Patent ID: 6632971
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: C01B,C07C

Abstract:
A process for treating methane-containing natural gas which comprises: i) converting said methane-containing natural gas to methanol within 100 mile of a site of natural gas production; ii) transporting said methanol to a refinery comprising a FCC unit and an alkylation unit at least 100 miles from said site of natural gas production; iii) producing ethylene, propylene and butene in the FCC unit; iv) isolating ethylene and propylene produced in the FCC unit; v) converting said methanol to olefins comprising ethylene, propylene and butenes; vi) isolating ethylene and propylene produced in step V from butenes produced in step v; and vii) supplying butene produced in step v and butene produced in the FCC unit to the alkylation unit to produce gasoline boiling range fuel product.