrotreated, hydrocracked or hydroconverted, then said fractions are re-composed and at least three pre-refined oils Pa, Pb, Pc are produced, Pc being a residual asphaltenic oil and Pa and Pb being two non asphaltenic oils having different ratios R wherein: | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090314681 | PROCESS FOR THE TOTAL CONVERSION OF HEAVY FEEDSTOCKS TO DISTILLATES - Process for the conversion of heavy feedstocks selected from heavy crude oils, distillation residues from crude oil or catalytic treatment, “visbreaker tars”, “thermal tars”, bitumens from “oil sands” liquids from coals of different origins and other high boiling feedstocks of a hydrocarbon origin, comprising the following steps: •mixing the heavy feedstock with a suitable hydrogenation catalyst and sending the mixture obtained to a first hydrotreatment area (HT | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100065471 | Systems and Methods for Producing a Crude Product - Systems and methods for hydroprocessing a heavy oil feedstock, the system employs a plurality of contacting zones and separation zones with at least some of the fresh slurry catalyst being supplied to at least a contacting zone other than the first contacting zone. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing the slurry catalyst for upgrading the heavy oil feedstock, forming upgraded products of lower boiling boiling hydrocarbons. In the separation zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally, further treated in an in-line hydrotreater. A least a portion of the non-volatile fractions recovered from the separation zones is recycled back to the first contacting zone in the system. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100065472 | Systems and Methods for Producing a Crude Product - Systems and methods for hydroprocessing a heavy oil feedstock, the system employs a plurality of contacting zones and separation zones with at least some of the heavy oil feedstock being supplied to at least a contacting zone other than the first contacting zone. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing a slurry catalyst for upgrading the heavy oil feedstock, forming upgraded products of lower boiling boiling hydrocarbons. In the separation zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally, further treated in an in-line hydrotreater. At least a portion of the non-volatile fractions recovered from at least one of the separation zones is recycled back to the first contacting zone in the system. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100065473 | Systems and Methods for Producing a Crude Product - Systems and methods for hydroprocessing a heavy oil feedstock with reduced heavy oil deposits, the system employs a plurality of contacting zones and separation zones zone under hydrocracking conditions to convert at least a portion of the heavy oil feedstock to lower boiling hydrocarbons, forming upgraded products, wherein water and/or steam being injected into first contacting zone in an amount of 1 to 25 weight % on the weight of the heavy oil feedstock. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing a slurry catalyst for upgrading the heavy oil feedstock, forming upgraded products of lower boiling hydrocarbons. In the separation zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally, further treated in an in-line hydrotreater. At least a portion of the non-volatile fractions recovered from at least one of the separation zones is recycled back to the first contacting zone in the system. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100065474 | Systems and Methods for Producing a Crude Product - Systems and methods for hydroprocessing a heavy oil feedstock with reduced heavy oil deposits, the system employs a plurality of contacting zones and separation zones zone under hydrocracking conditions to convert at least a portion of the heavy oil feedstock to lower boiling hydrocarbons, forming upgraded products, wherein the first contacting zone is operated at a temperature of at least 10° F. lower than a next contacting zone. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing a slurry catalyst for upgrading the heavy oil feedstock, forming upgraded products of lower boiling hydrocarbons. In the separation zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally, further treated in an in-line hydrotreater. At least a portion of the non-volatile fractions recovered from at least one of the separation zones is recycled back to the first contacting zone in the system. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100116712 | COMBINATION OF MILD HYDROTREATING AND HYDROCRACKING FOR MAKING LOW SULFUR DIESEL AND HIGH OCTANE NAPHTHA - Methods are disclosed for the hydrotreating and hydrocracking of highly aromatic distillate feeds such as light cycle oil (LCO) to produce ultra low sulfur gasoline and diesel fuel. Optimization of hydrotreater severity improves the octane quality of the gasoline or naphtha fraction. In particular, the operation of the hydrotreater at reduced severity to allow at least about 20 ppm by weight of organic nitrogen into the hydrocracker feed is shown to lead to these important benefits. Post-treating of the hydrocracker effluent over an additional hydrotreating catalyst bed may be desired to meet specifications for ultra low sulfur fuel components. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100122933 | Converting Heavy Sour Crude Oil/Emulsion to Lighter Crude Oil Using Cavitations and Filtration Based Systems - A process for converting heavy sulfur-containing crude oil into lighter crude oil with lower sulfur content and lower molecular weight is provided. The process is a low-temperature process using controlled cavitation. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100133144 | PRODUCTION OF FUEL FROM RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS USING A FINISHING REACTOR - A process has been developed for producing fuel from renewable feedstocks such as plant and animal oils and greases. The process involves treating a first portion of a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating in a first reaction zone and a second portion of a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating in a second reaction zone and treating the effluents in a finishing reaction zone to provide a diesel boiling point range fuel hydrocarbon product. If desired, the hydrocarbon product can be isomerized to improve cold flow properties. A portion of the hydrocarbon product is recycled to the first reaction zone to increase the hydrogen solubility of the reaction mixture. