Petrotel-Lukoil
Romania Refinery selects ExxonMobil's SCANfining low sulfur gasoline
technology
Posted: 23 June 2003
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) announced S.C.
Petrotel-Lukoil, S.A., has selected EMRE's proprietary SCANfining(a)
gasoline sulfur reduction process along with the EXOMER(b) process
for integrated mercaptan removal, jointly developed by EMRE and
Merichem Chemicals & Refinery Services LLC (Merichem), for application
at their Ploiesti, Romania refinery.
Nominal capacity is expected to be 350,000 metric tons/year (approximately
8,090 barrels per calendar day).
The SCANfining technology, developed by EMRE, is a process for
catalytic selective hydrogenation for removing sulfur compounds
from gasoline.
The technology uses a proprietary, selective catalyst (RT 225)
jointly developed by EMRE and Akzo Nobel Catalysts that minimizes
the loss of octane-rich olefins and hydrogen consumption.
The EXOMER Process, jointly developed by EMRE and Merichem Chemicals,
uses Merichem's FIBER-FILM(b) Contactor technology for the removal
of high molecular weight mercaptans from hydrocarbons and the regeneration
of the treating solution.
FIBER-FILM Contactor is a Merichem proprietary device that provides
contacting surfaces to enable mass transfer between two immiscible
fluids.
EMRE is the research and engineering arm of ExxonMobil, a leading
global oil, natural gas, and petrochemicals company whose subsidiaries
have operations in nearly 200 countries and territories.
For more information see www.exxonmobil.com/refiningtechnologies.
Merichem Chemicals & Refinery Services LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Merichem Company, provides a diversified portfolio
of products and services including innovative process technology
and engineering, caustic management, naphthenic acids, copper naphthenate,
and sodium hydrosulfide to the refining, chemical, and pulp and
paper industries worldwide.
For more information see http://www.merichem.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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