Patents by Inventor Abdennour Bourane
Abdennour Bourane has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11230672Abstract: According to one more embodiments, petrochemical products may be produced from a hydrocarbon material by a process that may comprise separating the hydrocarbon material into at least a lesser boiling point fraction, a medium boiling point fraction, and a greater boiling point fraction. The process may further comprise cracking at least a portion of the lesser boiling point fraction and the medium boiling point fraction in a second reactor unit in the presence of a second catalyst at a reaction temperature of from 500° C. to 700° C. to produce a second cracking reaction product, wherein the lesser boiling point fraction enters the second reactor unit upstream of wherein the medium boiling point fraction enters the second reactor.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Mansour Ali Al Herz, Abdennour Bourane, Ali Al Jawad, Alberto Lozano Ballesteros
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Patent number: 11193072Abstract: A processing facility is provided that includes a feedstock separation system configured to separate a feed stream into a lights stream and a heavies stream, a hydrogen production system configured to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the lights stream, and a carbon dioxide conversion system configured to produce synthetic hydrocarbons from the carbon dioxide. The processing facility includes a hydroprocessing system configured to process the heavies stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Aadesh Harale, Ibrahim Abba, Aqil Jamal, Abdennour Bourane, Mourad Younes, Alberto Lozano Ballesteros
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Publication number: 20210277318Abstract: Systems and methods for direct crude oil upgrading to hydrogen and chemicals including separating an inlet hydrocarbon stream into a light fraction and a heavy fraction comprising diesel boiling point temperature range material; producing from the light fraction syngas comprising H2 and CO; reacting the CO produced; producing from the heavy fraction and separating CO2, polymer grade ethylene, polymer grade propylene, C4 compounds, cracking products, light cycle oils, and heavy cycle oils; collecting and purifying the CO2 produced from the heavy fraction; processing the C4 compounds to produce olefinic oligomerate and paraffinic raffinate; separating the cracking products; oligomerizing a light cut naphtha stream; hydrotreating an aromatic stream; hydrocracking the light cycle oils to produce a monoaromatics product stream; gasifying the heavy cycle oils; reacting the CO produced from gasifying the heavy cycle oils; collecting and purifying the CO2; and processing and separating produced aromatic compounds intType: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Aadesh HARALE, Ibrahim ABBA, Ahmad KHOWAITER, Abdennour BOURANE, Aqil JAMAL, Mourad YOUNES
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Publication number: 20210189265Abstract: A process for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed, such as crude oil or other heavy oils, may include hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feed in a hydrotreating unit to produce a hydrotreated effluent that includes asphaltenes, coke precursors, or both. The process further includes hydrocracking the hydrotreated effluent in a hydrocracking unit to produce a hydrocracked effluent, adsorbing at least a portion of the asphaltenes, coke precursors, or both, from the hydrotreated effluent, the hydrocracked effluent, or both, separating the hydrocracked effluent into at least an upgraded lesser-boiling effluent and a greater-boiling effluent in a hydrocracked effluent separation system, and steam cracking the upgraded lesser-boiling effluent to produce olefins, aromatic compounds, or combinations of these. The process may further include recycling the greater boiling effluent back to the hydrotreating unit and hydrocracking a middle distillate effluent from the hydrocracked effluent separation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Lianhui Ding, Alberto Lozano Ballesteros, Ibrahim Al-Nutaifi, Abdennour Bourane
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Publication number: 20210163833Abstract: A processing facility is provided that includes a feedstock separation system configured to separate a feed stream into a lights stream and a heavies stream, a hydrogen production system configured to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the lights stream, and a carbon dioxide conversion system configured to produce synthetic hydrocarbons or the carbon dioxide. The processing facility also includes a hydroprocessing system configured to process the heavies stream, and a hydroprocessor separation system configured to separate a hydroprocessing system effluent into a separator tops stream and a separator bottoms stream, wherein the separator bottoms stream is fed to the hydrogen production system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Aadesh Harale, Ibrahim Abba, Aqil Jamal, Abdennour Bourane, Mourad Younes, Alberto Lozano Ballesteros
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Publication number: 20210163832Abstract: A processing facility is provided that includes a feedstock separation system configured to separate a feed stream into a lights stream and a heavies stream, a hydrogen production system configured to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the lights stream, and a carbon dioxide conversion system configured to produce synthetic hydrocarbons from the carbon dioxide. The processing facility includes a hydroprocessing system configured to process the heavies stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Aadesh Harale, Ibrahim Abba, Aqil Jamal, Abdennour Bourane, Mourad Younes, Alberto Lozano Ballesteros