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100140136 | SELECTIVE, INTEGRATED PROCESSING OF BIO-DERIVED ESTER SPECIES TO YIELD LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HYDROCARBONS AND HYDROGEN FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS - The present invention relates to methods and systems for processing biomass to selectively yield a variety of hydrocarbon molecules and hydrogen as products, wherein some or all of these products can be further utilized for other biomass processing sub-processes, particularly wherein they lead to the generation of biofuels and/or other high-value products. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100147743 | Process for upgrading coal pyrolysis oils - This invention utilizes a novel method and set of operating conditions to efficiently and economically process a potentially very fouling hydrocarbon feedstock. A multi-stage catalytic process for the upgrading of coal pyrolysis oils is developed. Coal Pyrolysis Oils are highly aromatic, olefinic, unstable, contain objectionable sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen contaminants, and,may contain coal solids which will plug fixed-bed reactors. The pyrolysis oil is fed with hydrogen to a multi-stage ebullated-bed hydrotreater and hydrocracker containing a hydrogenation or hydrocracking catalyst to first stabilize the feed at low temperature and is then fed to downstream reactor(s) at higher temperatures to further treat and hydrocrack the pyrolysis oils to a more valuable syncrude or to finished distillate products. The relatively high heat of reaction is used to provide the energy necessary to increase the temperature of the subsequent stage thus eliminating the need for additional external heat input. A refined heavy oil product stream is recycled to the fresh feed to minimize feedstock fouling of heat exchangers and feed heaters. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100176028 | Hydrotreating Processes for Fabricating Petroleum Distillates from Light Fischer-Tropsch Liquids - A method for obtaining a petroleum distillate product is provided, the method includes subjecting an untreated light Fischer-Tropsch liquid to a two-step hydrogenation process, each step to be carried in the presence of a catalyst comprising an amorphous substrate having a metallic composition embedded therein. After the first step of hydrogenation, an intermediate hydrotreated light Fischer-Tropsch liquid is obtained, followed by the second step of hydrogenation thereof, obtaining the petroleum distillate product as a result. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100193401 | Ionic Liquid Catalyst for Improvement of Heavy and Extra Heavy Crude - The present invention relates to improving heavy crude oil, and extra through a scheme considering the use of ionic liquids catalysts based on Mo and Fe catalyst is highly miscible with crude oil and are in the homogeneous phase crude oil. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100206770 | HYDROREFINING METHOD FOR HYDROCARBON OIL - The invention provides a hydrocarbon oil hydrorefining method, characterized by including providing a mixture of a heavy hydrocarbon oil and a hydrocarbon oil exhibiting an effect of increasing dissolved hydrogen concentration; mixing the oil mixture, which is subjected to hydrorefining, with hydrogen; and causing the resultant mixture to pass through a reactor for carrying out hydrorefining. The method can enhance performance in hydrorefining of the heavy oil. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100307958 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A DESULFURIZED GASOLINE FROM A GASOLINE FRACTION THAT CONTAINS CONVERSION GASOLINE - Production of gasolines with low sulfur contents from a starting gasoline containing sulfur-containing compounds comprising a stage a) for selective hydrogenation of non-aromatic polyunsaturated compounds present in the starting gasoline, a stage b) for increasing the molecular weight of the light sulfur-containing products that are initially present in the gasoline that enters this stage, a stage c) for alkylation of at least a portion of the sulfur-containing compounds present in the product that originates from stage b), a stage d) for fractionation of the gasoline that originates from stage c) into at least two fractions, one fraction virtually lacking in sulfur-containing compounds, whereby the other contains a larger proportion of sulfur-containing compounds (heavy gasoline), a stage e) for catalytic treatment of the heavy gasoline for transformation of sulfur-containing compounds under conditions for the at least partial decomposition of hydrogenation of these sulfur-containing compounds. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100314287 | COMBINED PROCESS FOR HYDROTREATING AND CATALYTIC CRACKING OF RESIDUE - Disclosed is a combined process for hydrotreating and catalytic cracking of residue, wherein the residue, catalytic cracking heavy cycle oil with acidic solid impurity being removed, optional distillate oil and adistillate of catalytic cracking slurry oil from which the acidic solid impurity is removed are fed into residue hydrotreating unit, the hydrogenated residue obtained and optional vacuum gas oil are fed into catalytic cracking unit to obtain various products; the catalytic cracking heavy cycle oil from which the acidic solid impurity is removed is circulated to the residue hydrotreating unit; the catalytic cracking slurry oil is separated by distilling, the distillate of the catalytic cracking slurry oil after removing off the acidic solid impurity is circulated to the residue hydrotreating unit. This process makes the residue hydrotreating and catalytic cracking being combined together more effectively such that it is not only able to improve product quality of the residue hydrotreating, elongate operation cycle of the residue hydrotreating unit, but also increases the yield of the hydrogenated diesel oil and catalytic cracking light oil, and decreases coking quantity of the catalytic cracking. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100320121 | HIGH THROUGHPUT DEVELOPMENT METHOD FOR CATALYTIC HYDROPROCESSING OF DIRTY FEEDSTOCKS - A method for determining a set of operating parameters for a commercial scale plug flow catalytic process and reactor system for hydroprocessing dirty feedstocks, comprises the steps of: feeding selected partial pressures of said feedstock and hydrogen to the inlet the first reactor stage of a first composite multi-stage series-connected laboratory scale plug flow reactor including at least three reactor stages, the catalyst beds of each of said reactor stages including catalyst particles capable of catalyzing the removal by hydrogen of heteroatoms from said heterocyclic molecules; sampling the effluents of each of said reactor stages; measuring the concentration of heterocyclic molecules in said dirty feedstock in the concentrations of heterocyclic molecules and intermediate and final products and by products of the catalytic reaction in the effluents of each of said reactor stages. