Question
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Projected diesel shortages could become a crisis if winter conditions are severe, potentially knocking out already strained power grids. What strategies should refiners rely on to increase distillate-range material?
Feb-2023
Answers
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Michael Allegro, BASF - Refining Catalysts, michael.allegro@basf.com
Sites with both hydrocracking and FCC can shift the VGO feed towards hydrocracking when distillate material is preferred over gasoline. While this can reduce the operating capacity of the FCC, it can also create a need to process UCO from the hydrocracker. In these operating modes, bottoms upgrading capability in the FCC is a key need for the refiner. Those units would also likely benefit from a more distillate-focused operating mode for the FCC and, depending on the duration, a catalyst tuned to produce more LCO.
Feb-2023
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