Alexandre JAVIDI
Addressing Market Requirements
With the H-Oil® Suite
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H-Oil® Market Opportunity
H-Oil® Process Technology basis & Principles
Focus on H-Oil® Suite: a Taylor Made Solution
Case study on Iranian crude
Synopsis
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H-Oil® Market Opportunity
H-Oil® Process Technology basis & Principles
Focus on H-Oil® Suite: a Taylor Made Solution
Case study on Iranian crude
Synopsis
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2016 Decision by International
Maritime Organization (IMO): global
switch in 2020 to 0.5 % Sulfur (from
currently 3.5 % High Sulfur Fuel Oil
(HSFO))
ECA’s (Emission Controlled Areas):
S specification remains at 0.1 %
In 2020, demand for HSFO will
strongly decrease worldwide
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Source: IMO
2020: Sulfur Specification Decrease in Bunker Fuels
Focus on Marine Bunker Fuels Global Impact of 2020 Spec Change
0.1%
Need for Residue Desulfurization and Conversion
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Iranian Market Needs
Source: Axens
11 8.5
7 8.1
7.1
4.8
6.3
Average Index at 7.4
Potential for Conversion Markets
Higher conversion rates can be achieved for more competitiveness
~2 % AAGR 2016-
2030
Growing
market
for global
Refined
Products
Demand
Average Nelson Index per Region Nelson Index in Iran
10 ppm
will be driven by
Euro IV –V fuel
specification
implementation
Sulfur Gasoline
&
Diesel Demand 80 million
Population
2016
92 million
Population
2050
Middle East
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Refineries: 9 operating with
a total capacity of 1.6
MBPSD
Iranian Crudes & Market Focus
• 0.64 MBPSD VR
potentially available on
the local market
• High Incentive for VR
conversion
• Acceptable impurity
content for upgrade
through major
hydroconversion
solution:
Hyvahl™ or H-Oil®
Iranian crude types classified by density:
Condensates: Very Low residue content
Iranian light: High distillates content with low impurities
Iranian medium: Good distillates content with higher impurities
Iranian Heavy: Lower distillates content with high impurities
20.94 23.74
44.6
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Condensate Iranian light Iranian medium Iranian heavy
C4- IBP C4
LN C5 85
HN 85 170
KE 170 230
GO 230 360
VGO 360 540
VR 540 FBP
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H-Oil® Market Opportunity
H-Oil® Process Technology basis & Principles
Focus on H-Oil® Suite: a Taylor Made Solution
Case study on Iranian crude
Synopsis
Axens' Iran Seminar - Refining Day - 28 Tir 1396 (19 July 2017)
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Axens H-Oil® Process Technology Basis & Principle
H-Oil® Typical Feeds:
Hyvahl™ R2R™
AT
Atm
.
resid
ue
VT
Vacu
um
resid
ue
H-Oil® ®
VGO
FCC
Pretreat.
Mild HCK
HyC-10(+)
Solvahl
™ H-Oil®
FCC
HyK
™
DAO
Visbreaker Pitch
Coker HCGO
Crude
Oil
Visb GO
Petroleum Feed (H-Oil®)
• Vacuum Residue
• VGO/DAO Feed
Flexible Technology
• Accepts all resid feeds
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Axens H-Oil® Process Technology Basis & Principle
An Ebullated Bed Technology:
• Upflow Reactor, Recycle of Rx Liquid to ebullated catalyst bed
• Low and constant ΔP over the catalyst bed,
• Nearly isothermal
• Optimization Module from Axens used to control catalyst bed
expansion
• High performance internals
Axens has developed H-Oil® process based on:
H2 +
Feed
Catalyst
Addition
Ebullated
Bed
Ebullating
Pump Recycle Oil Catalyst
Withdrawal
On-line daily Addition/Withdrawal of catalyst:
• Constant catalyst activity, whatever metal content in the feed.
