Patent ID: 7347051

Claim:
Integrated process for residual oil supercritical extraction (ROSE), asphaltenes gasification, gas cleaning and combined cycle power generation or gas processing, comprising: processing the residual oil with solvent in a ROSE unit, having high level heat requirements to recover an asphaltene stream and a deasphalted oil stream, wherein the high level heat recovery requirements are at temperatures of at least 155 C. gasifying the asphaltene stream to form a gas stream; cleaning the gas stream to remove ash, soot, sulfur or a combination thereof; supplying the cleaned gas stream to (1) a combined cycle system for generation of power, steam or a combination thereof, (2) a gas processing system to produce hydrogen, synthesis gas, fuel gas, or a combination thereof, or (3) a combination thereof; recovering high level heat from the gas stream, from the combined cycle system, or from a combination thereof, to supply the high level beat requirements of the ROSE unit.