Combination catalytic reforming process

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A GASOLINE HAVING AN F-1 CLEAR OCTANE RATING IN EXCESS OF ABOUT 98.0, AT LEAST 45.0% BY VOLUME OF WHICH IS DISTILLABLE AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 212*F., WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES FRACTIONATING A DEBUTANIZED CATALYTICALLY REFORMED PRODUCT OF WHICH LESS THAN 45.0% BY VOLUME IS DISTILLABLE AT A TEMPERATURE OF 212* F., NTO A FIRST FRACTION OBTAINED AT A CUT-POINT WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 85*C. TO ABOUT 90*C. AND SUBSTANTIALLY FREE FROM TOLUENE, A SECOND FRACTION OBTAINED AT A CUTPOINT WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 110*C. TO ABOUT 120*C. AND CONTAINING SUBSTANTIALLY ALL THE TOLUENE INITIALLY PRESENT IN SAID DEBUTANIZED REFORMED PRODUCT, AND A THIRD BOTTOMS FRACTION HIGHER BOILING THAN TOLUENE; COMBINING A PORTION OF SAID FIRST FRACTION WITH A PORTION OF SAID SECOND FRACTION IN A VOLMETRIC RATIO LESS THAN THAT IN WHICH THEY WERE INITIALLY PRESENT IN SAID CATALYTICALLY REFORMED PRODUCT AND SUCH THAT THE RESULTING MIXTUE HAS AN OCTANE RATING, F-1 CLEAR, GREATER THAN 98./ AND AT LEAST 45.0% BY VOLUME OF WHICH IS DISTILLABLE AT 212*F., AND COMBINING THE REMAINDER OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FRACTIONS WITH SAID THIRD BOTTOMS FRACTION TO YIELD A HIGH OCTANE BLENDING STOCK OF WHICH LESS THAN 45.0% BY VOLUME IS DISTILLABLE AT A TEMPERATURE OF 212*F.