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• TITLE: Basic Engineering of a Two-Stage Process for Co-Upgrading Natural Gas and Petroleum Coke

  AUTHORS: Jorge Laine, Maria Tosta

  KEYWORDS: Dehydroaromatization, Natural Gas, Petroleum Coke, Co-Upgrading

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science, Vol.5 No.2, March 11, 2015

  ABSTRACT: This communication highlights the possibility of using a novel two-stage process for the co-upgrading of natural gas and petroleum coke into liquid hydrocarbons. The first stage consists of the catalytic dehydroaromatization of methane characterized by producing hydrogen and aromatics: benzene, naphtalene, toluene, etc. The non-reacted methane plus hydrogen and aromatics produced in the first stage are directed to the second stage to react with the petroleum coke. Basic engineering analysis of proposed two-stage process suggests light petroleum production of 160,000 bbl/day from 20,000 ton/day of petroleum coke actually by-produced from Venezuelan Orinoco’s heavy oil belt. Residual coke should be volatiles free therefore useful as a calcined coke.