A method of wax oil hydrocracking includes the steps of pre-hydrotreating wax oil to obtain a pre-hydrotreated material flow; controlling the pre-hydrotreated material flow and a hydrogen-containing material flow to contact with a first hydrocracking catalyst to obtain a first hydrocracked material flow, and dividing the first hydrocracked material flow into a first hydrocracked material flow A and a first hydrocracked material flow B; controlling the flow B and a hydrogen-containing material flow to contact with a second hydrocracking catalyst to obtain a second hydrocracked material flow, and then separating and fractionating the second hydrocracked material flow to obtain a hydrocracked tail oil product; controlling the flow A, at least a part of the hydrocracked tail oil product, and a hydrogen-containing material flow to contact with a hydrogenation isocracking catalyst to obtain a hydrogenation isocracked material flow, and then separating and fractionating the obtained hydrogenation isocracked material flow.

An ebullated bed hydroprocessing system is upgraded using a dual catalyst system that includes a heterogeneous catalyst and dispersed metal sulfide particles, which permits recycling of vacuum bottoms without recycle buildup of asphaltenes. The dual catalyst system more effectively converts asphaltenes in the ebullated bed reactor and increases asphaltene conversion by an amount that at least offsets higher asphaltene concentration resulting from recycling of vacuum bottoms. In this way, there is no recycle buildup of asphaltenes in upgraded ebullated bed reactor notwithstanding recycling of vacuum bottoms. In addition, residual dispersed metal sulfide catalyst particles in the vacuum bottoms can maintain or increase the concentration of the dispersed metal sulfide catalyst in the ebullated bed reactor.

A process and catalyst is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products using multifunctional catalysts. Multifunctional catalysts enable use of less expensive metal by substituting expensive metals for less expensive metals with no loss or superior performance in slurry hydrocracking. Less available and expensive ISM can be replaced effectively.

A process and catalyst is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products using multifunctional catalysts. Multifunctional catalysts enable use of less expensive metal by substituting expensive metals for less expensive metals with no loss or superior performance in slurry hydrocracking. Less available and expensive ISM can be replaced effectively.

Utilization of at least three strippers is proposed for a slurry hydrocracking unit to reduce heater duty for a product fractionation column. A stripping column for stripping a hydrocracked stream from a wash oil stripper is proposed in addition to a cold stripper for a cold hydrocracked stream and a warm stripper for a warm hydrocracked stream. The arrangement enables omission of heating a hot hydrocracked stream from a hot separator in a fired heater before product fractionation.

Utilization of at least three strippers is proposed for a slurry hydrocracking unit to reduce heater duty for a product fractionation column. A stripping column for stripping a hydrocracked stream from a wash oil stripper is proposed in addition to a cold stripper for a cold hydrocracked stream and a warm stripper for a warm hydrocracked stream. The arrangement enables omission of heating a hot hydrocracked stream from a hot separator in a fired heater before product fractionation.

A process and catalyst is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products using multifunctional catalysts. Multifunctional catalysts enable use of less expensive metal by substituting expensive metals for less expensive metals with no loss or superior performance in slurry hydrocracking. Less available and expensive ISM can be replaced effectively.

A process and catalyst is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products using multifunctional catalysts. Multifunctional catalysts enable use of less expensive metal by substituting expensive metals for less expensive metals with no loss or superior performance in slurry hydrocracking. Less available and expensive ISM can be replaced effectively.

A process and catalyst is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products using multifunctional catalysts. Multifunctional catalysts enable use of less expensive metal by substituting expensive metals for less expensive metals with no loss or superior performance in slurry hydrocracking. Less available and expensive ISM can be replaced effectively.

A process and catalyst is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products using multifunctional catalysts. Multifunctional catalysts enable use of less expensive metal by substituting expensive metals for less expensive metals with no loss or superior performance in slurry hydrocracking. Less available and expensive ISM can be replaced effectively.