A heavy reformate processing system for producing benzene and para -xylene from a heavy reformate, the heavy reformate processing system comprising: a reformate splitter operable to receive a feed stream, the feed stream comprising heavy reformate, the reformate splitter further operable to produce benzene, toluene, and a C8+ aromatics product, the C8+ aromatics product provided to a xylene splitter; a para -xylene separator operable to receive a C8 aromatic product from the xylene splitter and produce a first xylene product comprising para -xylene and a second xylene product comprising ortho -xylene and meta -xylene; a first dealkylation reactor operable to receive a C10+ aromatics product from the xylene splitter and produce the first dealkylation product, the first dealkylation reactor further operable to: produce alkanes from the C10+ aromatics product and hydrogen, or produce olefins from the C10+ aromatic product in the absence of hydrogen; a second dealkylation reactor operable to receive a C9 aromatics product from the xylene separator and produce a second dealkylation product, the second dealkylation reactor further operable to: produce alkanes from the C9 aromatics product and hydrogen; or produce olefins from the C9 aromatic product in the absence of hydrogen, a transalkylation reactor operable to receive the second dealkylation product from the second dealkylation reactor and produce the transalkylation product, the transalkylation reactor further operable to: produce alkanes from the second dealkylation product and hydrogen; or produce olefins from the second dealkylation product in the absence of hydrogen. a reformate splitter operable to receive a feed stream, the feed stream comprising heavy reformate, the reformate splitter further operable to produce benzene, toluene, and a C8+ aromatics product, the C8+ aromatics product provided to a xylene splitter; a para -xylene separator operable to receive a C8 aromatic product from the xylene splitter and produce a first xylene product comprising para -xylene and a second xylene product comprising ortho -xylene and meta -xylene; a first dealkylation reactor operable to receive a C10+ aromatics product from the xylene splitter and produce the first dealkylation product, the first dealkylation reactor further operable to: produce alkanes from the C10+ aromatics product and hydrogen, or produce olefins from the C10+ aromatic product in the absence of hydrogen; produce alkanes from the C10+ aromatics product and hydrogen, or produce olefins from the C10+ aromatic product in the absence of hydrogen; a second dealkylation reactor operable to receive a C9 aromatics product from the xylene separator and produce a second dealkylation product, the second dealkylation reactor further operable to: produce alkanes from the C9 aromatics product and hydrogen; or produce olefins from the C9 aromatic product in the absence of hydrogen, a transalkylation reactor operable to receive the second dealkylation product from the second dealkylation reactor and produce the transalkylation product, the transalkylation reactor further operable to: produce alkanes from the second dealkylation product and hydrogen; or produce olefins from the second dealkylation product in the absence of hydrogen. produce alkanes from the C9 aromatics product and hydrogen; or produce olefins from the C9 aromatic product in the absence of hydrogen, a transalkylation reactor operable to receive the second dealkylation product from the second dealkylation reactor and produce the transalkylation product, the transalkylation reactor further operable to: produce alkanes from the second dealkylation product and hydrogen; or produce olefins from the second dealkylation product in the absence of hydrogen. produce alkanes from the second dealkylation product and hydrogen; or produce olefins from the second dealkylation product in the absence of hydrogen. <EOS>