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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
May. 20, 2021
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Xiaochun Xu, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Xinrui Yu, Furlong, PA (US);
Shifang Luo, Annandale, NJ (US);
Randolph J. Smiley, Hellertown, PA (US);
Hyung S. Woo, Easton, PA (US);
EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
Method of refining whole crude oil or a wide cut crude oil, the methods comprising a combination of a hydrotreating reactor, a distillation tower, and an optional flash evaporation separator. The methods can also include light ends processing, fluid catalytic cracking, reforming, hydrocracking, and demetalization. In some methods a whole crude oil is first processed through a flash evaporation separator to create a wide cut crude oil and in other methods, the flash evaporation separator is not used as the whole crude oil is first treated in a hydrotreater.