Patents by Inventor Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami

Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami 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).

  • Patent number: 11827855
    Abstract: A process for converting crude oil to light olefins, aromatics, or both, includes contacting a crude oil with an FCC catalyst composition in a fluidized catalytic cracking system at a temperature of greater than or equal to 580° C., a weight ratio of the FCC catalyst to the crude oil of from 2:1 to 10:1, and a residence time of from 0.1 seconds to 60 seconds. Contacting causes at least a portion of hydrocarbons in the crude oil to undergo cracking reactions to produce a cracked effluent comprising at least olefins. The FCC catalyst composition for producing olefins and aromatics from crude oil includes ultrastable Y-type zeolite impregnated with lanthanum, ZSM-5 zeolite impregnated with phosphorous, where the nano-ZSM-5 zeolite has an average particle size of from 0.01 ?m to 0.2 ?m, an alumina binder, colloidal silica, and a matrix material comprising Kaolin clay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mansour Ali Al-Herz, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Qi Xu, Aaron Akah
  • Patent number: 11820950
    Abstract: An integrated process and associated system for conversion of crude oil to value added petrochemicals. The process includes separating crude oil into light and heavy crude fractions and processing the heavy fraction in a solvent deasphalting unit and a delayed coker unit, and then providing the light fraction and selected effluents of the solvent deasphalting unit and the delayed coker unit to a hydrotreater. The process further includes separating the effluent of the hydrotreater to generate a C1 fraction passed to a methane cracker, a C2-C4 fraction passed to a steam cracker, a hydrotreated light fraction passed to an aromatization unit, and a hydrotreated heavy fraction passed to a steam enhanced catalytic cracking unit. The process further includes separating effluents of the methane cracker, the steam cracker, the aromatization unit, and the steam enhanced catalytic cracking unit into product streams including a BTX stream and a light olefin stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Aaron Chi Akah, Essa Alnaimi, Qi Xu, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Zhonglin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11505754
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, petrochemical products may be formed from a hydrocarbon material by a method that includes separating crude oil into at least two or more fractions in an atmospheric distillation column, hydrotreating the atmospheric residue to form a hydrotreated atmospheric residue, combining steam with the hydrotreated atmospheric residue, and cracking at least a portion of the hydrotreated atmospheric residue in the presence of a first catalyst to produce a cracking reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Aaron Chi Akah, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami
  • Patent number: 11485917
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for processing a heavy oil includes introducing the heavy oil to a hydroprocessing unit, the hydroprocessing unit being operable to hydroprocess the heavy oil to form a hydroprocessed effluent by contacting the heavy oil feed with an HDM catalyst, an HDS catalyst, and an HDA catalyst. The hydroprocessed effluent is passed directly to a HS-FCC unit, the HS-FCC unit being operable to crack the hydroprocessed effluent to form a cracked effluent comprising at least one product. The cracked effluent is passed out of the HS-FCC unit. The heavy oil has an API gravity of from 25 degrees to 50 degrees and at least 20 wt. % of the hydroprocessed effluent passed to the HS-FCC unit has a boiling point less than 225 degrees ° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mansour Ali Al-Herz, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami
  • Patent number: 11434432
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, presently disclosed are processes for producing petrochemical products from a hydrocarbon material. The process may include separating the hydrocarbon material into at least a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction, combining steam with the greater boiling point fraction upstream of the cracking of the lesser boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the greater boiling point fraction in the presence of a first catalyst to produce a first cracking reaction product, cracking at least a portion of the lesser boiling point fraction in the presence of a second catalyst in an environment comprising less than 0.1 mol. % water to produce a second cracking reaction product, and separating the petrochemical products from one or both of the first cracking reaction product or the second cracking reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Aaron Chi Akah, Abdennour Bourane
  • Patent number: 11370975
    Abstract: A steam-assisted catalytic cracking process for a hydrocarbon feed is provided. The process includes: introducing the hydrocarbon feed, a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst, and steam to a FCC reactor with a mass ratio of steam to hydrocarbon feed between 0.05 and 1.0; cracking the hydrocarbon feed in the presence of the FCC catalyst and steam to produce a cracked hydrocarbon feed and spent FCC catalyst, the spent FCC catalyst comprising coke deposits and hydrocarbon deposits; stripping the hydrocarbon deposits from the spent FCC catalyst with steam in a stripper to obtain a hydrocarbon-stripped spent FCC catalyst; regenerating the hydrocarbon-stripped spent FCC catalyst in a regenerator by subjecting the stripped spent FCC catalyst to heat in the presence of oxygen to combust the coke deposits on the stripped spent FCC catalyst and produce a regenerated FCC catalyst; recycling the regenerated FCC catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Akah, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Qi Xu
  • Patent number: 11352575
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, presently disclosed are processes for producing petrochemical products from a hydrocarbon material. The process may include separating the hydrocarbon material into at least a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the greater boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the lesser boiling point fraction, separating cycle oil from one or both of the first cracking reaction product or the second cracking reaction product, hydrotreating the cycle oil to form a hydrotreated cycle oil, and recycling the hydrotreated cycle oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Aaron Chi Akah, Abdennour Bourane
