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AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SAUDI ARABIA
InventorsAaron Chi Akah, Qi Xu, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami
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A feed stream including crude oil may be processed by a method that includes separating the feed stream into at least a C1 hydrocarbon fraction, a C2-C4 hydrocarbon fraction, and a C5+ hydrocarbon fraction. The method may further include methane cracking at least a portion of the C1 hydrocarbon fraction to form a methane cracked product, steam cracking at least a portion of the C2-C4 hydrocarbon fraction to form a steam cracked product, and steam enhanced catalytically cracking at least a portion of the C5+ hydrocarbon fraction to form a steam enhanced catalytically cracked product. The method may further include passing at least a portion of the steam cracked product and at least a portion of the steam enhanced catalytically cracked product to a product separator to produce one or more product streams. Systems for processing a feed stream comprising crude oil are further described herein.
A method for processing a feed stream comprising crude oil, the method comprising:
A system for processing a feed stream comprising crude oil, the system comprising:
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