Process for the conversion of hydrocarbons in atmospheric crude residue

A process for the production of at least one atmospheric hydrocarbon oil distillate from an atmospheric hydrocarbon oil residue comprising:

• a. distilling said atmospheric residue by vacuum distillation in a first vacuum distillation zone to obtain a vacuum distillate, which is passed to step f, and a vacuum residue,
• b. hydrotreating said vacuum residue in a hydrotreating zone to obtain a hydrotreated product,
• c. distilling said hydrotreated product in a first atmospheric distillation zone to obtain at least one light atmospheric distillate, an atmospheric middle distillate and an atmospheric hydrotreated residue,
• d. distilling said atmospheric hydrotreated residue in a second vacuum distillation zone to obtain a vacuum hydrotreated distillate and a vacuum hydrotreated residue,
• e. recycling at least part of the vacuum hydrotreated residue from step d to the hydrotreating zone of step b,
• f. hydrocracking the vacuum distillates from step a and the vacuum hydrotreated distillate from step (d) in a hydrocracking zone, to obtain a hydrocracked product,
• g. distilling said hydrocracked product in a second atmospheric distillation zone to obtain at least one light atmospheric hydrocracked hydrocarbon oil distillate and a hydrocracked residue, and
• h. recycling at least part of the hydrocracked residue from step g to the hydrocracking zone of step f.