  • Patent number: 11332680
    Abstract: According to one more embodiments, presently disclosed are processes for producing petrochemical products from a hydrocarbon material. The process may include separating the hydrocarbon material into at least a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction, combining steam with the greater boiling point fraction upstream of the cracking of the greater boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the greater boiling point fraction in the presence of a first catalyst to produce a first cracking reaction product, combining steam with the lesser boiling point fraction upstream of the cracking of the lesser boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the lesser boiling point fraction in the presence of a second catalyst to produce a second cracking reaction product, and separating the petrochemical products from one or both of the first cracking reaction product or the second cracking reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Aaron Chi Akah, Abdennour Bourane
  • Patent number: 11306258
    Abstract: Systems and methods for steam and catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon inlet stream comprising hydrocarbons. Systems and methods can include a catalyst feed stream, where the catalyst feed stream comprises a fluid and a heterogeneous catalyst, the heterogeneous catalyst operable to catalyze cracking of the hydrocarbons on surfaces of the heterogeneous catalyst a steam feed stream, where the steam feed stream is operable to effect steam cracking of the hydrocarbons, and where the steam feed stream decreases coking of the heterogeneous catalyst; and a downflow reactor, where the downflow reactor is operable to accept and mix the hydrocarbon inlet stream, the catalyst feed stream, and the steam feed stream, where the downflow reactor is operable to produce light olefins by steam cracking and catalytic cracking, and where the downflow reactor is operable to allow the heterogeneous catalyst to flow downwardly by gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Wei Xu, Aaron Chi Akah
  • Publication number: 20220098493
    Abstract: A steam-assisted catalytic cracking process for a hydrocarbon feed is provided. The process includes: introducing the hydrocarbon feed, a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst, and steam to a FCC reactor with a mass ratio of steam to hydrocarbon feed between 0.05 and 1.0; cracking the hydrocarbon feed in the presence of the FCC catalyst and steam to produce a cracked hydrocarbon feed and spent FCC catalyst, the spent FCC catalyst comprising coke deposits and hydrocarbon deposits; stripping the hydrocarbon deposits from the spent FCC catalyst with steam in a stripper to obtain a hydrocarbon-stripped spent FCC catalyst; regenerating the hydrocarbon-stripped spent FCC catalyst in a regenerator by subjecting the stripped spent FCC catalyst to heat in the presence of oxygen to combust the coke deposits on the stripped spent FCC catalyst and produce a regenerated FCC catalyst; recycling the regenerated FCC catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Aaron AKAH, Musaed Salem AL-GHRAMI, Qi XU
  • Publication number: 20220081624
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed that may include separating the hydrocarbon feed to produce at least a greater boiling point effluent and a lesser boiling point effluent. The greater boiling point effluent may have an American Petroleum Institute gravity less than 30 degrees. The method may further include contacting the greater boiling point effluent with a multicomponent catalyst, which may cause at least a portion of the greater boiling point effluent to undergo catalytic cracking and produce a first spent multicomponent catalyst and a first cracked effluent comprising one or more olefins. The multicomponent catalyst may include from 0 weight percent to 10 weight percent ZSM-5, from 10 weight percent to 40 weight percent zeolite Beta, and from 10 weight percent to 30 weight percent USY zeolite based on the total weight of the multicomponent catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Aaron Chi Akah, Abdennour Bourane, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami
  • Publication number: 20220064551
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, petrochemical products may be formed from a hydrocarbon material by a method that includes separating crude oil into at least two or more fractions in an atmospheric distillation column, hydrotreating the atmospheric residue to form a hydrotreated atmospheric residue, combining steam with the hydrotreated atmospheric residue, and cracking at least a portion of the hydrotreated atmospheric residue in the presence of a first catalyst to produce a cracking reaction product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Aaron Chi Akah, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami
  • Publication number: 20220064556
    Abstract: A feed stream including crude oil may be processed by a method that includes separating the feed stream into at least a C1 hydrocarbon fraction, a C2-C4 hydrocarbon fraction, and a C5+ hydrocarbon fraction. The method may further include methane cracking at least a portion of the C1 hydrocarbon fraction to form a methane cracked product, steam cracking at least a portion of the C2-C4 hydrocarbon fraction to form a steam cracked product, and steam enhanced catalytically cracking at least a portion of the C5+ hydrocarbon fraction to form a steam enhanced catalytically cracked product. The method may further include passing at least a portion of the steam cracked product and at least a portion of the steam enhanced catalytically cracked product to a product separator to produce one or more product streams. Systems for processing a feed stream comprising crude oil are further described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Chi Akah, Qi Xu, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami
  • Publication number: 20220064546