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110024327 | PRODUCTION OF DIESEL FUEL FROM BIORENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS - A process has been developed for producing diesel boiling range fuel from renewable feedstocks such as plant oils, animal fats and oils, and greases. The process involves treating a renewable feedstock by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide a diesel boiling range fuel hydrocarbon product. If desired, the hydrocarbon product can be isomerized to improve cold flow properties. A portion of the hydrocarbon product is recycled to the treatment zone to increase the hydrogen solubility of the reaction mixture. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110031162 | HYDROCARBON TREATMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for producing a treated hydrocarbon containing stream for use as a feed to a hydrogen plant having a steam methane reformer in which an untreated hydrocarbon containing stream is introduced into two reaction stages connected in series to hydrogenate olefins and to convert organic sulfur species to hydrogen sulfide. The second of the two stages can also be operated in a pre-reforming mode to generate additional hydrogen through introduction of the oxygen and steam into such stage. A sulfur tolerant catalyst is used in both stages to promote hydrogenation and oxidation reactions. Sulfur is removed between stages by adsorption of the hydrogen sulfide to prevent deactivation of the catalyst in the second of the stages that would otherwise occur during operation of the second reaction stage in a pre-reforming mode of operation. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110036752 | HEAVY FEED HYDROCONVERSION METHOD IN EBULLATED BED MODE WITH FEED INJECTION AT THE REACTOR TOP - The invention relates to a method of hydroconverting in ebullated bed mode a petroleum feed containing a significant amount of light fractions and, among other things, asphaltenes, sulfur-containing and metallic impurities. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110042269 | Process And Apparatus for Cracking High Boiling Point Hydrocarbon Feedstock - In one aspect, the invention includes in a process for cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising: a) feeding a hydrocarbon feedstock containing at least 1 wt % of resid components having boiling points of at least 500° C. to a furnace convection section to heat the feedstock; b) flashing the heated feedstock in a first flash separation vessel to create a first overhead stream and a first bottoms liquid stream; c) hydrogenating at least a portion of the first bottoms liquid stream to create a hydrogenated bottoms stream; d) flashing the hydrogenated bottoms stream in a second flash separation vessel to create a second overhead stream and a second bottoms liquid stream; e) cracking the first overhead stream and the second overhead stream in a cracking furnace to produce a pyrolysis effluent stream. In other embodiments, the process further comprises heating the hydrocarbon feedstock in step a) to a temperature within a range of from 315° C. to 705° C. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110062054 | IMPROVED INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR HYDROGENATION AND CATALYTIC CRACKING OF HYDROCARBON OIL - Disclosed is a combination process for improved hydrotreating and catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon oils, including: contacting residual oil, catalytic cracking cycle oil, and optional distillate oil with a hydrotreating catalyst under hydrotreating conditions in the presence of hydrogen followed by separation of the reaction products to obtain gas, hydrogenated naphtha, hydrogenated diesel oil, and hydrogenated tail oil; contacting the hydrogenated tail oil and optional normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil with a cracking catalyst under catalytic cracking conditions followed by separation of the reaction products to obtain dry gas, hydrogenated naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas, catalytic cracked gasoline, catalytic cracked diesel oil, and catalytic cracking cycle oil; wherein the hydrogenated tail oil and/or normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil are separated into at least two fractions, the light and the heavy fractions or normal catalytic cracking heavy feedstock oil and normal catalytic cracking light feedstock oil, prior to contacting the hydrogenated tail oil and/or normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil with the cracking catalyst. The process according to the present invention is especially suitable for conversion of hydrocarbon oils to produce more products of gasoline or diesel oil. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110073522 | CATALYST BASED ON AN AMORPHOUS MATERIAL COMPRISING SILICON WITH A HIERARCHICAL AND ORGANIZED POROSITY, AND AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HYDROCARBON FEEDS - The present invention concerns a catalyst comprising at least one amorphous material comprising silicon with a hierarchical and organized porosity and at least one hydrodehydrogenating element selected from the group formed by elements from group VIB and/or group VIII of the periodic table of the elements. Said amorphous material comprising silicon with a hierarchical and organized porosity is constituted by at least two spherical elementary particles, each of said spherical particles comprising a matrix based on oxide of silicon, which is mesostructured, with a mesopore diameter in the range 1.5 to 30 nm and having amorphous and microporous walls with a thickness in the range 1.5 to 50 nm, said elementary spherical particles having a maximum diameter of 200 microns. The invention also concerns hydrocracking/hydroconversion and hydrotreatment processes employing said catalyst. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110168604 | METHOD FOR CO-HYDROGENATING LIGHT AND HEAVY HYDROCARBONS - A system and method are disclosed that allow a user to combine raw light hydrocarbons (e.g., C | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110259792 | Process for selective reduction of the contents of benzene and light unsaturated compounds of different hydrocarbon fractions - Process for treatment of a feedstock, such as hydrocarbons that comprise at least 4 carbon atoms per molecule and that comprise at least one unsaturated compound including benzene, such that said feedstock is treated in a distillation zone, associated with a hydrogenation reaction zone, at least in part outside of the distillation zone, and an isomerization zone, so as to discharge—at the top of the distillation zone and at the bottom of the distillation zone—an effluent that is low in unsaturated compounds, whereby said process comprises the treatment of at least a second feedstock, comprising at least one unsaturated compound including benzene, at least partially directly injected into the hydrogenation zone that is outside of the distillation zone. