Process name | Action | Method | Purpose | Feedstock(s) | Product(s) |
FRACTIONATION PROCESSES |
Atmospheric distillation | Separation | Thermal | Separate fractions | Desalted crude oil | Gas, gas oil, distillate, residual |
Vacuum distillation | Separation | Thermal | Separate w/o cracking | Atmospheric tower residual | Gas oil, lube stock, residual |
CONVERSION PROCESSED--DECOMPOSITION |
Catalytic cracking | Alteration | Catalytic | Upgrade gasoline | Gas oil, coke distillate | Gasoline, petrochemical feedstock |
Coking | Polymerize | Thermal | Convert vacuum residuals | Gas oil, coke distillate | Gasoline, petrochemical feedstock |
Hydro-cracking | Hydrogenate | Catalytic | Convert to lighter HC's | Gas oil, cracked oil, residual | Lighter, higher-quality products |
*Hydrogen steam reforming | Decompose | Thermal/ catalytic | Produce hydrogen | Desulfurized gas, O2, steam | Hydrogen, CO, CO2 |
*Steam cracking | Decompose | Thermal | Crack large molecules | Atm tower hvy fuel/ distillate | Cracked naphtha, coke, residual |
Visbreaking | Decompose | Thermal | reduce viscosity | Atmospheric tower residual | Distillate, tar |
CONVERSION PROCESSES--UNIFICATION |
Alkylation | Combining | Catalytic | Unite olefins & isoparaffins | Tower isobutane/ cracker olefin | Iso-octane (alkylate) |
Grease compounding | Combining | Thermal | Combine soaps & oils | Lube oil, fatty acid, alky metal | Lubricating grease |
Polymerizing | Polymerize | Catalytic | Unite 2 or more olefins | Cracker olefins | High-octane naphtha, petrochemical stocks |
CONVERSION PROCESSES--ALTERATION OR REARRANGEMENT |
Catalytic reforming | Alteration/
dehydration | Catalytic | Upgrade low-octane naphtha | Coker/ hydro-cracker naphtha | High oct. Reformate/ aromatic |
Isomerization | Rearrange | Catalytic | Convert straight chain to branch | Butane, pentane, hexane | Isobutane/ pentane/ hexane |
TREATMENT PROCESSES |
*Amine treating | Treatment | Absorption | Remove acidic contaminants | Sour gas, HCs w/CO2 & H2S | Acid free gases & liquid HCs |
Desalting | Dehydration | Absorption | Remove contaminants | Crude oil | Desalted crude oil |
Drying & sweetening | Treatment | Abspt/ therm | Remove H2O & sulfur cmpds | Liq Hcs, LPG, alky feedstk | Sweet & dry hydrocarbons |
*Furfural extraction | Solvent extr. | Absorption | Upgrade mid distillate & lubes | Cycle oils & lube feed-stocks | High quality diesel & lube oil |
Hydrodesulfurization | Treatment | Catalytic | Remove sulfur, contaminants | High-sulfur residual/ gas oil | Desulfurized olefins |
Hydrotreating | Hydrogenation | Catalytic | Remove impurities, saturate HC's | Residuals, cracked HC's | Cracker feed, distillate, lube |
*Phenol extraction | Solvent extr. | Abspt/ therm | Improve visc. index, color | Lube oil base stocks | High quality lube oils |
Solvent deasphalting | Treatment | Absorption | Remove asphalt | Vac. tower residual, propane | Heavy lube oil, asphalt |
Solvent dewaxing | Treatment | Cool/ filter | Remove wax from lube stocks | Vac. tower lube oils | Dewaxed lube basestock |
Solvent extraction | Solvent extr. | Abspt/ precip. | Separate unsat. oils | Gas oil, reformate, distillate | High-octane gasoline |
Sweetening | Treatment | Catalytic | Remv H2S, convert mercaptan | Untreated distillate/gasoline | High-quality distillate/gasoline |
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