The present invention relates to a process and plant for producing hydrocarbon product boiling in the gasoline boiling range from a feedstock originating from a renewable source, the process and plant comprising a hydroprocessing stage which includes hydrodoxygenation for producing renewable diesel and renewable naphtha, and subsequent aromatization of the renewable naphtha thereby also producing a lighthydrocarbon gas stream, such as liquid petroleum gas (LPG), from which a hydrogen stream is produced.

A process for producing cumene comprising converting plastics to hydrocarbon liquid and pyrolysis gas; feeding hydrocarbon liquid to hydroprocessor to yield hydrocarbon product and first gas stream; feeding hydrocarbon product to reforming unit to produce reforming product, second gas stream, and hydrogen; separating reforming product into non-aromatics recycle stream and second aromatics stream (C.sub.6+ aromatics); recycling non-aromatics recycle stream to reforming unit; separating second aromatics stream into benzene, C.sub.7, C.sub.8, C.sub.9, C.sub.10, and C.sub.11+ aromatics; contacting C.sub.7, C.sub.9, and/or C.sub.10 aromatics with a disproportionation&transalkylation catalyst/H2 to yield benzene&xylenes; conveying C.sub.11+ aromatics to hydroprocessor; introducing pyrolysis gas, first and/or second gas stream to first separator to produce first propylene stream, first C.sub.2&C.sub.4 unsaturated stream, and saturated gas (H.sub.2 and C.sub.1-4 saturated hydrocarbons); introducing first C.sub.2&C.sub.4 unsaturated stream to metathesis reactor to produce second propylene stream; and feeding benzene, and first and/or second propylene stream to alkylation unit to produce cumene.

A process for converting a feed comprising C2-C4 alkanes to higher hydrocarbon(s) including aromatic hydrocarbon(s) in n reaction zones operated in series, wherein m reaction zones are not participating in the conversion process and only (n-m) reaction zones are operated under reaction conditions sufficient to convert at least a portion of said a feed comprising C2-C4 alkanes to an effluent having said higher hydrocarbon(s). An object of the present invention is to provide a process for converting LPG to higher hydrocarbon(s) including aromatic hydrocarbon(s) wherein a high reactant, i.e. ethane, propane and/or butane, conversion can be achieved.

The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods for producing olefins and/or aromatics from coker naphtha. In a non-limiting embodiment, a method for producing aromatics includes hydrogenating the coker naphtha stream in the presence of a first catalyst to remove diolefins and sulfur, if any, to obtain a hydrogenated stream and subjecting the hydrogenated stream to aromatization in the presence of a second catalyst to produce an aromatic-rich stream that includes benzene, toluene and xylene. In certain embodiments, a method for producing olefins includes hydrogenating the coker naphtha stream in the presence of a first catalyst to remove diolefins and sulfur, if any, to obtain a hydrogenated stream and subjecting the hydrogenated stream to catalytic cracking in the presence of a second catalyst to produce an olefin-rich stream that includes ethylene, propylene and aromatics.

The present invention relates to a process for producing benzene from a mixed hydrocarbon feedstream comprising subjecting C6 cut separated from said mixed hydrocarbon feedstream to aromatization to provide a benzene-rich aromatic stream and recovering the benzene from the benzene-rich aromatic stream.

A process for producing cumene comprising converting plastics to hydrocarbon liquid and pyrolysis gas; feeding hydrocarbon liquid to hydroprocessor to yield hydrocarbon product and first gas stream; feeding hydrocarbon product to reforming unit to produce reforming product, second gas stream, and hydrogen; separating reforming product into non-aromatics recycle stream and second aromatics stream (C.sub.6+ aromatics); recycling non-aromatics recycle stream to reforming unit; separating second aromatics stream into benzene, C.sub.7, C.sub.8, C.sub.9, C.sub.10, and C.sub.11+ aromatics; contacting C.sub.7, C.sub.9, and/or C.sub.10 aromatics with a disproportionation&transalkylation catalyst/H2 to yield benzene&xylenes; conveying C.sub.11+ aromatics to hydroprocessor; introducing pyrolysis gas, first and/or second gas stream to first separator to produce first propylene stream, first C.sub.2&C.sub.4 unsaturated stream, and saturated gas (H.sub.2 and C.sub.1-4 saturated hydrocarbons); introducing first C.sub.2&C.sub.4 unsaturated stream to metathesis reactor to produce second propylene stream; and feeding benzene, and first and/or second propylene stream to alkylation unit to produce cumene.

Process and plant for producing a hydrocarbon product boiling in the gasoline boiling range, comprising: upgrading a naphtha containing stream derived from Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis by passing the naphtha containing stream through an aromatization stage comprising contacting the naphtha containing stream with an aluminosilicate zeolite, thereby producing said hydrocarbon product boiling in the gasoline boiling range, and a separate light hydrocarbon gas stream, such as liquid petroleum gas (LPG) stream. The synthesis gas for the FT-synthesis is produced by electrically heated reverse water gas shift (e-RWGS) of a feedstock comprising CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2.

The present invention relates to a process for converting a feed comprising C2-C4 alkanes to higher hydrocarbon(s) including aromatic hydrocarbon(s) in n reaction zones operated in series, wherein m reaction zones are not participating in the conversion process and only (n-m) reaction zones are operated under reaction conditions sufficient to convert at least a portion of said a feed comprising C2-C4 alkanes to an effluent having said higher hydrocarbon(s). An object of the present invention is to provide a process for converting LPG to higher hydrocarbon(s) including aromatic hydrocarbon(s) wherein a high reactant, i.e. ethane, propane and/or butane, conversion can be achieved.

The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods for producing olefins and/or aromatics from coker naphtha. In a non-limiting embodiment, a method for producing aromatics includes hydrogenating the coker naphtha stream in the presence of a first catalyst to remove diolefins and sulfur, if any, to obtain a hydrogenated stream and subjecting the hydrogenated stream to aromatization in the presence of a second catalyst to produce an aromatic-rich stream that includes benzene, toluene and xylene. In certain embodiments, a method for producing olefins includes hydrogenating the coker naphtha stream in the presence of a first catalyst to remove diolefins and sulfur, if any, to obtain a hydrogenated stream and subjecting the hydrogenated stream to catalytic cracking in the presence of a second catalyst to produce an olefin-rich stream that includes ethylene, propylene and aromatics.

The invention provides a Fischer-Tropsch jet fuel refining process which has a jet fuel yield in excess of 60% by mass, said process including at least four of the following Five conversion processes: a. hydrocracking one or more of a FT kerosene and heavier material fraction and a C9 and heavier FT Syncrude fraction; b. oligomerising an FT syncrude fraction including hydrocarbons in the range C2 to C8; c. hydrotreating one or more of an FT syncrude fraction, a product from process b., and an alkylated FT syncrude fraction; d. aromatizing one or more of an FT syncrude fraction including hydrocarbons in the range C2 to C8, a product from process a., a product from process b, a product from process c., and a product from an aromatic alkylation process; and e. alkylating one or more of an FT syncrude fraction including hydrocarbons in the C2 to C6 range, a product from process b., and a product from process d.