Whitepapers

MARPOL Annex VI regulations coming in 2020 will challenge ship operators and refiners. To comply with the regulations, ship operators are expected to shift from high sulfur fuel oil to distillates as bunker fuel. Refiners will need to increase production of distillates to meet the demand and counter a declining market for high sulfur fuel oil. Honeywell UOP can assist refiners in evaluating residue conversion options to reduce fuel oil production as well as further processing of residue conversion products to produce low sulfur fuels. UOP's Unicracking Process can process gas oil streams from SDA, Uniflex, and coking units while meeting stringent product specifications.

Refiners can optimize their catalyst quality by measuring metals in crude, and then assess the payoff of those optimizations in real-time by measuring chlorine concentration trends in the catalyst themselves. Learn more about a viable solution to optimize your catalyst processes.  

With compressor downtime, high feed rates and downstream issues, the price might be higher than you think. The hydrogen compressor lubricant you choose directly impacts your bottom line. Download our white paper to learn the three things you must consider when selecting the right lubricant for your compressor.

Hydrocarbon processing plants often focus on purchasing a GC that can handle the gas analysis application at the best price and only consider the cost of the GC. This approach ignores significant expenses required for the installation and operation of the GC. Learn about the hidden costs in GC installations and steps you can take to avoid them.

Find out how GT-BTX PluS^® technology helps produce low-sulfur gasoline from catalytically cracked naphtha without a significant loss in octane value.  The extractive distillation technology segregates olefins from sulfur and aromatics, which can be directly blended in gasoline, thus eliminating the octane loss of traditional, selective HDS units.  GT-BTX PluS^® is a variation of GT-BTX^®, a proven extractive distillation technology that simultaneously removes benzene, toluene, xylenes and thiophenic sulfur species from aromatic-containing cracked naphtha.  Alternatively, the segregated aromatics can be sent for paraxylene production without the need to go through a naphtha reformer.

This paper discusses the three primary specifications for producing diesel in cold climates: cloud point; low filter plugging point; and pour point, and the options for achieving desirable specifications. Traditional options, as well as ExxonMobil's isomerization dewaxing technology, are explored for increasing production of ULSD.

CSI's ICOn™ degassing system helps overcome the challenges and risks of having high levels of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the elemental sulfur produced in the Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU). You will learn more about the development of this technology and how it is operating successfully in a large refinery, today.

With increased competition and growing fuel demand, refiners need to utilize assets to the fullest capacity to maximize profits. Profitability improvements can come from reducing feed costs, increasing product value, and increasing on-stream time. This paper explores ways refiners can utilize existing assets to reach these objectives through revamp of hydroprocessing units.