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Publication number: 20210164393Abstract: A processing facility is provided. The processing facility includes an asphaltenes and metals (AM) removal system configured to process a feed stream to produce a power generation stream, a hydroprocessing feed stream, and an asphaltenes stream. A power generation system is fed by the power generation feed stream. A hydroprocessing system is configured to process the hydroprocessing feed stream to form a gas stream and a liquid stream. A hydrogen production system is configured to produce hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the gas feed stream. A carbon dioxide conversion system is configured to produce synthetic hydrocarbons from the carbon dioxide, and a cracking system is configured to process the liquid feed stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Mourad Younes, Aqil Jamal, Aadesh Harale, Ibrahim Abba, Abdennour Bourane
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Patent number: 11001770Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heavy oil may be processed by a method that may include upgrading at least a portion of the heavy oil to form an upgraded oil, where the upgrading includes contacting the heavy oil with a hydrodemetalization catalyst, a transition catalyst, a hydrodenitrogenation catalyst, and a hydrocracking catalyst to remove at least a portion of metals, nitrogen, or aromatics content from the heavy oil and form the upgraded oil. The method may further include passing at least a portion of the upgraded oil to a refinery operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Kareemuddin Shaik, Lianhui Ding, Mazin Tamimi, Ibrahim Abba, Abdennour Bourane
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Publication number: 20210047573Abstract: Systems and processes are disclosed for producing petrochemical products, such as ethylene, propene and other olefins from crude oil in high severity fluid catalytic cracking (HSFCC) units. Processes include separating a crude oil into a light fraction and a heavy fraction, cracking the light fraction and heavy fraction in separation cracking reaction zones, and regenerating the cracking catalysts in a two-zone regenerator having a first regeneration zone for the first catalyst (heavy fraction) and a second regeneration zone for the second catalyst (light fraction) separate from the first regeneration zone. Flue gas from the first catalyst regeneration zone is passed to the second regeneration zone to provide additional heat to raise the temperature of the second catalyst of the light fraction side. The disclosed systems and processes enable different catalysts and operating conditions to be utilized for the light fraction and the heavy fraction of a crude oil feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Abdennour Bourane, Raed Abudawoud, Ibrahim Abba
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Publication number: 20210040398Abstract: Methods for operating a system having two downflow high-severity FCC units for producing products from a hydrocarbon feed includes introducing the hydrocarbon feed to a feed separator and separating it into a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction. The greater boiling point fraction is passed to the first FCC unit and cracked in the presence of a first catalyst at 500° C. to 700° C. to produce a first cracking reaction product and a spent first catalyst. The lesser boiling point fraction is passed to the second FCC unit and cracked in the presence of a second catalyst at 500° C. to 700° C. to produce a second cracking reaction product and a spent second catalyst. At least a portion of the spent first catalyst or the spent second catalyst is passed back to the first FCC unit, the second FCC unit or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Sameer A. Al-Ghamdi, Saad Al-Bogami, Abdennour Bourane
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Patent number: 10898884Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a nano-sized, mesoporous zeolite particle may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm and a BEA framework type. The nano-sized, mesoporous zeolite particle may also include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm. The zeolite particles may be integrated into hydrocracking catalysts and utilized for the cracking of heavy oils in a pretreatment process.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Lianhui Ding, Manal Al-Eid, Essam Al-Sayed, Kareemuddin Shaik, Abdennour Bourane
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Patent number: 10889768Abstract: Systems and processes are disclosed for producing petrochemical products, such as ethylene, propene and other olefins from crude oil in high severity fluid catalytic cracking (HSFCC) units. Processes include separating a crude oil into a light fraction and a heavy fraction, cracking the light fraction and heavy fraction in separation cracking reaction zones, and regenerating the cracking catalysts in a two-zone regenerator having a first regeneration zone for the first catalyst (heavy fraction) and a second regeneration zone for the second catalyst (light fraction) separate from the first regeneration zone. Flue gas from the first catalyst regeneration zone is passed to the second regeneration zone to provide additional heat to raise the temperature of the second catalyst of the light fraction side. The disclosed systems and processes enable different catalysts and operating conditions to be utilized for the light fraction and the heavy fraction of a crude oil feed.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Abdennour Bourane, Raed Abudawoud, Ibrahim Abba
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Patent number: 10883058Abstract: A process is provided that is directed to integrated steam pyrolysis and hydroprocessing including residual bypass to permit direct processing of crude oil feedstocks to produce petrochemicals including olefins and aromatics.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Raheel Shafi, Abdennour Bourane, Essam Sayed, Ibrahim A. Abba, Abdul Rahman Zafer Akhras
