Production of aromatics from hydrocarbon feedstock

US4695663A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. · GB

Inventors

• Antony H. P. Hall · Cobham, GB
• John J. McCarroll · Camberley, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 1986
• Grant date: Sep 22, 1987
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S585/943
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a process for producing aromatic hydrocarbons from a feedstock containing a major proportion of methane. The feedstock, in the vapor phase and in the absence of oxygen, is brought into contact with an aluminosilicate at a temperature from 650.degree. C.-800.degree. C. The feedstock may optionally contain ethane.