Innovative approach to accelerating the startup of a gasoline block and associated units at Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery complex
This article elaborates on the startup of a refinery’s heavy naphtha reforming unit with an alternative approach to the initial unit design, including an evaluation of several startup techniques to ensure the adequacy and practicality of the selected option.
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The Authors
AlAlloush, S. S. - Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Saeed S. AlAlloush is an Engineering Consultant within Saudi Aramco’s Process and Control Systems Department. He has more than 20 yr of experience in the oil refining industry, primarily with the fluid catalytic cracking process. He has also published and presented several papers, and has been granted three U.S.-registered patents. AlAlloush earned an MS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma.
Ali, S. A. W. - Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
is a Operation Engineer within Saudi Aramco’s Jazan Refinery Department, specializing in naphtha block hydroprocessing and reforming units. He is a professional chemical engineer with 12 yr of industry experience, and an active member in international engineering bodies such as Engineers Australia and IChemE, UK. He earned an MS degree in chemical engineering from the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan, and an MBA degree from Bahauddin Zakariya University in Multan, Pakistan.
Ghadeer, A. S. - Saudi Aramco,
is an Operation Engineer within Saudi Aramco’s Jazan Refinery Department, specializing in naphtha hydroprocessing, reforming, and aromatics extraction and processing units. He is a chemical engineer with 10 yr of industrial experience in refining and petrochemicals facilities. Ghadeer earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and an MS degree in refining and petrochemicals from the IFP School in Rueil-Malmaison, France.
Alodail, M. I. - Saudi Aramco,
is a Process Engineer within Saudi Aramco’s Process & Control Systems Department, specializing in naphtha hydroprocessing, isomerization and reforming units. He has 6 yr of industrial experience in refining facilities. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Sadah, A. Z. - Saudi Aramco,
is a Process Engineer within Saudi Aramco’s Process & Control Systems Department, specializing in naphtha hydroprocessing, reforming, isomerization and other processing units. He is a chemical engineer with 5 yr of industrial experience in refining and petrochemicals facilities. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering, with a concentration in polymer science and engineering, from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.
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