Global Patent Index - EP 1731588 A1

EP 1731588 A1 20061213 - A PROCESS FOR UPGRADING A CRUDE OIL PRODUCT

Title (en)

A PROCESS FOR UPGRADING A CRUDE OIL PRODUCT

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUR VERBERRERUNG VON ROHÖL

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ DE VALORISATION D'HUILE BRUTE

Publication

EP 1731588 A1 20061213 (EN)

Application

EP 05105005 A 20050608

Priority

EP 05105005 A 20050608

Abstract (en)

A process for upgrading a crude oil product comprising the following steps: (a) distilling the crude oil product at atmospheric pressure to obtain at least one atmospheric distillate stream and an atmospheric residue as bottom stream; (b) optionally vacuum distilling the atmospheric residue to obtain at least one vacuum distillate stream and a vacuum residue as bottom stream; (c) supplying either the atmospheric residue or the vacuum residue to a solvent deasphalting unit and deasphalting the residue to obtain deasphalted oil and an asphaltic fraction; (d) combining at least one atmospheric distillate stream obtained in step (a) and the deasphalted oil to obtain a combined hydrocracker feedstock; and (e) supplying the combined hydrocracker feedstock to a hydrocracking unit and subjecting the feedstock to single-stage hydrocracking by contacting the combined feedstock with a hydrocracking catalyst in the presence of hydrogen at elevated pressure and temperature thereby effecting conversion of at least 25 wt% of the hydrocarbons in the feedstock boiling above 360 °C into hydrocarbons boiling below 360 °C, to obtain an upgraded crude oil product.

IPC 8 full level

C10G 67/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C10G 67/049 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA HR LV MK YU

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1731588 A1 20061213

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 05105005 A 20050608