SG11201906156UA - Oxidative desulfurization of oil fractions and sulfone management using an fcc - Google Patents

Abstract

International Patent Classification: (71) Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY ClOG 53/04 (2006.01) ClOG 21/22 (2006.01) [SA/SA]; 1 Eastern Avenue, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). ClOG 53/14 (2006.01) ClOG 27/04 (2006.01) ClOG 55/06 (2006.01) ClOG 27/12 (2006.01) (71) Applicant (for AG only): ARAMCO SERVICES COM- ClOG 21/16 (2006.01) ClOG 27/14 (2006.01) PANY [US/US]; 9009 West Loop South, Houston, Texas ClOG 21/20 (2006.01) 77096 (US). (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/015275 (22) International Filing Date: 25 January 2018 (25.01.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 15/415,294 25 January 2017 (25.01.2017) US (72) Inventors: KOSEOGLU, Omer Refa; P.O. Box 08560, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). BOURANE, Abdennour; P.O. Box 1634, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). KRESSMANN, Stephane Cyrille; P.O. Box 1846, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). (74) Agent: RHEBERGEN, Constance G. et al.; Bracewell LLP, P.O. Box 61389, Houston, Texas 77208-1389 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 02 August 2018 (02.08.2018) WIP0 I PCT IiiimmoinionotiolomolomoiloilitilomovoimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/140620 Al (54) Title: OXIDATIVE DESULFURIZATION OF OIL FRACTIONS AND SULFONE MANAGEMENT USING AN FCC 100 117 x 106 102 ( 408 137 116 122 ( 124 123 114 128 138 O O 00 O C 120 126 FIG. 1 (57) : Embodiments provide a method and apparatus for recovering components from a hydrocarbon feedstock. According to at least one embodiment, the method includes supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to an oxidation reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock is oxidized in the presence of a catalyst under conditions sufficient to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds and nitrogen compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock, separating the hydrocarbons, the oxidized sulfur compounds, and the oxidized nitro- gen compounds by solvent extraction, collecting a residue stream that includes the oxidized sulfur compounds and the oxidized nitrogen compound, supplying the residue stream to a fluid catalytic cracking unit, and recycling liquid products produced by the fluid catalytic cracking unit to the oxidation reactor to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds in the liquid products, the portion of the liquids products including at least one of light cycle oils and heavy cycle oils. [Continued on next page] 132 11 \ 118 WO 2018/140620 Al I IIIII 0111111 II 111111 VIII IIIII VIII IIIII 3010M0110111010 HODEVOIMIE HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))