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120024751 | DENITRIFICATION OF A HYDROCARBON FEED - A denitrification method is disclosed for removing nitrogen compounds from a hydrocarbon feed in which the feed is contacted with an adsorbent including an organic heterocyclic salt deposited on a porous support. Additionally, a method for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feed which includes a hydroprocessing step is disclosed, wherein prior to hydroprocessing, the feed is contacted with an adsorbent including an organic heterocyclic salt deposited on a support. Additionally, a method for producing a lube oil which includes isomerization dewaxing of a base oil fraction is disclosed, wherein prior to the isomerization dewaxing step, the base oil fraction is contacted with an adsorbent including an organic heterocyclic salt deposited on a support. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120031811 | SELECTIVE HYDROCRACKING PROCESS FOR EITHER NAPHTHA OR DISTILLATE PRODUCTION - A hydrocracking zone for the selective production of either a naphtha product stream or a middle distillate stream from a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock utilizing a fixed catalyst and varying the ammonia concentration level introduced to the hydrocracking zone. The ammonia can be obtained by the reaction of nitrogen in the hydrocarbonaceous feedstock in a hydrotreating reactor, or from an external ammonia source, where the ammonia concentration is controlled by a stripping zone which allows an ammonia concentration in the range of about 0 to about 50 wppm to be introduced into the hydrocracking zone to yield a naphtha stream and an ammonia concentration in the range of about 20 to about 200 wppm to be introduced into the hydrocracking zone to yield a middle distillate stream. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120043257 | COMBINATION OF MILD HYDROTREATING AND HYDROCRACKING FOR MAKING LOW SULFUR DIESEL AND HIGH OCTANE NAPHTHA - Methods are disclosed for the hydrotreating and hydrocracking of highly aromatic distillate feeds such as light cycle oil (LCO) to produce ultra low sulfur gasoline and diesel fuel. Optimization of hydrotreater severity improves the octane quality of the gasoline or naphtha fraction. In particular, the operation of the hydrotreater at reduced severity to allow at least about 20 ppm by weight of organic nitrogen into the hydrocracker feed is shown to lead to these important benefits. Post-treating of the hydrocracker effluent over an additional hydrotreating catalyst bed may be desired to meet specifications for ultra low sulfur fuel components. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120091034 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MIDDLE DISTILLATES BY HYDROISOMERIZATION AND HYDROCRACKING OF A HEAVY FRACTION DERIVED FROM A FISCHER-TROPSCH EFFLUENT - The present invention describes a process for producing middle distillates from a C5+ liquid paraffinic fraction, termed a heavy fraction, with an initial boiling point in the range 15° C. to 40° C. produced by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, comprising the following steps in succession: passing said C5+ liquid paraffinic fraction, termed a heavy fraction, over at least one ion exchange resin at a temperature in the range 80° C. to 150° C., at a total pressure in the range 0.7 to 2.5 MPa, at an hourly space velocity in the range 0.2 to 2.5 h | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120103867 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF KEROSENE AND DIESEL FUELS FROM LIGHT UNSATURATED FRACTIONS AND BTX-RICH AROMATIC FRACTIONS - Process for the production of kerosene and diesel fuels from a so-called light cracked naphtha fraction, to which can be added any quantity of an LPG fraction and a BTX-rich aromatic fraction and which uses a stage for oligomerization of olefins and alkylation of olefins on the aromatic compounds. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120118791 | Two-stage, Close-coupled, Dual-catalytic Heavy Oil Hydroconversion Process - A process for the production of high yields of high quality products from heavy hydrocarbonaceous feedstock comprising a two-stage, close-coupled process, wherein the first stage comprises a thermal-catalytic zone into which is introduced a mixture comprising the feedstock, coal, dispersed catalyst, and hydrogen; and the second, close-coupled stage comprises a catalytic-hydrotreating zone into which substantially all the effluent from the first stage is directly passed and processed under hydrotreating conditions. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130062250 | COMBINED PROCESS OF HYDROTREATING AND CATALYTIC CRACKING OF HYDROCARBON OILS - Disclosed is a combination process for improved hydrotreating and catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon oils, including: contacting residual oil, catalytic cracking cycle oil, and optional distillate oil with a hydrotreating catalyst under hydrotreating conditions in the presence of hydrogen followed by separation of the reaction products to obtain hydrogenated tail oil and other products; contacting the hydrogenated tail oil and optional normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil with a cracking catalyst under catalytic cracking conditions followed by separation of the reaction products; wherein the hydrogenated tail oil and/or normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil are separated into at least two fractions prior to contacting the hydrogenated tail oil and/or normal catalytic cracking feedstock oil with the cracking catalyst. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130087481 | PROCESS FOR THE HYDROCONVERSION OF PETROLEUM FEEDSTOCKS VIA SLURRY TECHNOLOGY ALLOWING THE RECOVERY OF METALS FROM THE CATALYST AND FEEDSTOCK USING A LEACHING STEP - A process for the hydroconversion of heavy oil feedstocks comprises a step for hydroconversion of the feedstock in at least one reactor containing a catalyst in slurry mode used to recover metals from the residual unconverted fraction, especially those used as catalysts. The process comprises a hydroconversion step, a gas/liquid separation step, a liquid/liquid extraction step, a grinding step, a leaching step, a combustion step, a metals extraction step and a step for the preparation of catalytic solutions which are recycled to the hydroconversion step. