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US4565620A
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Crude oil refining
Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Co
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Filing: 1984-05-25
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Granted: 1986-01-21
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Expires: 2004-05-25
Abstract
Abstract In a crude oil refining process, heavy cycle oil from the catalytic cracking unit employed in the crude oil refining process is recycled to a hydrofining process. Such recycling improves the value of the product mix obtained from the crude oil refining process with respect to a process in which the heavy cycle oil withdrawn from the catalytic cracking units is recycled to the catalytic cracking units.
Inventors
- 👤 Dean P. Montgomery
- 👤 James W. Gall
- 👤 Ed D. Davis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 05:14
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10G; C10G69/00; C10G69/02; C10G69/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
A method for improving the value of the product mix obtained from the refining of a crude oil in a process in which a crude oil feed is fractionated, hydrofined and cracked, wherein a first gas oil fraction resulting from the fractionation of said crude oil is cracked in a first catalytic cracking process, wherein topped crude resulting from the fractionation of said crude oil is hydrofined to produce at least a heavy hydrofined fraction, wherein at least a portion of said heavy hydrofined fraction is cracked in a second catalytic cracking process to produce at least a first heavy cycle oil fraction, wherein at least a second heavy cycle oil fraction is produced by said first catalytic cracking process, said method comprising the step of recycling said first heavy cycle oil fraction from said second catalytic cracking process as a feed to the process in which said topped crude is hydrofined, and the step of recycling said second heavy cycle oil fraction from said first catalytic cracking process as a feed to the process in which said topped crude is hydrofined.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
182 words
A method for improving the value of the product mix obtained from the refining of a crude oil in a process in which a crude oil feed is fractionated, hydrofined and cracked, wherein a first gas oil fraction resulting from the fractionation of said crude oil is cracked in a first catalytic cracking process, wherein topped crude resulting from the fractionation of said crude oil is hydrofined to produce at least a heavy hydrofined fraction, wherein at least a portion of said heavy hydrofined fraction is cracked in a second catalytic cracking process to produce at least a first heavy cycle oil fraction, wherein at least a second heavy cycle oil fraction is produced by said first catalytic cracking process, said method comprising the step of recycling said first heavy cycle oil fraction from said second catalytic cracking process as a feed to the process in which said topped crude is hydrofined, and the step of recycling said second heavy cycle oil fraction from said first catalytic cracking process as a feed to the process in which said topped crude is hydrofined.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
A process in accordance with claim 1, wherein a second gas oil fraction is produced by the hydrofining of said topped crude, additionally comprising the step of cracking said second gas oil fraction produced by the hydrofining of said topped crude in said first catalytic cracking process.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process in accordance with claim 2 additionally comprising the step of providing any portion of said heavy hydrofined fraction, which is not provided to said second catalytic cracking process, as a feed to said first catalytic cracking process.
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