Patent ID: 8152994

Claim:
A method for processing one or more hydrocarbons, comprising: selectively separating one or more hydrocarbons within an atmospheric distillation unit to provide a light overhead, an intermediate, and a first bottoms, wherein the first bottoms comprises one or more asphaltenes, one or more heavy oils, and one or more light oils; separating the first bottoms into a first portion and a second portion; selectively separating the first portion within a vacuum distillation unit to provide a vacuum gas oil and a second bottoms; combining the second portion with one or more solvents to provide a first mixture; selectively separating the one or more asphaltenes from the first mixture to provide a second mixture comprising the one or more solvents, one or more heavy deasphalted oils, and one or more light deasphalted oils, wherein the one or more asphaltenes is selectively separated from the first mixture at a temperature that is about 50° C. greater than a critical temperature of the one or more solvents to about 150° C. greater than the critical temperature of the one or more solvents, wherein the one or more asphaltenes has an API gravity at 60° F. ranging from about 5° API to about 30° API; selectively separating the one or more heavy deasphalted oils from the second mixture to provide a third mixture comprising the one or more solvents and the one or more light deasphalted oils; selectively separating the one or more solvents from the third mixture to recover the one or more light deasphalted oils, wherein the one or more light deasphalted oils has an API gravity at 60° F. ranging from 10° API to about 60° API; combining the vacuum gas oil and the one or more light deasphalted oils to provide a fourth mixture; and hydrocracking at least a portion of the fourth mixture to provide one or more light hydrocarbon products.