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130105358 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MIDDLE DISTILLATES IN WHICH THE FEEDSTOCK ORIGINATING FROM THE FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS AND THE HYDROGEN STREAM CONTAIN A LIMITED OXYGEN CONTENT | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130105359 | METHOD FOR PREPARING LUBRICATING BASE OILS BY USING VACUUM DISTILLED DEASPHALTED OIL | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130112593 | PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF HEAVY CHARGE STOCKS SUCH AS HEAVY CRUDE OILS AND DISTILLATION RESIDUES - Process for the conversion of heavy charge stocks selected from heavy and extra-heavy crude oils, distillation residues, heavy oils from catalytic treatment, thermal tars, bitumens from oil sands, carbons of different origins and other high boiling charges of a hydrocarbon origin known as “black oils”, using at least the following process units: solvent deasphalting (SDA), hydroconversion with slurry phase catalysts (HT), distillation or flash (D), which process includes: | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130180884 | HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT INCREASE - The invention deals with hydrocarbon feedstock molecular weight increase via olefin oligomerization and/or olefin alkylation onto aromatic rings. Addition of a purification section allows improved unit working time and lower maintenance. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130220884 | INTEGRATED HYDROTREATING, SOLVENT DEASPHALTING AND STEAM PYROLYSIS PROCESS FOR DIRECT PROCESSING OF A CRUDE OIL - A process is provided that is directed to a steam pyrolysis zone integrated with a hydrotreating zone and a solvent deasphalting zone to permit direct processing of crude oil feedstocks to produce petrochemicals including olefins and aromatics. The integrated hydrotreating, solvent deasphalting and steam pyrolysis process comprises charging the crude oil to a hydroprocessing zone operating under conditions effective to produce a hydroprocessed effluent reduced having a reduced content of contaminants, an increased paraffinicity, reduced Bureau of Mines Correlation Index, and an increased American Petroleum Institute gravity; charging the hydroprocessed effluent to a solvent deasphalting zone with an effective amount of solvent to produce a deasphalted and demetalized oil stream and a bottom asphalt phase; thermally cracking the deasphalted and demetalized oil stream in the presence of steam to produce a mixed product stream; separating the mixed product stream; purifying hydrogen recovered from the mixed product stream and recycling it to the hydroprocessing zone; recovering olefins and aromatics from the separated mixed product stream; and recovering pyrolysis fuel oil from the separated mixed product stream. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130240405 | PROCESS FOR DEEP DESULFURIZATION OF CRACKED GASOLINE WITH MINIMUM OCTANE LOSS - The present invention provides a process for deep desulphurization of cracked gasoline with minimum octane loss of about 1-2 units. In this process full range cracked gasoline from FCC, Coker, Visbreaker etc is sent to Diolefin Saturation Reactor for selective saturation of diolefins. After saturation of diolefins, the stream is sent to Splitter for splitting into three cuts i.e Light Cut (IBP-70° C.), Intermediate Cut (70-90° C.) and Heavy Cut (90-210° C.). The Light Cut which contains majority of the high octane olefins and mercaptan sulfur is desulfurized with caustic treatment using Continuous Film Contactor (CFC). The sulfur in the Intermediate Cut is also predominantly mercaptans and the cut can be desulfurised by caustic treatment using CFC along with Light cut or separately desulfurised before being sent for isomerization. The Heavy Cut containing mainly thiophinic sulfur compounds is treated either by using conventional HDS process or reactive adsorption process. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130248416 | INTEGRATED HYDROPROCESSING AND STEAM PYROLYSIS OF CRUDE OIL TO PRODUCE LIGHT OLEFINS AND COKE - An integrated hydrotreating, steam pyrolysis and coker process for the direct processing of a crude oil is provided to produce olefinic and aromatic petrochemicals, and petroleum coke. Crude oil and recycled coker liquid product are charged to a hydroprocessing zone operating under conditions effective to produce a hydroprocessed effluent which is thermally cracked in the presence of steam to produce a mixed product stream. The residual liquid fraction recovered upstream of the thermal cracking unit or within the thermal cracking unit is thermally cracked under conditions effective to produce coke and coker liquid product. The coker liquid product is recycled to the step of hydroprocessing while the petroleum coke is recovered. Hydrogen from the mixed product stream is purified and recycled to the hydroprocessing zone, and olefins, aromatics and pyrolysis fuel oil are recovered from the separated mixed product stream. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130248417 | INTEGRATED HYDROPROCESSING, STEAM PYROLYSIS AND SLURRY HYDROPROCESSING OF CRUDE OIL TO PRODUCE PETROCHEMICALS - Crude oil is charged to a hydroprocessing zone in the presence of hydrogen operating under conditions effective to produce a hydroprocessed effluent, which is thermally cracked in the presence of steam in a steam pyrolysis zone to produce a mixed product stream. Heavy components, which are derived from one or more of the hydroprocessed effluent, a heated stream within the steam pyrolysis zone, or the mixed product stream catalytically cracking are charged to a slurry hydroprocessing zone to produce a slurry intermediate product which is then thermally cracked. Olefins and aromatics are recovered from the separated mixed product stream as product. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130248418 | INTEGRATED SLURRY HYDROPROCESSING AND STEAM PYROLYSIS OF CRUDE OIL TO PRODUCE PETROCHEMICALS - An integrated slurry hydroprocessing and steam pyrolosyis process for the production of olefins and aromatic petrochemicals from a crude oil feedstock is provided. Crude oil, a steam pyrolysis residual liquid fraction and slurry reside are combined and treated in a hydroprocessing zone in the presence of hydrogen under conditions effective to produce an effluent having an increased hydrogen content. The effluent is thermally cracked with steam under conditions effective to produce a mixed product stream and steam pyrolysis residual liquid fraction. The mixed product stream is separated and olefins and aromatics are recovered and hydrogen is purified and recycled. