Methods that increase production of a liquid transportation fuel blend component by utilizing C5 hydrocarbon streams taken from both a refinery naphtha stream and an NGL fractionator pentanes plus stream. A high vapor pressure pentane fraction from the NGL fractionator is separated to remove isopentane and produce lower vapor pressure commodity natural gasoline. A refinery naphtha stream (that is optionally an FCC naphtha stream) is separated to produce a C5 olefins stream that is then oligomerized to produce an upgraded stream having lower vapor pressure and higher octane rating, then combined with the remainder of the naphtha stream as well as the isopentane stream to produce a gasoline blend component that meets specifications for vapor pressure and octane rating.

Methods that increase production of a liquid transportation fuel blend component by utilizing C5 hydrocarbon streams taken from both a refinery naphtha stream and an NGL fractionator pentanes plus stream. A high vapor pressure pentane fraction from the NGL fractionator is separated to remove isopentane and produce lower vapor pressure commodity natural gasoline. A refinery naphtha stream (that is optionally an FCC naphtha stream) is separated to produce a C5 olefins stream that is then oligomerized to produce an upgraded stream having lower vapor pressure and higher octane rating, then combined with the remainder of the naphtha stream as well as the isopentane stream to produce a gasoline blend component that meets specifications for vapor pressure and octane rating.

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.

Separation of asphaltenes from residual oil is carried out with naphtha as solvent. In particular, straight run naphtha obtained from the same crude oil source as the residual oil feed is used as the solvent. The mixture of deasphalted oil and solvent is passed to a hydroprocessing zone, without typical separation and recycle of the solvent back to the solvent deasphalting unit. Asphalt is separated from the residual oil (residue from atmospheric or vacuum distillation); the mixture of deasphalted oil and naphtha solvent is passed to the hydroprocessing unit.

Separation of asphaltenes from residual oil is carried out with naphtha as solvent. In particular, straight run naphtha obtained from the same crude oil source as the residual oil feed is used as the solvent. The mixture of deasphalted oil and solvent is passed to a hydroprocessing zone, without typical separation and recycle of the solvent back to the solvent deasphalting unit. Asphalt is separated from the residual oil (residue from atmospheric or vacuum distillation); the mixture of deasphalted oil and naphtha solvent is passed to the hydroprocessing unit.

High-quality graphite/needle grade coke is produced with reduced impurity levels and improved coefficient of thermal expansion using an integrated hydrotreatment, catalytic cracking and coking reaction sections, employing a combination of highly paraffinic hydrotreated VGO stream and aromatic CLO stream, which is thereafter processed in a delayed coking section.

High-quality graphite/needle grade coke is produced with reduced impurity levels and improved coefficient of thermal expansion using an integrated hydrotreatment, catalytic cracking and coking reaction sections, employing a combination of highly paraffinic hydrotreated VGO stream and aromatic CLO stream, which is thereafter processed in a delayed coking section.

A process for producing cracked hydrocarbons from a feedstock, which includes a top portion that boils below 375° C. and a bottom portion that boils above 375° C., may include stripping the feedstock in a stripper to isolate the top portion from the bottom portion, hydrocracking the bottom portion in one or more hydrocracking reactors to produce a hydrocracked effluent, separating the hydrocracked effluent in a separating unit to produce a light product stream, a distillate stream, and a heavy unconverted stream; and recycling the heavy unconverted stream to an earlier stage of the process.

A process for producing cracked hydrocarbons from a feedstock, which includes a top portion that boils below 375° C. and a bottom portion that boils above 375° C., may include stripping the feedstock in a stripper to isolate the top portion from the bottom portion, hydrocracking the bottom portion in one or more hydrocracking reactors to produce a hydrocracked effluent, separating the hydrocracked effluent in a separating unit to produce a light product stream, a distillate stream, and a heavy unconverted stream; and recycling the heavy unconverted stream to an earlier stage of the process.