www.ProcessEngr.com Oil Refinery Processes A Brief Overview Ronald (Ron) F. Colwell‚ P.E. mol`bpp Copyright © 2009 Process Engineering Associates‚ LLC. All rights reserved. “Excellence in Applied Chemical Engineering” Some Historical Events • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3000 BC Sumerians use asphalt as an adhesive; Eqyptians use pitch to grease chariot wheels; Mesopotamians use bitumen to seal boats 600 BC Confucius writes about drilling a 100’ gas well
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major player globally. India is emerging as a refinery hub and refining capacity exceeds the demand. The last decade has seen a tremendous growth in the refining sector. The country’s refining capacity has increased from a modest 62 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMTPA) in 1998 to 215.066 MMTPA at present‚ comprising of 22 refineries - 17 under Public Sector‚ 3 under private sector and 2 in Joint Venture (JV). During 2011-12‚ two new JV refineries of 6 MMTPA and 15 MMTPA were commissioned in Bina
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REFINING TANKRADAR REX 3950 Refinery improved crude oil inventory control with Rosemount Tank Gauging products RESULTS • Improved crude oil inventory control • Decreased operating and maintenance costs • Reduced safety risks APPLICATION Level and temperature measurement in crude oil storage tank CUSTOMER Refinery in South-East Asia CHALLENGE This refinery had a problem with the accuracy of crude oil inventory measurement. The inventory must be closely monitored so that the tanks are not overfilled
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Searching US$709 million & EPC contractor for BMRE project of ERL‚ only a government owned crude oil refinery at Bangladesh: further seekinvestor2007@yahoo.com 88-01710-962792 attn hafiz‚ Bangladesh part coordinator Expression of Interest for Financing BMRE Project of Eastern Refinery Limited The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC)/Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) (Lead Agency) under the Ministry of Power‚ Energy and Mineral Resources Division (Lead Ministry) intends to increase its present
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Oil Refinery in India An Industry Overview   Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 GLOBAL VIEW ON REFINING 3 INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 4 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 8 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 9 FUTURE OUTLOOK 11 REFERENCES 12 "THE ONCE RELIABLE CONSTANTS HAVE BECOME GALLOPING VARIABLES" -ALVIN TOFFLER India the world’s seventh largest country and the second most populace nation has been a destination of unrealized potential. In the recent past it has seen as stir of economic activity changing the prim face of the
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1975 GULF OIL REFINERY FIRE In the early hours of August 17‚ 1975‚ a tragic disaster occurred on the Gulf Oil refinery in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. This horrific disaster took the lives of eight firefighters‚ and potentially could have taken more lives if it wasn’t for the help of many surrounding fire stations. The cause of the fire was the overfilling of Tank 231. While no crude oil escaped from the tank as a result of being overfilled‚ large quantities of hydrocarbon vapors were trapped above
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putting widening pressure on the deficit. Pakistan’s total energy consumption has increased by 37 percent to 36MTOE in FY07 from 26.3MTOE FY03 which is indicting the growing energy needs of the country during last four years. As a matter of fact‚ Oil & Gas are two main dominant sources of the energy for Pakistan’s industrial segment and presently cater 70.2 percent of the total energy needs of the country. Other than these two remaining is covered by hydroelectricity which contributes for 16.2 percent
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Reliance Refinery at Jamnagar‚ Gujarat is one of the largest manufacturing projects taken up in India. The plant consists of a petroleum refinery complex and an aromatics/petrochemical complex.It also has a power generation complex and a port and terminal complex. The terminal complex connects the plant to an external pipeline network. All the areas are efficiently integrated‚ which delivers higher efficiencies and minimized losses at the plant‚ making it one of the best in the world. Location:
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Common process units found in a refinery • Desalter unit washes out salt from the crude oil before it enters the atmospheric distillation unit. • Atmospheric distillation unit distills crude oil into fractions. See Continuous distillation. • Vacuum distillation unit further distills residual bottoms after atmospheric distillation. • Naphtha hydrotreater unit uses hydrogen to desulfurize naphtha from atmospheric distillation. Must hydrotreat the naphtha before sending to a Catalytic
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Catalytic Processes Conversion of Heavy Residues Treatment of Refinery Gas streams INTRODUCTION: Oil refining is a key activity in the CPI. Over 600 refineries worldwide have a total annual capacity of more than 3500 x 106 tonnes. Goal of oil refining is twofold: i. production of fuels for transportation‚ power generation and heating; and ii. production of raw materials for the CPI. Oil refineries are complex plants but are relatively mature and highly integrated.
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