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Crude Oil Refinery, 100,000 BPD, Crude Distillation Unit, Naphtha Hydrodesulphurization Unit, Platinum Reforming Unit

Description

  1. Overview
    1. 100,000 BPD crude oil refinery
    2. Crude distillation unit
    3. Other process units can be added dependant on customer product requirements (i.e. FCCU or vacuum distillation unit)
  2. Atmospheric Crude Distillation Unit
    1. Capacity: 100 TBD
    2. Technology: Socony Mobil Oil, installed by Foster Wheeler
    3. Year of recent upgrades: Encon project phase 1 1992, project phase 2 1997, atmospheric tower modification
    4. History: 1962 commissioned at 68,500 BPSD capacities
    5. 1969 debottlenecked to 100,000 BPSD: added second parallel preheat exchanger train, doubled overhead cooling capacity, installed booster feed pump, installed new desalter
    6. 1975 modified tower internals: removed two trays, replaced two others with packed section and bubble cap tray
    7. 1992 CDU Encon project phase-1: installed four preheat exchangers (two new and two idle), modified tower internals, raised gas oil draw
    8. 1994 CDU Encon project phase-2: installed six new preheat exchangers
    9. 1997 CDU tower modifications: installed new sieve trays at stripping section, installed new steam distributors at stripping section, installed new VEP type gravity liquid distributor, removed random packing, removed bubble cap tray number 6, installed new low pressure drop deentrainment tray, installed new HGO draw nozzles
  3. Naphtha Catalytic Hydrodesulphurization Unit
    1. Capacity: 24 TBD (24,000 BPSD, 158.9 m3/hr)
    2. Technology: Socony Mobil Oil, installed by Foster Wheeler
    3. Year of recent upgrades: 1982 de-bottlenecked to 21.7 TBD, 1998 de-bottlenecked to 24 TBD
    4. History: 1962 commissioned at 19,000 BPSD capacity
    5. 1969 debottlenecked to 21,700 BPSD: added preheat exchangers
    6. 1998 debottlenecking to 24,000 BPSD has been implemented: 3 each new preheat exchangers has been installed
    7. Catalyst: Akzo KJ-752-3Q 7,560 kg, Criterion C-448 TL + 7,780 kg, total 15,340 kg
  4. Platinum Reforming Unit PTR (300)
    1. Capacity: 14 TBD (14,000 BPSD, 92.7 m3/hr)
    2. Six-month cycle @ 96 RON clear severity
    3. Technology: Socony Mobil Oil, installed by Foster Wheeler
    4. Year of recent upgrades: 1991 de-bottlenecked to 14 TBD, 1996 new recycle gas compressor was taken into service
    5. History: 1962 commissioned at 8,000 BPSD capacity
    6. 1970 installed spare smaller capacity recycle gas compressor
    7. 1991 expanded to 14,000 BPSD: re-trayed stabilizer tower, added five new exchangers, and added fourth reactor (radial flow)
    8. 1996 new recycle gas compressor shifted
    9. Catalyst: U O P R - 62 P T / R H: in spherical reactor #1 (D-300) 6,000 kg, in spherical reactor #2 (D-301) 6,617 kg, in spherical reactor #3 (D-302) 6,645 kg, in new radial reactor #4 (D-351) + 29,956 kg, total 49,218 kg (regenerated in October 2001)
  5. Kerosene Catalytic Hydrodesulfurization Unit
    1. Capacity: 12 TBD (12,000 BPSD kerosene: 79.5 m3/h, 10,000 BPSD gas oil: 66.25 m3/h)
    2. Technology: Socony Mobil Oil, installed by Foster Wheeler
    3. Year of recent upgrades: 1980s expanded to 12,000 BPSD kerosene, 1988 modified for gas oil desulphurisation at 10 TBD, 1999 de-bottlenecked to 12 TBD with gas oil
    4. History: 1962 commissioned at 8,000 BPSD capacity, designed for mild desulfurization of kerosene
    5. 1969 expanded to 12,000 BPSD kerosene, diesel specification reduced to 0.7% wt, began desulfurizing gas oil at 10,000 BPSD maximum in blocked operation
    6. 1997 dense loading of reactor performed, new distributor tray installed
  6. Liquefied Petroleum Gas Unit
    1. Capacity: 4 TBD (4,000 BPSD, 26.5 m3/hr)
    2. Technology: Socony Mobil Oil, installed by Lummus
    3. Year of recent upgrades: 1980s designed for mild de-sulphurization of kerosene to 4,000 BPSD along with PTR
    4. History: 1967 commissioned at 2,800 BPSD capacity, designed for mild desulfurization of kerosene
    5. 1970 expanded to 4,000 BPSD along with PTR
  7. Amine Treatment and Recovery Unit
    1. Capacity: 18,500 m3/h fuel gas (as to produce 20 ton/day of sulfur)
    2. Age: 9 years old
    3. Technology: Snamprogetti
    4. Year of recent upgrades: none
    5. History: commissioned to treat 18,500 m3/hr fuel gas containing 26 kgmoles/hr H2S, specified to meet 0.4 - 5.0 %vol H2S in fuel gas (- 2 tons/day)
  8. Sulfur Recovery Unit
    1. Capacity: 20 ton/day of liquid sulphur
    2. Age: 9 years old
    3. Technology: Snamprogetti
    4. Year of recent upgrades: none
    5. History: 1995 commissioned to recover 20 tons/day sulfur
    6. Three-converter Claus plant, single train: 6.6 to 1 turn-down ratio
    7. Incinerator but no tail gas unit
    8. Sulfur recovery is 97% at SOR, 96% at EOR
    9. SO2 emission < 1 kg mole/hr
  9. Solid Sulfur Forming Unit (Flaker)
    1. Capacity: 30 ton/day of sulphur flakes
    2. Age: 9 years old
    3. Technology: Snamprogetti
    4. Year of recent upgrades: none
    5. History: 1995 commissioned to process 30 tons/day liquid sulphur solid sulfur flakes
  10. Sulfur Recovery (Additional Detail)
    1. 20 tons/day of sulfur produced by running 100 TBD highest sulfur crude through existing facilities to produce 0.7% wt sulfur APD
    2. This matches the desulfurizing capability of the existing KCHD at a 65% sulphur removal rate