Refinery heavy hydrocarbon upgrade process to petrochemical products

摘要

The present invention relates to a process for upgrading refinery heavy hydrocarbons to petrochemicals, comprising the following steps of: (a) feeding a hydrocarbon feedstock to a ring opening reaction area; (b) feeding the effluent from (a) to a separation unit for producing a gaseous stream comprising light boiling hydrocarbons, a liquid stream comprising naphtha boiling range hydrocarbons and a liquid stream comprising diesel boiling range hydrocarbons; (c) feeding said liquid stream comprising naphtha boiling range hydrocarbons to a hydrocracking unit.