Abstract:
A COMPOSITION OF MATTER SUITABLE FOR CLEANING OIL AND GAS WELLS AND FOR SULFIDING A HYDROTREATING CATALYST WHICH COMPRISES CARBON DISULFIDE CONTAINING 5-40 LV. PERCENT, PREFERABLY 10-30,, OF A REFINERY STREAM BOILING BELOW 250*F., CHOSEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CATALYTICALLY CRACKED NAPHTHA AND COKER NAPHTHA.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE REGENERATION OF SULFUR DEACTIVATED CATALYSTS BY CONTACT, OR REACTION, OF THE SAID CATALYST WITH METHANE. A CATALYST, OR CATALYST COMPOSITE, WHICH HAS BEEN POISONED, AND THEREBY DEACTIVATED, BY CONTACT WITH SULFUR IN SUFFICIENT CONCENTRATION AND EXPOSED TO OXYGEN TO FORM THE SULFATE, CAN BE REGENERATED BY CONTACT WITH METHANE. SUCH CATALYST REGENERATION TECHNIQUE FINDS PARTICULAR UTILITY IN SEMIREGENERATIVE TYPE REFORMING PROCESSES. REFORMING CATALYSTS, PARTICULARLY CATALYST COMPOSITES WHICH CONTAIN ALUMINA, E.G. NOBLE METAL ON AN ALUMINA BASE SUCH AS PLATINUM-ON-ALUMINA, WHICH HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED BY SULFUR COMPOUNDS CAN BE REGENERATED BY CONTACT WITH METHANE AT TEMPERATURES RANGING GENERALLY FROM ABOUT 700*F. TO ABOUT 1050*F., AND AT PRESSURES RANGING FROM ABOUT 15 P.S.I. TO ABOUT 300 P.S.I.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a process for the refining of whole crude oil to produce a maximum quantity of gasoline and distillate products and a minimum quantity of industrial fuel oil. The process features hydrotreating of whole crude oil as the first major processing step.