... oil & gas volatility decision-making transaction outbound logistics lever downtime pipeline refinery maintenance category F10: Growing Midstream Value This Forum will analyze different strategies and growth drivers to achieve value-chain margin opportunities in the oil and gas...

... in the efficient production of alkylate with far simpler handling procedures. The ISOALKY Technology has been under development for decades, starting with industry research on ionic liquids, followed by five years of testing in a Chevron refinery demonstration plant, a commercial introduction to the industry...

... and not using them solely to buy crudes and sell products, upon request. Based on the case of topping refineries in Europe, closed due to regulatory measures and low margins, three distinct examples of new uses of refinery assets for trading purposes are presented: a) Shutting down a refinery in safety...

... business more robust and competitive. SATORP is a JV between Saudi Aramco and TOTAL processing 460 MBD of Arabian Heavy located in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Products of this full conversion refinery are exported to four continents; Asia, Europe, Africa, and North America. SATORP’s resilience starts...

... and optimizing refinery units, starting with crude fractionation - extensive recycle of low-value streams with ultimate reuse as internal fuels - new benchmarks in terms of complex size (driven by the final products targeted) This paper will present cases derived from projects and studies on which some...

... process technologies, analyzing their integration into existing refineries. Besides technological challenges, this paper will also examine the European supply/demand forecast, the availability of residual biomass, some characteristics of the value-chain biomass-to-biofuels, and some techno-economic...

... with petrochemicals to manage risks, then such a project would transform the refinery into an integrated and balanced enterprise. Further, in this dream project, the gas utility molecules required for refinery and petrochemicals are to be sourced from a third party supplier, thereby reducing overall capital cost...

...F08 - Integration Of The Refining And Petrochemical Industry 22nd World Petroleum Congress, Istanbul 2017 STRATEGIC EXPANSION FOR PETROCHEMICAL GENERATION VIA VALORIZATION OF LOW VALUE STREAMS IN REFINERY: CASE STUDY Vineet Bakshi, Deputy Process Manager, Engineers India, India Anil Kumar...

... istanbul 2017 homogeneous catalysis refinery hindustan petroleum reactor viscosity catalyst solution conversion Downstream Oil & Gas competitive refining technology stability vacuum residue reservoir simulation catalyst 22nd wpc preprint paper catalyst formulation promising...

... Abstract MOL Group is an integrated, international oil and gas company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary, with lead position in its core markets within Central and Eastern Europe. Its northern region downstream business consists of two complex refineries and three steam crackers at two...

... Antwerp refinery in Belgium (Figure 3). This plant has 125 MW of capacity, which is enough energy to power the refinery and meet the needs of most of ExxonMobil s other Bel- gian manufacturing operations. In addition to supplying steam for the Antwerp refinery, excess energy is used to heat crude oil...

..., an oil and gas refinery will be constructed at one of these states. In case of higher oil production rate, the excess of extracted oil may be sent to Tehran and Tabriz refineries for supplying to other parts of Iran. Ultimately, the surplus of higher rate will be available for export. However...

... for over 50% of its overall energy consumption, representing more than 8 million tonnes oil equivalent per annum. To put this into perspective, this level of energy consumption is the same as the entire production of one of TOTAL s refineries every year. In economic terms, energy remains the most...

... feedstock flexibility constraint kerosene gtl gas oil diesel refinery new refinery technology gas monetization GTL product product specification flexibility doha 2011 20th World Petroleum Congress, Doha 2011 Forum 12: New refinery technologies to meet feedstock flexibility, transportation fuel...

...20th World Petroleum Congress, Doha 2011 Forum 22: Managing water in upstream and downstream operations © World Petroleum Council Integrated Water Management Solutions for Petroleum Refineries- Towards a Sustainable Practice Dr Jamal Shamas, CH2M HILL International, United Arab Emirates Abstract...

... Abstract Improved water management in a petroleum refinery can potentially reduce the volume and cost of raw water used in refinery operations, as well as resulting in reduced wastewater flow and/or contaminant load, in turn reducing operating and maintenance costs for wastewater treatment,. With critical...

... (DTGU) in the Schwechat refinery which has looked best to fit to the existing units and infrastructure. Vacuum residue should be converted well above 40%, the produced vacuum distillate is thermally cracked to mainly middle distillates which can be further hydrotreated in conventional diesel...

... units or reducing refining capacity. Under the circumstances, Japanese refiners focus on advanced integration between refineries and petrochemical complexes to keep cost effectiveness. Japanese petrochemical complexes have been established within affiliated companies' integration since early times...

... Global Energy Management System (GEMS), we have identified opportunities to improve the energy efficiency of our refineries and chemical plants by 15-20 percent. A strong focus on operation and maintenance of existing equipment, coupled with energy efficient design of new facilities, enabled us...

... Abstract The closing of the light/ heavy crude spreads and generally high crude prices have made production of very heavy crudes economically attractive. The next challenge refineries will face is converting heavy, sour, and high metal content feedstocks into high quality transportation fuels...