Systems and processes for conversion of crude oil

US10689587B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY · SA

Inventors

• Essam Abdullah Al-Sayed · Bloomfield, US
• Omer Refa Koseoglu · Dhahran, SA
• Lianhui Ding · Dhahran, SA
• Abdennour Bourane · Ras Tanura, SA
• Alberto Lozano Ballesteros · Dhahran, SA
• Furqan Al Jumah · Dhahran, SA

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 3, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2038

Classification

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

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, petrochemicals may be produced from crude oil by a process which includes passing the crude oil and hydrogen into a hydroprocessing reactor, separating the hydrotreated oil into a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction, passing the lesser boiling point fraction to a pyrolysis section of a steam cracker to produce a pyrolysis effluent comprising olefins, aromatics, or both, passing the greater boiling point fraction to a gasifier, where the gasifier produces hydrogen, and passing at least a portion of the hydrogen produced by the gasifier to the hydroprocessing reactor.