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Patent No.:

US 12767903 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2024

Process for heavy, whole crude conversion to valuable chemicals through integrated crude conditioning and steam cracking

Applicants:

Lummus Technology Llc, Houston, TX (US);

Saudi Arabian Technology Company, Dhahran, SA;

Chevron Lummus Global Llc, Richmond, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pedro Santos, Houston, TX (US);

Kareemuddin Shaik, Houston, TX (US);

Ujjal Mukherjee, Houston, TX (US);

Essam Abdullah Al-Sayed, Houston, TX (US);

Viral Desai, Houston, TX (US);

Mazin Tamimi, Houston, TX (US);

Derek Jones, Houston, TX (US);

Saud Al-Dulaijan, Houston, TX (US);

Peter Kuzma, Houston, TX (US);

Ibrahim Abba, Houston, TX (US);

Theodorus L.M. Maesen, Houston, TX (US);

Khaled Al-Johani, Houston, TX (US);

Ronald Venner, Houston, TX (US);

Assignees:

Lummus Technology LLC, Houston, TX (US);

Saudi Arabian Technology Company, Dhahran, SA;

Chevron Lummus Global LLC, Richmond, CA (US);

Attorney:

Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ellen M Mcavoy

Assistant Examiner:

Chantel undefined Graham

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 67/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 67/049 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1033 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1044 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4081 (2013.01); C10G 2300/807 (2013.01); C10G 2400/20 (2013.01); C10G 2400/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Processes herein may be used to thermally crack various hydrocarbon feeds, and may eliminate the refinery altogether while making the crude to chemicals process very flexible in terms of crude. In embodiments herein, crude is progressively separated into at least light and heavy fractions. Depending on the quality of the light and heavy fractions, these are routed to one of three upgrading operations, including a fixed bed hydroconversion unit, a solvent deasphalting unit, or an ebullated bed hydrocracking unit. Products from the upgrading operations may be used as feed to a steam cracker.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Santos, Pedro. (2026). Process for heavy, whole crude conversion to valuable chemicals through integrated crude conditioning and steam cracking (U.S. Patent No. 12767903). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12767903

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