According to one or more embodiments, presently disclosed are processes for producing petrochemical products from a hydrocarbon material. The process may include separating the crude oil into at least a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction. At least 90 wt. % of the crude oil may be present in the combination of the greater boiling point fraction and the lesser boiling point fraction. The process may further include hydroprocessing the lesser boiling point fraction to form a first hydroprocessed effluent and hydroprocessing the greater boiling point fraction to form a second hydroprocessed effluent. The hydroprocessing of the lesser boiling point fraction may occur at a first pressure, the hydroprocessing of the lesser boiling point fraction may occur at a second pressure, and the second pressure may be at least 25 bar greater than the first pressure. The method may further include cracking at least a portion of the first hydroprocessed effluent and at least a portion of the second hydroprocessed effluent to form cracking reaction products.

According to one or more embodiments, presently disclosed are processes for producing petrochemical products from a hydrocarbon material. The process may include separating the crude oil into at least a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction. At least 90 wt. % of the crude oil may be present in the combination of the greater boiling point fraction and the lesser boiling point fraction. The process may further include hydroprocessing the lesser boiling point fraction to form a first hydroprocessed effluent and hydroprocessing the greater boiling point fraction to form a second hydroprocessed effluent. The hydroprocessing of the lesser boiling point fraction may occur at a first pressure, the hydroprocessing of the lesser boiling point fraction may occur at a second pressure, and the second pressure may be at least 25 bar greater than the first pressure. The method may further include cracking at least a portion of the first hydroprocessed effluent and at least a portion of the second hydroprocessed effluent to form cracking reaction products.

Method of refining whole crude oil or a wide cut crude oil, the methods comprising a combination of a hydrotreating reactor, a distillation tower, and an optional flash evaporation separator. The methods can also include light ends processing, fluid catalytic cracking, reforming, hydrocracking, and demetalization. In some methods a whole crude oil is first processed through a flash evaporation separator to create a wide cut crude oil and in other methods, the flash evaporation separator is not used as the whole crude oil is first treated in a hydrotreater.

Processes herein may be used to thermally crack various hydrocarbon feeds, and may eliminate the refinery altogether while making the crude to chemicals process very flexible in terms of crude. In embodiments herein, crude is progressively separated into at least light and heavy fractions. Depending on the quality of the light and heavy fractions, these are routed to one of three upgrading operations, including a fixed bed hydroconversion unit, a fluidized catalytic conversion unit, or a residue hydrocracking unit that may utilize an ebullated bed reactor. Products from the upgrading operations may be used as feed to a steam cracker.

Processes herein may be used to thermally crack various hydrocarbon feeds, and may eliminate the refinery altogether while making the crude to chemicals process very flexible in terms of crude. In embodiments herein, crude is progressively separated into at least light and heavy fractions. Depending on the quality of the light and heavy fractions, these are routed to one of three upgrading operations, including a fixed bed hydroconversion unit, a fluidized catalytic conversion unit, or a residue hydrocracking unit that may utilize an ebullated bed reactor. Products from the upgrading operations may be used as feed to a steam cracker.

A process for converting naphtha to light olefins comprises contacting a naphtha stream with a zeolitic catalyst to produce a light paraffin stream. The light paraffin may be separated into an ethane stream and a propane stream. The ethane in the ethane stream may be converted into ethylene, and the propane in the propane in the propane stream may be converted into propylene. The light paraffin stream may also be separated into a heavy stream which may be recycled back to the contacting step.

A process for converting naphtha to light olefins comprises contacting a naphtha stream with a zeolitic catalyst to produce a light paraffin stream. The light paraffin may be separated into an ethane stream and a propane stream. The ethane in the ethane stream may be converted into ethylene, and the propane in the propane in the propane stream may be converted into propylene. The light paraffin stream may also be separated into a heavy stream which may be recycled back to the contacting step.

A system for processing plastic waste may include a feed line, a feed fractionator, a hydrotreater, a catalytic reforming unit, a heavy oil cracker, and a steam cracker. A pyrolyzed plastics feed is separated into light, medium, and heavy hydrocarbon streams. The hydrotreater removes sulfur, and the catalytic reforming unit produces a circular aromatic-rich stream. The heavy oil cracker generates cracked streams. The steam cracker produces a circular olefin stream from a cracked stream. A system for processing plastic waste may include the feed line, the feed fractionator, the hydrotreater, a medium hydrocarbon fractionator, the catalytic reforming unit, a full-range reforming unit, the heavy oil cracker, and the steam cracker. The medium hydrocarbon fractionator produces two hydrocarbon streams. The full-range naphtha reforming unit produces a second circular aromatic-rich stream.

A system for processing plastic waste may include a feed line, a feed fractionator, a hydrotreater, a catalytic reforming unit, a heavy oil cracker, and a steam cracker. A pyrolyzed plastics feed is separated into light, medium, and heavy hydrocarbon streams. The hydrotreater removes sulfur, and the catalytic reforming unit produces a circular aromatic-rich stream. The heavy oil cracker generates cracked streams. The steam cracker produces a circular olefin stream from a cracked stream. A system for processing plastic waste may include the feed line, the feed fractionator, the hydrotreater, a medium hydrocarbon fractionator, the catalytic reforming unit, a full-range reforming unit, the heavy oil cracker, and the steam cracker. The medium hydrocarbon fractionator produces two hydrocarbon streams. The full-range naphtha reforming unit produces a second circular aromatic-rich stream.

A method to produce a fuel product such as jet fuel, diesel, or single battlefield fuel from a Fischer Tropsch syncrude comprising the steps of: 1) generation of synthesis gas; 2) conversion of synthesis gas to hydrocarbon products by the Fischer Tropsch reaction; 3) upgrading raw Fischer Tropsch products by hydrocracking and hydroisomerization; 4) converting a portion of the Fischer Tropsch naphtha into aromatic hydrocarbons by dehydrocyclization; 5) hydrogenating CO2 from steps 1 and 2 to make olefinic hydrocarbon products; 6) alkylating aromatics from step 4 with olefins from step 5; and 7) combining the paraffin and iso-paraffin products from step 3 with alkylated aromatics from step 6 and distilling to make a low carbon distillate fuel. The method can be modified to make a single fuel product, preferably a jet fuel product.