Hydrocarbon resid processing and visbreaking steam cracker feed

摘要

The invention concerns integration of hydroprocessing and steam cracking. A feed comprising crude or resid-containing fraction thereof is treated by hydroprocessing and visbreaking and then passed to a steam cracker to obtain a product comprising olefins.

主权项

1. A hydroprocessing and steam cracker system for making olefins from a feed comprising at least one of crude and crude fractions comprising resid, the system comprising at least one hydroprocessor, at least one vapor liquid separator, at least one steam cracker, and means for supplying vapor from the vapor liquid separator to the steam cracker.