    Abstract: According to one more embodiments, presently disclosed are processes for producing petrochemical products from a hydrocarbon material. The process may include separating the hydrocarbon material into at least a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction, combining steam with the greater boiling point fraction upstream of the cracking of the greater boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the greater boiling point fraction in the presence of a first catalyst to produce a first cracking reaction product, combining steam with the lesser boiling point fraction upstream of the cracking of the lesser boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the lesser boiling point fraction in the presence of a second catalyst to produce a second cracking reaction product, and separating the petrochemical products from one or both of the first cracking reaction product or the second cracking reaction product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Aaron Chi Akah, Abdennour Bourane
  • Publication number: 20220064543
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, presently disclosed are processes for producing petrochemical products from a hydrocarbon material. The process may include separating the hydrocarbon material into at least a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction, combining steam with the greater boiling point fraction upstream of the cracking of the lesser boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the greater boiling point fraction in the presence of a first catalyst to produce a first cracking reaction product, cracking at least a portion of the lesser boiling point fraction in the presence of a second catalyst in an environment comprising less than 0.1 mol. % water to produce a second cracking reaction product, and separating the petrochemical products from one or both of the first cracking reaction product or the second cracking reaction product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Aaron Chi Akah, Abdennour Bourane
  • Publication number: 20220064553
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, presently disclosed are processes for producing petrochemical products from a hydrocarbon material. The process may include separating the hydrocarbon material into at least a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the greater boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the lesser boiling point fraction, separating cycle oil from one or both of the first cracking reaction product or the second cracking reaction product, hydrotreating the cycle oil to form a hydrotreated cycle oil, and recycling the hydrotreated cycle oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Aaron Chi Akah, Abdennour Bourane
  • Publication number: 20220064554
    Abstract: A feed stream including crude oil may be processed by a method that includes separating the feed stream into at least a C1-C4 hydrocarbon fraction, a lower boiling point fraction, and a higher boiling point fraction. The method may further include steam cracking at least a portion of the C1-C4 hydrocarbon fraction to form a steam cracked product, steam enhanced catalytically cracking at least a portion of the lower boiling point fraction to form a steam enhanced catalytically cracked product, and hydrocracking at least a portion of the higher boiling point fraction to form a hydrocracked product. The method may further include passing at least a portion of the steam cracked product and at least a portion of the steam enhanced catalytically cracked product to a product separator to produce one or more product streams. Systems for processing a feed stream comprising crude oil are further described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Qi Xu, Aaron Akah, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami
  • Publication number: 20220064548
    Abstract: Light olefins may be produced from a hydrocarbon feed by a method that includes separating the hydrocarbon feed into at least a light gas fraction stream comprising C1-C4 alkanes, a light fraction stream comprising C5+ alkanes, and a heavy fraction stream. The temperature cut between the light fraction stream and the heavy fraction stream may be at 280° C. to 320° C. The method may further include steam cracking at least a portion of the light gas fraction stream to produce a steam cracked effluent stream and catalytically cracking at least a portion of the light fraction stream and the heavy fraction stream in a steam enhanced catalytic cracker (SECC) to produce a catalytically cracked effluent stream. The steam cracked effluent stream and the catalytically cracked effluent stream may be sent to a product separator to produce the light olefins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Aaron Chi Akah, Qi Xu, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami
  • Patent number: 11230673
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, presently disclosed are processes for producing petrochemical products from a hydrocarbon material. The process may include separating the hydrocarbon material into at least a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the greater boiling point fraction in the presence of a first catalyst in an environment comprising less than 0.1 mol. % water to produce a first cracking reaction product, combining steam with the lesser boiling point fraction upstream of the cracking of the lesser boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the lesser boiling point fraction in the presence of a second catalyst to produce a second cracking reaction product, and separating the petrochemical products from one or both of the first cracking reaction product or the second cracking reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Aaron Chi Akah, Abdennour Bourane
  • Publication number: 20210171845
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for processing a heavy oil includes introducing the heavy oil to a hydroprocessing unit, the hydroprocessing unit being operable to hydroprocess the heavy oil to form a hydroprocessed effluent by contacting the heavy oil feed with an HDM catalyst, an HDS catalyst, and an HDA catalyst. The hydroprocessed effluent is passed directly to a HS-FCC unit, the HS-FCC unit being operable to crack the hydroprocessed effluent to form a cracked effluent comprising at least one product. The cracked effluent is passed out of the HS-FCC unit. The heavy oil has an API gravity of from 25 degrees to 50 degrees and at least 20 wt. % of the hydroprocessed effluent passed to the HS-FCC unit has a boiling point less than 225 degrees ° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mansour Ali Al-Herz, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami