Vacuum distilled DAO processing in FCC with recycle

1. A method for processing a hydrocarbon, comprising:

combining a hydrocarbon comprising a de-asphalted oil with a recycled hydrocarbon product to produce a combined hydrocarbon, wherein the de-asphalted oil has a 50 vol % distillation temperature of about 625° C. to about 750° C.;

contacting the combined hydrocarbon with a catalyst, wherein the hydrocarbon and the recycled hydrocarbon are combined prior to contacting the catalyst;

cracking the combined hydrocarbon consisting essentially of the hydrocarbon and the recycled hydrocarbon in the presence of the catalyst to produce a cracked hydrocarbon product and a coked catalyst;

recovering the cracked hydrocarbon product from the coked catalyst to produce a recovered hydrocarbon product consisting essentially of the cracked hydrocarbon product;

fractionating the recovered hydrocarbon product to produce a cycle oil product, a light naphtha product, and a heavy naphtha product, wherein the heavy naphtha product comprises C 7 -C 12 hydrocarbons and wherein the heavy naphtha product has a final boiling point of about 195° C. to about 220° C., a 10 vol % distillation temperature of about 60° C. to about 90° C., and a 50 vol % distillation temperature of about 105° C. to about 130° C.; and

recycling the heavy naphtha product to provide the recycled hydrocarbon product.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cycle oil is a light cycle oil, a heavy cycle oil, an intermediate cycle oil, a slurry oil, a clarified oil or a decanted oil.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cycle oil product has a density at about 15° C. of from about 0.8 g/cm 3 to about 1.1 g/cm 3 .

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heavy naphtha product has a density at about 15° C. of from about 0.6 g/cm 3 to about 0.9 g/cm 3 and wherein the recycle hydrocarbon product consists of the heavy naphtha product.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the combined hydrocarbon comprises from about 25 wt % to about 55 wt % of the recycled hydrocarbon.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the de-asphalted oil has a viscosity from about 5,000 cSt to about 8,500 cSt at 40° C. and the combined hydrocarbon has a 50 vol % distillation temperature that is less than about 600° C.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the combined hydrocarbon has a viscosity at about 40° C. of from about 100 cSt to about 675 cSt.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising introducing steam to the combined hydrocarbon to produce a mixture comprising from about 5 wt % to 10 wt % steam.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recycled hydrocarbon product has a final boiling point of from about 350° C. to about 400° C.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recycled hydrocarbon product further comprises a clarified oil having a density of from about 0.9 g/cm 3 to about 1.15g/cm 3 .

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the de-asphalted oil has an initial boiling point of from about 375° C. to about 425° C., a final boiling point above about 800° C., a viscosity of from about 1,000 cSt to about 100,000 cSt at 40° C. and a Conradson Carbon Residue of from about 3.0 wt % to about 14.0 wt %.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the combined hydrocarbon has a viscosity that is less than about 50% of the viscosity of the de-asphalted oil.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the combined hydrocarbon has a 50 vol% distillation temperature of about 400° C. to about 575° C., and wherein the combined hydrocarbon is cracked at a temperature of about 400° C. to about 600° C. to produce the cracked hydrocarbon product.

14. A method for processing a hydrocarbon, comprising:

contacting a de-asphalted oil recovered from vacuum tower bottoms and a heavy naphtha product with a catalyst;

cracking the de-asphalted oil and the heavy naphtha product in the presence of the catalyst to produce a cracked hydrocarbon product and a coked catalyst;

recovering the cracked hydrocarbon product from the coked catalyst to produce a recovered hydrocarbon product consisting essentially of the cracked hydrocarbon product;

fractionating the recovered hydrocarbon product to produce the heavy naphtha product, wherein the heavy naphtha product comprises C 7 -C 12 hydrocarbons and wherein the heavy naphtha product has a final boiling point of about 195° C. to about 220° C., a 10 vol% distillation temperature of about 60° C. to about 90° C., a 50 vol% distillation temperature of about 105° C. to about 130° C., and a density of from about 0.6 g/cm 3 to about 0.9g/cm 3 ;

combining the heavy naphtha product with the de-asphalted oil prior to cracking the de-asphalted oil to produce a combined hydrocarbon consisting essentially of the de-asphalted oil and the heavy naphtha product, wherein the cracked hydrocarbon product is produced from cracking essentially the combined hydrocarbon, and wherein the de-asphalted oil has a 50 vol % distillation temperature of about 625° C. to about 750° C.; and

mixing steam with the de-asphalted oil prior to cracking the de-asphalted oil.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

fractionating the recovered hydrocarbon product to produce a light cycle oil having a density of from about 0.8 g/cm 3 to about 1.1 g/cm 3 ; and

combining the heavy naphtha product and the light cycle oil with the de-asphalted oil prior to cracking the de-asphalted oil.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein, after combining the heavy naphtha product with the de-asphalted oil, a resulting combined hydrocarbon comprises from about 35 wt % to about 50 wt % of the hydrocarbon product.