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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2019
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Emad Naji Al-Shafei, Dhahran, SA;
Mohamed Al-Bahar, Dhahran, SA;
Ali Nader Al-Jishi, Dhahran, SA;
Ki-Hyouk Choi, Dhahran, SA;
Ali Al-Nasir, Dhahran, SA;
Mohammad Al-Jishi, Dhahran, SA;
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
Systems and methods for upgrading a heavy oil feed to a light product comprising distillate fractions and olefins, the method including combining a heavy oil feed with a naphtha-based cracking additive to produce a mixed heavy oil feed; heating the mixed heavy oil feed with a nano-zeolite catalyst in the presence of steam to effect catalytic upgrading of the mixed heavy oil feed to produce lighter distillate fractions and olefins in an upgraded product, the upgraded product including at least about 30 wt. % olefins; and separating the lighter distillate fractions from the olefins.