• Constant product quality
• No Cycle length
• Fully automated system
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UCO
H-Oil® Overall Block Flow Diagram
Outstanding catalytic system
H-Oil® SCS
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UCO
H-Oil® Overall Block Flow Diagram
Superior Internals Safe and robust
design
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UCO
H-Oil® Overall Block Flow Diagram
Optimal Vacuum Tower bottoms arrangement
Energy efficient Spiral heat exchangers
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UCO
H-Oil® Overall Block Flow Diagram
50 years
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H-Oil® Products Upgrading
H2
Feed
C1 - C2 Fuel Gas – SMR
Feed
C3 - C4
LPGs
Naphtha
HDT for Gasoline Pool
Steam Cracker
Diesel Prime D to meet Diesel Spec
VGO Hydrocracking or FCC
Unconverted Residue
Fuel Oil, Coking,
Gasification, SDA
Product
Downstream Processing - Pool
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Axens H-Oil® Process Technology Basis & Principle
H-Oil® process Typical figures:
H2 +
Feed
Catalyst
Addition
Ebullated
Bed
Ebullating
Pump Recycle Oil Catalyst
Withdrawal
Typical Operating conditions
Temperature 400 – 440 °C
Pressure 120 – 190 barg
Typical Performances
Residue Conversion 40 – 90 %
HDS 65 – 85 %
CCR Conversion 40 – 70 %
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Understanding Effluent Stability-conversion limits
Conversion
Asphaltenes are:
the heaviest structures difficult to characterize difficult to convert potentially unstable
Saturates / Aromatics / Resins /
Asphaltenes
MATRIX
0% 28% 48% 56% 74% 85%
Stability is the limiting factor due
to Asphaltenes condensation
When destabilized, Asphaltenes floculate and cause:
- Fouling & downtime for cleaning
- Sediment in products
VR SARA is Crude Specific
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H-Oil® Market Opportunity
H-Oil® Process Technology basis & Principles
Focus on H-Oil® Suite: a Taylor Made Solution
Case study on Iranian crude
Synopsis
Axens' Iran Seminar - Refining Day - 28 Tir 1396 (19 July 2017)
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Introducing the H-Oil® Suite
90 %
Conversion
wt%
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
Iranian Light Iranian Heavy Shengli Ural Maya
Feed
Difficulty Athabasca Zuata
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90 %
Conversion
wt%
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
Iranian Light Iranian Heavy Shengli Ural Maya
Feed
Difficulty Athabasca Zuata
H-Oil® H-Oil® Suite
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90 %
Conversion
wt%
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
Iranian Light Iranian Heavy Shengli Ural Maya
Feed
Difficulty Athabasca Zuata
H-Oil® H-Oil® Suite
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Sequential Desasphalting
- Maximize catalytic performance for both conversion and hydrorefining
- Balance reactor size and operating conditions
- Control sedimentation with HCAT®
Coker Integration
- Maximize the use of existing assets
- Unlock sediment constraints for H-Oil® UCO
- Create value not only with high conversion but also with better coke quality
H-Oil® : Assets & Values Streamline
- Accommodate high
capacity
- Overcome stability
issues thanks to
asphaltene rejection
- Balance Hydrogen
and/or utilities with pitch
valorisation
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Sequential Deasphalting
H-Oil® reactor design leverage
- Maximize catalytic performance for both conversion and hydrorefining
- Balance reactor size and operating conditions
- Control sedimentation
Coker Integration
- Maximize the use of existing assets
- Unlock sediment constraints for H-Oil® UCO
- Create value not only with high conversion but also with better coke quality
H-Oil® : Assets & Values Streamline
- Accommodate high
capacity
- Overcome stability
issues thanks to
asphaltene rejection
- Balance Hydrogen
and/or utilities with pitch
valorisation
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Sequential Deasphalting
H-Oil® reactor design leverage
- Maximize catalytic performance for both conversion and hydrorefining
- Balance reactor size and operating conditions
- Control sedimentation with HCAT®
Coker Integration
- Maximize the use of existing assets
- Unlock sediment constraints for H-Oil® UCO
- Create value not only with high conversion but also with better coke quality
H-Oil® : Assets & Values Streamline
