Patent ID: 11866651
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A process for converting crude oil comprising:
contacting a crude oil with hydrogen and one or more hydroprocessing catalysts at a hydrogen partial pressure of at least 75 bar to produce a hydroprocessed effluent wherein the crude oil has an API gravity from 30 to 35; and
contacting the hydroprocessed effluent with a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst composition in an FCC system to produce cracked effluent comprising at least olefins, wherein the FCC system operates at a temperature of greater than or equal to 580° C., a weight ratio of the FCC catalyst composition to the crude oil of from 2:1 to 10:1, and a residence time of from 0.1 seconds to 60 seconds, and
wherein the FCC catalyst composition comprises:
ultrastable Y-type zeolite (USY zeolite) impregnated with lanthanum;
ZSM-5 zeolite impregnated with phosphorous;
an alumina binder;
colloidal silica; and
a matrix material comprising Kaolin clay.