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Develop a plan and and execute a design for smoothing delivery of coker product streams to several different refinery hydrotreating units.
Provide designs, specifications and cost estimates for an Alkylation unit closed KOH blowdown system, a Crude Distillation unit overhead system and a Fuel Gas Knockout system for the refinery fuel supply.
On-site refinery process engineering support and refinery operations training.
Preliminary process design and capital cost estimates of multi-stage fractionation units for a solvent recovery system at multiple plant locations. Simulation Diagram
Computer process simulations and operational evaluations of a new acquisition hydrocarbon light ends fractionation system. Simulation Diagram
Execute a process design for the caustic scrubbing system, evaluate existing and new columns for use as the scrubber and evaluate fired heater.
Provide a variety of distillation research related assistance to a world-wide oil & gas production concern aimed at improving refinery operations performance on a company wide basis.
Revamp study of a mothballed sour water stripper for a new service.
Preliminary evaluation of an existing petroleum refinery crude distillation unit for potential revamp opportunities to increase throughput.
Provide a process engineering evaluation of an operating petroleum refinery as a major part of due diligence for an investment company prior to potential plant acquisition.
Provide a wide variety of on-site process engineering support for a major global refiner.
Evaluate a refinery wide cooling water system in a challenging desert like environment to identify areas for improvement and recommend corrective measures.
Process design for modifying one of the crude unit’s preheat trains in order to achieve the optimum temperature and control for the desalter.
Evaluate process alternatives to reduce benzene concentrations in the gasoline produced by a petroleum refinery in order to bring operations in compliance with the Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) regulations.
Conduct a debottlenecking study of two reformer units and provide viable options for improvements based on the results of technical and economic evaluations.
Computer process simulation and preliminary process design of a Vacuum Distillation Unit for preliminary capital budget use. Simulation Diagram
Provide troubleshooting and detailed column internals analysis for a poor performing fluid catalytic cracking main fractionator at a major U.S. petroleum refinery.
Provide a process simulation and determine the optimum column operating conditions for a hydrotreated vacuum oil stripper at a petroleum refinery.
Perform a preliminary engineering study for debottlenecking a petroleum refinery crude distillation unit and provide the process design for the improved unit configuration. Simulation Diagram
Develop a process simulation tool to assist refinery operations in maximizing the profitability of their atmospheric crude distillation tower.
Provide process engineering support to a process equipment design/fabrication firm by developing a detailed process design (FEL-3 level) package for a Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Unit in a Cumene production process.
Perform a flare header and flare system capacity evaluation study at a petrochemical manufacturing complex.
Perform a process technology review and evaluation for processes to convert coal to chemicals via gasification.
Perform a process troubleshooting and evaluation study of a lab scale process that was producing undesirable properties in a polymeric plasticizer product.
Calculate sizing and recommend appropriate relief devices for a tank in olefin service.