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Patent number: 10870802Abstract: Methods for operating a system having two downflow high-severity FCC units for producing products from a hydrocarbon feed includes introducing the hydrocarbon feed to a feed separator and separating it into a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction. The greater boiling point fraction is passed to the first FCC unit and cracked in the presence of a first catalyst at 500° C. to 700° C. to produce a first cracking reaction product and a spent first catalyst. The lesser boiling point fraction is passed to the second FCC unit and cracked in the presence of a second catalyst at 500° C. to 700° C. to produce a second cracking reaction product and a spent second catalyst. At least a portion of the spent first catalyst or the spent second catalyst is passed back to the first FCC unit, the second FCC unit or both.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Sameer A. Al-Ghamdi, Saad Al-Bogami, Abdennour Bourane
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Publication number: 20200368732Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a nano-sized, mesoporous zeolite particle may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm and a BEA framework type. The nano-sized, mesoporous zeolite particle may also include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm. The zeolite particles may be integrated into hydrocracking catalysts and utilized for the cracking of heavy oils in a pretreatment process.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Lianhui Ding, Manal Al-Eid, Essam Al-Sayed, Kareemuddin Shaik, Abdennour Bourane
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Patent number: 10773248Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a nano-sized, mesoporous zeolite particle may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm and a BEA framework type. The nano-sized, mesoporous zeolite particle may also include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm. The zeolite particles may be integrated into hydrocracking catalysts and utilized for the cracking of heavy oils in a pretreatment process.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Lianhui Ding, Manal Al-Eid, Essam Al-Sayed, Kareemuddin Shaik, Abdennour Bourane
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Patent number: 10696910Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heavy oil may be processed by a method that may include upgrading at least a portion of the heavy oil to form an upgraded oil, where the upgrading comprises contacting the heavy oil with a hydrodemetalization catalyst, a transition catalyst, a hydrodenitrogenation catalyst, and a hydrocracking catalyst to remove at least a portion of metals, nitrogen, or aromatics content from the heavy oil and form the upgraded oil. The method may further include passing at least a portion of the upgraded oil to a separation device that separates the upgraded oil into one or more transportation fuels; and where the final boiling point of the upgraded oil is less than or equal to 540° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Kareemuddin Shaik, Lianhui Ding, Mazin Tamimi, Ibrahim Abba, Abdennour Bourane
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Patent number: 10696909Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heavy oil may be processed by a method that may include upgrading at least a portion of the heavy oil to form an upgraded oil, where the upgrading includes contacting the heavy oil with a hydrodemetalization catalyst, a transition catalyst, a hydrodenitrogenation catalyst, and a hydrocracking catalyst to remove at least a portion of metals, nitrogen, or aromatics content from the heavy oil and form the upgraded oil; and passing the upgraded oil to a steam cracker and steam cracking the upgraded oil to form a steam-cracked effluent; and where the final boiling point of the upgraded oil is less than or equal to 540° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Kareemuddin Shaik, Lianhui Ding, Mazin Tamimi, Ibrahim Abba, Abdennour Bourane
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Patent number: 10689585Abstract: According to one embodiment, a heavy oil may be processed by a method that may include upgrading at least a portion of the heavy oil to form an upgraded oil, where the upgrading comprising contacting the heavy oil with a hydrodemetalization catalyst, a transition catalyst, a hydrodenitrogenation catalyst, a first hydrocracking catalyst, and a second hydrocracking catalyst downstream of the first hydrocracking catalyst to remove at least a portion of metals, nitrogen, or aromatics content from the heavy oil and form the upgraded oil. The final boiling point of the upgraded oil may be less than or equal to 540° C. The second hydrocracking catalyst cracks at least a portion of vacuum gas oil in the heavy oil. The first hydrocracking catalyst may comprise a greater average pore size than the second hydrocracking catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Kareemuddin Shaik, Lianhui Ding, Mazin Tamimi, Ibrahim Abba, Abdennour Bourane
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Patent number: 10689587Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, petrochemicals may be produced from crude oil by a process which includes passing the crude oil and hydrogen into a hydroprocessing reactor, separating the hydrotreated oil into a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction, passing the lesser boiling point fraction to a pyrolysis section of a steam cracker to produce a pyrolysis effluent comprising olefins, aromatics, or both, passing the greater boiling point fraction to a gasifier, where the gasifier produces hydrogen, and passing at least a portion of the hydrogen produced by the gasifier to the hydroprocessing reactor.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Essam Al-Sayed, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Lianhui Ding, Abdennour Bourane, Alberto Lozano Ballesteros, Furqan Al Jumah