01-08-2012
Honeywell’s UOP to provide technology for gasoline and petrochemical production to Lukoil
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has been selected by Russia’s Lukoil to provide technology to produce blending components used to make high-octane gasoline and petrochemicals at its facility in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Lukoil will license an integrated suite of Honeywell UOP technologies to produce high-quality gasoline blending components; propylene, a building block material used in the production of films and packaging; and other petrochemicals.
“Refining and petrochemical integration offers many benefits, including feedstock and energy maximization, reduced investment and operating costs, and higher product yields,” said Pete Piotrowski, senior vice president and general manager of Honeywell’s UOP Process Technology & Equipment business unit. “With legislation in the Russian Federation calling for improved gasoline quality, as well as the region’s rising petrochemicals demand, UOP is pleased to offer technology solutions that work together to meet those needs. We look forward to our continued relationship with Lukoil.”
Russia is the third largest energy consumer in the world, and demand is growing due to increasing economic activity, according to the Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC). Particularly, gasoline demand is increasing due to the rise in passenger vehicle utilization.
Formed in 1991 upon the merger of three state-run Western Siberian companies, Lukoil is an integrated refining and petrochemicals production company with operations in more than 40 countries around the world.
The suite of Honeywell UOP technology will be used in a new integrated Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) complex. This is Honeywell UOP’s second FCC complex to be licensed by Lukoil at the Nizhny Novgorod facility. The company previously licensed the UOP FCC Process, the UOP HF Alkylation Process, the UOP Huels Selective Hydrogenation Process (SHP) and the UOP Butamer™ Process to produce gasoline and petrochemical components in 2005.
The new units, expected to start up in 2015, will produce more than 1 million metric tons of gasoline blending components and more than 170,000 metric tons of propylene per year. In addition to technology licensing, Honeywell’s UOP and a number of its affiliates will provide engineering design, catalysts, adsorbents, equipment, staff training and technical service for the project.
Honeywell’s UOP technology to be used in this project includes:
* Honeywell’s UOP FCC process to convert straight-run atmospheric gas oils, vacuum gas oils, certain atmospheric residues, and heavy stocks recovered from other refinery operations into high-octane gasoline, propylene and light fuel oils. It offers a low investment cost and long-term operation.
* Honeywell’s UOP HF Alkylation process to produce a high-quality gasoline blending component, typically referred to as alkylate. The HF Alkylation process catalytically combines light olefins such as propylene, butylene or amylene with isobutane, to increase their value and make an environmentally sound gasoline blend product, characterized by high octane and low Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP). RVP is a measure of the volatility of gasoline, and lower levels help avoid issues with internal combustion engines. An enhanced process operation will be incorporated into the HF Alkylation process to reduce acid volatility and improve overall plant safety.
* Honeywell’s UOP Caustic Merox™ process to remove sulfur from liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) streams in preparation for further processing, such as the HF Alkylation process.
* Honeywell’s UOP Huels Selective Hydrogenation Process (SHP) to minimize acid consumption in the alkylation unit, produce 2-Butene and maximize alkylate yields.
* Honeywell’s UOP Butamer™ process converts butane to isobutane, a primary feedstock used to produce alkylate in the HF Alkylation process.
For more information, please visit www.uop.com
Sponsor:
News Category:
-
Acelen Renewables selects Ecofining™ technology from Honeywell
Honeywell announced that Acelen Renewables has selected its Ecofining™ technology to help support the efficient production of a targeted 20,000 barrels per day of sustainable ...
24-01-2024
-
Honeywell offers renewable fuels technologies to refiners in Asia Pacific
Honeywell today announced the availability of technologies and digital solutions to enable customers in Asia Pacific to produce renewable fuels from multiple ...
25-10-2023
-
New digital tools to improve operational profitability in refineries
(Webinar) - Join this webinar to learn how you can leverage new digital tools as part of the Honeywell UOP upgraded PremierPLUS Performance Services offering to avoid ...
25-10-2023
-
Enabling energy transitions with the Callidus® Ultra Blue® Burner System
(Webinar) - Join this webinar to learn how your renewable energy and net zero operations can dramatically lower nitric oxide (NOx) emissions with the Honeywell Callidus ...
04-10-2023
-
Repsol selects Honeywell Ecofining™ Technology
Honeywell announced today that Repsol has licensed Honeywell Ecofining™ technology to produce renewable fuels from feedstocks such as used cooking oil and waste animal ...
03-10-2023
-
Structured Catalyst for Steam Methane Reforming
(Webinar) - Join this webinar to learn about the benefits of ZoneFlow Structured Catalyst for Steam Methane Reforming. Honeywell UOP and ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies ...
28-06-2023
-
SASA Polyester Sanayi selects Oleflex™ Technology from Honeywell
Honeywell today announced that SASA Polyester Sanayi A.Ş. will build the world’s largest Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Yumurtalık, Türkiye using the latest ...
20-06-2023
-
Improved H2 purification and recovery with UOP Polybed™ Pressure Swing Adsorption
(Webinar) - Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) is the industry standard for H2 purification and long-term, reliable recovery. Honeywell UOP’s PSA technology is relied ...
31-05-2023
-
BP selects Honeywell's Ecofining™ Technology to increase SAF production worldwide
Honeywell today announced that bp selected Honeywell's Ecofining™ technology to help support the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at five bp facilities ...
31-05-2023
-
Greens Combustion to license Honeywell Callidus Technologies
Honeywell today announced that Greens Combustion Ltd. will license Honeywell Callidus Burner technologies and aftermarket support of the Honeywell Callidus’ installed ...
17-05-2023