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130313161 | PROCESS FOR DIRECT HYDROGEN INJECTION IN LIQUID FULL HYDROPROCESSING REACTORS - A process of hydroprocessing a hydrocarbon in a down flow reactor comprising one or more hydroprocessing-catalyst beds. The hydrocarbon feed is mixed with hydrogen and optionally diluent to form a liquid feed mixture wherein hydrogen is dissolved in the mixture, and the liquid feed mixture is introduced into the down flow reactor under hydroprocessing conditions. The hydroprocessing-catalyst bed(s) are liquid-full and the feed reacts by contact with the catalyst. Hydrogen gas is injected into at least one of the hydroprocessing-catalyst beds such that at least part of the hydrogen consumed in that bed is replenished and the liquid-full condition is maintained. In a multi-bed reactor, hydrogen gas may be injected into more than one or all of the hydroprocessing-catalyst beds. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140001088 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING SULFUR COMPOUNDS FROM VACUUM GAS OIL | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140001089 | METHOD FOR HYDROTREATING HEAVY HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS USING PERMUTABLE REACTORS, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE STEP OF SHORT-CIRCUITING A CATALYST BED | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140054198 | SELECTIVE HYDRODESULFURIZATION OF FCC GASOLINE TO BELOW 10 PPM SULFUR - A process for reducing the sulfur content of a hydrocarbon stream is disclosed. A full range cracked naphtha is contacted with a hydrogenation catalyst to convert at least a portion of the dienes and mercaptans to thioethers and to hydrogenate at least a portion of the dienes. The full range cracked naphtha is fractionated into a light naphtha fraction, a medium naphtha fraction, and a heavy naphtha fraction. The heavy naphtha fraction is hydrodesulfurized. The medium naphtha fraction is mixed with hydrogen and gas oil to form a mixture, which is contacted with a hydrodesulfurization catalyst to produce a medium naphtha fraction having a reduced sulfur concentration. The light, heavy, and medium naphtha fractions may then be recombined to form a hydrodesulfurized product having a sulfur content of less than 10 ppm in some embodiments. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140124407 | HYDROPROCESSING LIGHT CYCLE OIL IN LIQUID-FULL REACTORS - A process for the hydroprocessing of a low value light cycle oil (LCO) hydrocarbon feed to provide a high-value diesel-range product. The process comprises a hydrotreatment stage followed by a hydrocracking stage, each of which is conducted under liquid-full reaction conditions wherein substantially all the hydrogen supplied to the hydrotreating and hydrocracking reactions is dissolved in the liquid-phase hydrocarbon feed. Ammonia and other gases formed during hydrotreatment are removed in a separation step prior to hydrocracking. The LCO feed is advantageously converted to diesel in high yield with little loss of hydrocarbon to naphtha. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140124408 | Wet Start-up Method for Hydrogenation Unit, Energy-Saving Hydrogenation Process and Hydrogenation Apparatus - The present invention relates to a wet start-up method for hydrogenation unit, an energy-saving hydrogenation process, and a hydrogenation apparatus. The method involves heating a start-up activating oil to a specific temperature and flowing the heated oil through a bed of hydrogenation catalyst bed, so that the temperature at the catalyst bed layer is increased to 180±10° C. or above by means of heat exchange and the reaction heat generated from activation in the start-up method. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140144809 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DIESEL - A process is disclosed for hydrocracking a primary hydrocarbon feed and a diesel co-feed in a hydrocracking unit and hydrotreating a diesel product from the hydrocracking unit in a hydrotreating unit. The diesel stream fed through the hydrocracking unit is pretreated to reduce sulfur and ammonia and can be upgraded with noble metal catalyst. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140262940 | INTEGRATION OF RESIDUE HYDROCRACKING AND HYDROTREATING - A process for upgrading residuum hydrocarbons is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a residuum hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a first hydroconversion catalyst in a first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system; recovering a first effluent from the first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system; solvent deasphalting a vacuum residuum fraction to produce a deasphalted oil fraction and an asphalt fraction; contacting the deasphalted oil fraction and hydrogen with a second hydroconversion catalyst in a second hydroconversion reactor system; recovering a second effluent from the second hydroconversion reactor system; and fractionating the first effluent from the first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system and the second effluent from the second hydroconversion reactor system to recover one or more hydrocarbon fractions and the vacuum residuum fraction in a common fractionation system. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140291201 | HYDROPROCESSING AND APPARATUS RELATING THERETO - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for hydroprocessing. The process can include providing a hydroprocessing zone having at least two beds, and quenching downstream of a first bed of the at least two beds with a first vacuum gas oil that may be lighter than another vacuum gas oil fed to the first bed. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140291202 | PRODUCTION OF LOW CLOUD POINT DISTILLATE FUELS - Methods are provided for dewaxing a distillate fuel boiling range feed to improve one or more cold flow properties of the distillate fuel feed, such as cloud point, with reduced consumption of hydrogen during the dewaxing process. The reduced hydrogen consumption is achieved by using a dewaxing catalyst with a reduced content of hydrogenation metals, such as a content of Pt or Pd of from about 0.03 wt % to about 0.35 wt %. A distillate fuel feed can be dewaxed to achieve a desired cloud point differential using a reduced metals content dewaxing catalyst under the same or similar conditions to those required for a dewaxing catalyst with higher metals content. