Process to recover gasoline and diesel from aromatic complex bottoms

US10093873B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY · SA

Inventors

• Omer Refa Koseoglu · Dhahran, SA
• Robert Peter Hodgkins · Dhahran, SA
• Bruce Richard Beadle · Kildeer, US
• Vinod Ramaseshan · Dhahran, SA
• Rakan Sulaiman Bilaus · Dhahran, SA

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 6, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C10G2400/30
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for crude oil separation and upgrading, which include the ability to reduce aromatic complex bottoms content in gasoline and higher-quality aromatic compounds. In some embodiments, aromatic complex bottoms are recycled for further processing. In some embodiments, aromatic complex bottoms are separated for further processing.