Process for making renewable surfactant intermediates and surfactants from fats and oils and products thereof

A method for producing an alkylbenzene and a detergent alcohol from a natural oil and kerosene comprising:

• a) providing a first feed stream comprising natural oil;
• b) deoxygenating said first feed stream to form a stream comprising bio-paraffins;
• c) removing volatile components and gases from said stream comprising bio-paraffins to form a purified bio-paraffin stream;
• d) fractionating said purified bio-paraffin stream into three fractions, wherein a first fraction comprises a lower boiling range, a second fraction comprises a middle boiling range, and a third fraction comprises a high boiling range wherein the first, second and third fractions are free from geologically derived carbon;
• e) providing a second stream comprising kerosene;
• f) hydrotreating said second stream;
• g) sieving said hydrotreated second stream to form a stream comprising kerosene-based paraffin;
• h) combining said first fraction of purified bio-paraffin with said kerosene-based paraffin;
• i) dehydrogenating said combination of said first fraction of purified bio-paraffin and said kerosene-based paraffin to form a stream comprising olefins;
• j) alkylating said stream comprising olefins with a third feed stream comprising benzene to form a stream comprising alkylbenzenes;
• k) dehydrogenating said second fraction of purified bio-paraffin to form a stream comprising olefins and paraffins;
• l) separating said olefins from said paraffins in said stream comprising olefins and paraffins to form an olefin stream;
• m) hydroformylating said olefin stream to form a stream comprising detergent alcohols.