Patent ID: 9434894
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: C10G

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing hydrocarbons comprising: fractionating a hydrocarbon stream in a fractionation unit to form at least two fractions including a first fraction and a second fraction; reforming the first fraction in a reforming unit to form a reformate stream; introducing the reformate stream into an aromatics processing zone to produce select aromatic products; cracking at least a portion of the second fraction in a fluid catalytic cracking unit to form a cracked hydrocarbon stream; forming a selectively hydrogenated light naphtha stream by separating the cracked hydrocarbon stream into at least two streams including a light naphtha stream and a heavy naphtha stream and selectively hydrogenating the light naphtha stream, or selectively hydrogenating the cracked hydrocarbon stream and separating the hydrogenated cracked hydrocarbon stream into at least two streams including a light naphtha stream and a heavy naphtha stream; extracting aromatics from the selectively hydrogenated light naphtha stream in an aromatic extraction unit to form an extract stream and a raffinate stream containing olefins; and introducing the extract stream into the aromatics processing zone to produce additional aromatic products.