- Accommodate high
capacity
- Overcome stability
issues thanks to
asphaltene rejection
- Balance Hydrogen
and/or utilities with pitch
valorisation
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90 %
Conversion
wt%
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
Iranian Light Iranian Heavy Shengli Ural Maya
Feed
Difficulty Athabasca Zuata
H-Oil® Suite
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90 %
Conversion
wt%
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
Iranian Light Iranian Heavy Shengli Ural Maya
Feed
Difficulty Athabasca Zuata
H-Oil®2-stage H-Oil® Suite
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H-Oil® Market Opportunity
H-Oil® Process Technology basis & Principles
Focus on H-Oil® Suite: a Taylor Made Solution
Case study on Iranian crude
Synopsis
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Refiner objective is to boost its profit through VR
conversion
Following case study provides comparative figures
between:
• H-Oil® performances between Iranian light and heavy
• H-Oil® and H-Oil+ Performances on Iranian Heavy feedstock
Case Study Context
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Case Study on Iranian Crudes
Iranian
Light Iranian Heavy
Blend SPG - 1.012 1.066 Sulfur wt% 4.12 4.20 Nitrogen ppm 2673 6700
Conradson wt% 23.7 24.6 Ni ppm 29 130 V ppm 63 390
Asph. wt% 6.4 15.0
• Feed capacity: 60 000 BPSD
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Crudes with CCR
compatible with high
stability products through
conversion
Huge difference on the
Nitrogen impurities side
5x more metals in IH
Compare Crude influence on unit performances
Compare different H-Oil® integration and solutions on
the most difficult feed
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H-Oil® on Iranian Crudes
90 %
Conversion
wt%
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
Iranian Light Iranian Heavy Shengli Ural Maya
Feed
Difficulty Athabasca Zuata
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H-Oil® to H-Oil+ economics
90 %
Conversion
wt%
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
Iranian Light Iranian Heavy Shengli Ural Maya
Feed
Difficulty Athabasca Zuata
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H-Oil+ (SDA) - Iranian Heavy case (1)
H-Oil+ VGO › H-Oil® dedicated Fractionation
› No risk of heavy molecules entrainment
to HCK catalyst OR FCC with low
performance impact
H-Oil+ DAO › Lift-controlled asphaltenes content
› Low metals content
› Direct processing to FCC or HCK unit
Pitch is a valuable product:
› Power plant
› Bitumen
› Flake
91 wt%
Conversion
Reliable Solution balanced with:
Experience
Performance
CAPEX/OPEX
Flexibility
VD
U
H-OilRC
To FCC
OR HCK
To Block
DHDT
VGO
DAO
Pitch
GO
565+
350-565 To NHT
Naphtha
UCO
AR
SDA
To
Bitumen
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H-Oil+ (Coker) - Iranian Heavy case (2)
Products properties
are upgraded: • Sulfur content is reduced
• Higher hydrogen content
• Coke quality is upgraded
91 wt%
conversion
VD
U
H-OilRC
To FCC
To Block
HCK
VGO
HCGO
coke
GO
565+
350-565 To NHT
Naphtha
UCO
AR
Coker
Anode
Grade Coke
Reliable Solution balanced with:
Experience
Performance
CAPEX/OPEX
Flexibility
Attractive solution
with an existing
coker
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Residue Conversion Scheme Comparison on Iranian Heavy
77% conversion H-Oil®
91.2% conversion H-Oil+
(SDA)
91.3% conversion H-Oil+
(Coker)
5%
13%
37%
19% 21%
0% 0% 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
Gas Naphtha GO VGO VR Pitch Coke
5% 13%
37%
19%
5%
4%
9% 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Gas Naphtha GO VGO VR Pitch Coke
7%
42%
16% 23%
5%
13%
37%
19%
13%
9%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
Gas Naphtha GO VGO VR Pitch Coke
32%
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H-Oil® to H-Oil+ economics
90 %
Conversion
wt%
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
Iranian Light Iranian Heavy Shengli Ural Maya
Feed
Difficulty Athabasca Zuata
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H-Oil® H-Oil+ (Coker)
H-Oil+ (SDA)
H-Oil® industrial experience:
the most solid platform for high
conversion configurations
Ability to capture bunker fuel
market opportunities
H-Oil+: Tailor-made
configuration
• Reach high conversion with most
competitive economics
Conclusion
Maximum
Economical
Performances
Mature
Flexible
Reliable
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