CPC C10G 67/14 (2013.01) [C10G 2300/202 (2013.01); C10G 2300/205 (2013.01); C10G 2300/301 (2013.01); C10G 2300/308 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4006 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method of processing a hydrocarbon feed comprising
fractionating the hydrocarbon feed into a light stream and a heavy stream, wherein the light stream comprises hydrocarbons boiling at less than 343° C. and the heavy stream comprises hydrocarbons boiling at greater than 343° C.;
hydrotreating the heavy stream to form a hydrotreated heavy stream;
combining the light stream and the hydrotreated heavy stream to form an upgraded feed stream;
feeding the upgraded feed stream to a single Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) reaction zone, thereby producing a product stream comprising light olefins
the FCC reaction zone is operated in a down-flow configuration; and
the FCC reaction zone is operated under high severity conditions.
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