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140291203 | CATALYTIC SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR THE TOTAL HYDROCONVERSION OF HEAVY OILS - A catalytic system characterized in that it comprises: a first catalyst, having a hydrogenating function, consisting of solid particles of which at least 95% by volume having an equivalent diameter smaller than 20 μm, containing one or more sulfides of metals of group VI and/or VIII B, possibly prepared starting from an oil-soluble precursor of the same; and a second catalyst, having a cracking function, consisting of solid particles of which at least 90% by volume having an equivalent diameter larger than 5 μm and smaller than 5 mm, containing an amorphous silico-aluminate and/or a crystalline silico-aluminate and/or an alumina, the equivalent average diameter of the solid particles of the second catalyst being greater than the equivalent average diameter of the solid particles of the first catalyst. Said catalytic system can be used in a process for the hydroconversion of heavy oils which comprises sending the heavy oil to a hydroprocessing step carried out in one or more slurry reactors, in the presence of hydrogen or a mixture of hydrogen and H | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150060330 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING DIESEL WITH HIGH CETANE - A process and apparatus is provided to produce desulfurized diesel at low pressure with high cetane rating. A hydrotreated stream is stripped and fed to a saturation reactor. The saturated stream is stripped again and fractionated to provide diesel product. Unconverted oil may be hydrocracked and stripped with the saturated product. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150090634 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TRANSPORTATION FUELS FROM OIL SANDS-DERIVED CRUDE - Disclosed are processes for producing a transportation fuel from a high quality oil sands-derived crude oil. The oil sands-derived crude oil is provided as a feed source for a catalytic conversion reaction, which produces the product useful as the transportation fuel. The oil sands-derived crude oil has an ASTM D7169 5% distillation point of from 400° F. to 700° F. Transportation fuel is produced from the provided oil sands-derived crude oil by treating the oil sands-derived crude oil through at least one catalytic cracking process and mild hydrotreating process. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150122701 | PRODUCTION OF LOW CLOUD POINT DIESEL FUELS AND LOW FREEZE POINT JET FUELS - Methods are provided for dewaxing a distillate fuel boiling range feed to improve one or more cold flow properties of the distillate fuel feed, such as cloud point, where the distillate fuel feed is fractionated to produce both a jet fuel product and an arctic diesel fuel product. The decrease of cloud point is achieved by using a feedstock having a concentration of nitrogen of less than about 50 wppm and a concentration of sulfur of less than about 15 wppm. Further, the dewaxing catalyst may have a reduced content of hydrogenation metals, such as a content of Pt or Pd of from about 0.05 wt % to about 0.35 wt %. A distillate fuel feed can be dewaxed to achieve a desired cloud point differential using a reduced metals content dewaxing catalyst under the same or similar conditions to those required for a dewaxing catalyst with higher metals content. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150136645 | METHOD FOR MAKING MIDDLE DISTILLATES AND A HEAVY VACUUM GAS OIL FCC FEEDSTOCK - The present invention is directed to a refining process for producing hydroprocessed distillates and a heavy vacuum gas oil (HVGO). The process produces middle distillates that have reduced nitrogen and sulfur content, while simultaneously producing a 900° F. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150144527 | METHOD FOR ENHANCED UPGRADING OF HEAVY OIL BY ADDING A HYDROTREATING STEP TO AN UPGRADING PROCESS - The invention relates to methods for enhancing the upgrading of heavy oils. In essence, a hydrotreating step is added to an upgrading process, so that process severity can be increased, product yields and quality improve, and hydrogen can be produced and serve as a source for the entire process. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150322351 | INTEGRATED GAS-TO-LIQUID CONDENSATE PROCESS - A process to prepare middle distillates products is provided. The process includes providing and separating a feed stream into a natural gas feed stream and a condensate feed stream; preparing a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen from the natural gas feed stream; preparing a paraffin product stream by performing a Fischer-Tropsch reaction using the carbon monoxide and hydrogen; separating the paraffin product stream to obtain heavy Fischer-Tropsch and light Fischer-Tropsch product streams; hydrogenating and separating the light Fischer-Tropsch product stream to obtain first, second and third hydrogenated paraffinic product fractions; subjecting the heavy Fischer-Tropsch product stream, the third hydrogenated paraffin product fraction and the condensate stream to hydrocracking/hydroisomerization to obtain an isomerised Fischer-Tropsch product stream; combining the isomerised Fischer-Tropsch product stream with the first hydrogenated paraffin product fraction to provide a distillate feed stream and distilling the distillate feed stream to provide isolated middle distillate products. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150337222 | HYDROPROCESSING LIGHT CYCLE OIL IN LIQUID-FULL REACTORS - A process for the hydroprocessing of a low-value light cycle oil (LCO) hydrocarbon feed to provide a high-value diesel-range product. The process comprises a hydrotreatment stage followed by a hydrocracking stage, each of which is conducted under liquid-full reaction conditions wherein substantially all the hydrogen supplied to the hydrotreating and hydrocracking reactions is dissolved in the liquid-phase hydrocarbon feed. Ammonia and optionally other gases formed during hydrotreatment are removed in a separation step prior to hydrocracking. The LCO feed is advantageously converted to diesel in high yield with little loss of hydrocarbon to naphtha. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150361351 | IONIC LIQUID TREATMENT OF VACUUM SLOP CUT TO INCREASE HYDROCRACKING FEED - A process and apparatus for increasing vacuum gas oil recovery from a vacuum column are described. The process includes separating a residue crude oil stream from a crude oil separation column in a vacuum column into at least one vacuum gas oil fraction, and a contaminant-rich slop fraction containing at least one contaminant; contacting the contaminant-rich slop fraction with a lean ionic liquid in a contaminant removal zone to produce a mixture comprising a contaminant-lean slop fraction and a rich ionic liquid comprising at least a portion of the at least one contaminant; and separating the mixture to produce a treated slop effluent comprising the contaminant-lean slop fraction and a rich ionic liquid effluent comprising the rich ionic liquid. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160075955 | PROCESS FOR HYDROGENATION OF A HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK COMPRISING AROMATIC COMPOUNDS - Process for hydrogenation of aromatic compounds in a feedstock comprising hydrocarbons having at least five carbon atoms, comprising:
| 03-17-2016 |
| 20160102258 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY HYDROGENATING NAPHTHA - The process and apparatus of the present invention selectively hydrogenates a heavier olefinic naphtha stream in an upstream catalyst bed and the hydrogenated effluent and a lighter olefinic naphtha stream in a downstream catalyst bed. The heavier di-alkenes are less re-active and are contacted with more hydrogenation catalyst than the lighter di-alkenes which are more re-active. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160115399 | PROCESS FOR HYDROTREATING A HYDROCARBONS STREAM - Processes for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon stream in which a separation zone and a stripping zone is disposed between two hydrotreating reactors. The stripping zone may comprise a portion of the second hydrotreating reactor. The separation zone may comprise two separator vessels. A separator vessel may include the scrubbing zone to receive a scrubbing fluid, for example, steam, hydrogen, or heated effluent, and remove H | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160115401 | CATALYST CONFIGURATION FOR INCREASED HYDROCRACKING ACTIVITY - Systems and methods are provided for producing an improved product slate during hydrocracking of a feedstock for production of naphtha and distillate fuels. The methods can include use of stacked beds and/or sequential reactors so that a feedstock is exposed to a suitable catalyst under aromatic saturation conditions prior to exposing the feedstock to the hydrocracking catalyst. The catalyst for performing the aromatic saturation process can be a catalyst including a Group VIII noble metal, such as Pt, Pd, or a combination thereof, while the hydrocracking catalyst can include Group VIB and Group VIII non-noble metals. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160121315 | BASE STOCK PRODUCTION USING A HIGH ACTIVITY CATALYST - Methods are provided for using a dewaxing catalyst formed using at least two structure directing agents for production of a lubricant base stock. For example, ZSM-48 crystals formed using multiple directing agents (and/or formulated catalysts made using such crystals) can have an increased activity and/or can provide an improved yield during catalytic production of lubricant base stocks. Additionally or alternately, ZSM-48 crystals formed using multiple directing agents (and/or formulated catalysts made using such crystals) can provide improved aromatic saturation during processing of a feed for lubricant base stock production. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160122665 | PROCESS FOR CONVERTING PETROLEUM FEEDSTOCKS COMPRISING A STAGE OF FIXED-BED HYDROTREATMENT, A STAGE OF EBULLATING-BED HYDROCRACKING, A STAGE OF MATURATION AND A STAGE OF SEPARATION OF THE SEDIMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FUEL OILS WITH A LOW SEDIMENT CONTENT - The invention relates to a process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock comprising the following stages: a) a stage of fixed-bed hydrotreatment, b) an optional stage of separation of the effluent originating from the hydrotreatment stage a), c) a stage of hydrocracking of at least a part of the effluent from stage a) or of at least a part of the heavy fraction originating from stage b), d) a stage of separation of the effluent originating from stage c), e) a stage of maturation of the heavy liquid fraction originating from the separation stage d), f) a stage of separation of the sediments from the heavy liquid fraction originating from the maturation stage e). | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160122668 | INTEGRATED SLURRY HYDROPROCESSING AND STEAM PYROLYSIS OF CRUDE OIL TO PRODUCE PETROCHEMICALS - An integrated slurry hydroprocessing and steam pyrolosyis process for the production of olefins and aromatic petrochemicals from a crude oil feedstock is provided. Crude oil, a steam pyrolysis residual liquid fraction and slurry reside are combined and treated in a hydroprocessing zone in the presence of hydrogen under conditions effective to produce an effluent having an increased hydrogen content. The effluent is thermally cracked with steam under conditions effective to produce a mixed product stream and steam pyrolysis residual liquid fraction. The mixed product stream is separated and olefins and aromatics are recovered and hydrogen is purified and recycled. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160145503 | HYDROPROCESSING FOR DISTILLATE PRODUCTION - Methods are provided for hydrotreating a feed to generate a product with a reduced or minimized aromatics content and/or an increased distillate product yield. A distillate boiling range feed having an elevated content of sulfur and/or nitrogen can be hydrotreated using at least two hydrotreating stages with intermediate separation to produce a hydrotreated distillate boiling range product with a reduced or minimized aromatics content. Additionally or alternately, a mixed metal catalyst formed from a suitable precursor can be used during the hydrotreating. A mixed metal catalyst formed from a suitable precursor can provide an unexpectedly superior activity for aromatic saturation. A still further unexpected benefit can be achieved by combining a multi-stage hydrotreating process with intermediate separation with hydrotreating in the presence of a mixed metal catalyst formed from a suitable precursor. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160145513 | INTEGRATED HYDROTREATING AND STEAM PYROLYSIS PROCESS FOR DIRECT PROCESSING OF A CRUDE OIL - An integrated hydrotreating and steam pyrolysis process for the direct processing of a crude oil is provided to produce olefinic and aromatic petrochemicals. Crude oil and hydrogen are charged to a hydroprocessing zone operating under conditions effective to produce a hydroprocessed effluent reduced having a reduced content of contaminants, an increased paraffinicity, reduced Bureau of Mines Correlation Index, and an increased American Petroleum Institute gravity. Hydroprocessed effluent is thermally cracked in the presence of steam to produce a mixed product stream, which is separated. Hydrogen from the mixed product stream is purified and recycled to the hydroprocessing zone, and olefins and aromatics are recovered from the separated mixed product stream. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160177205 | Methods and Systems for Treating a Hydrocarbon Feed | 06-23-2016 |
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