“Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way” -- William James (American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)
Corporate universities, like the Scuola Mattei, can be fertile ground for the cultivation of technical breakthroughs and the experts that produce the breakthroughs.
As described on its Web (http://www.eni.com/en_IT/work-with-us/scuola-mattei-master-medea/scuola-mattei-master-medea.shtml) …
“The Scuola Mattei and the Master MEDEA
“History Scuola Mattei
“The Scuola di Studi Superiori sugli idrocarburi ("School for Higher Studies on Hydrocarbons") was set up in 1957 by Enrico Mattei, the President of ENI; it led the way in post-graduate training in technical and economic disciplines in Italy
“Some years after his death, the school was named after Enrico Mattei. Since it was founded, the school has trained around 2500 young people , of which 55% are foreigners from 100 different countries.
“From 1991 onwards, the Scuola Enrico Mattei has added to its training programmes by introducing the theme of the environment and setting up the MEDEA Masters in Management and Economics of Energy and the Environment.
“It became part of the ENI Corporate University since December 2001.”
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What this means to you …
Whether you are an independent consultant, a corporate researcher, or an academic, there will be occasions when you will need to find an expert outside your usual circle of professional acquaintances. The Scuola Mattei site, like many corporate university sites, lists faculty names. Typically, these are people who have one foot in academia, and the other in industry. This makes them excellent candidates for technical consultants and conference presenters.
While the Scuola Mattei site lists faculty, it does not list contact information. That is where the skills of a librarian or other information professional can help. Here, for example, are a few of the faculty names listed on the site, along with email addresses obtained after a significant amount of online research time.
You could do the research yourself … but why waste your time? Use the resources available to you to leverage your effectiveness.
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SELECTED LIST OF ENI SCUOLA MATTEI CORPORATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY
[Hint: select and copy the list and paste into an Excel spreadsheet to get the columns to align correctly]
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Alberto Clô economist, ex minister of industry, University of Bologna alberto.clo@unibo.it
Alberto Delbianco Eni E&P Division Alberto.Delbianco@eni.it
Alessandro Lanza Eni Corporate University Alessandro.Lanza@enicorporateuniversity
Alessandro Rosatelli Eni R&M Division Alessandro.Rosatelli@eni.it
Andrea Ortenzi Eni E&P Division Andrea.Ortenzi@eni.it
Bruno Volpi Eni E&P Division Bruno.Volpi@eni.it
Carlo Monico Eni E&P Division Carlo.Monico@eni.it
Carlo Noè "Carlo Cattaneo" University, Castellanza cnoe@liuc.it
Cosimo Campidoglio Electricity Market Operator, Roma cosimo.campidoglio@mercatoelettrico.org
Costantino Alberici Eni Corporate University Costantino.Alberici@enicorporateuniversity
Enrico Rizzio Eni E&P Division Enrico.Rizzio@eni.it
Fabrizio Zausa Eni E&P Divisione Fabrizio.Zausa@eni.it
Federica Devecchi Eni E&P Division Federica.Devecchi@eni.it
Florinda Inchingalo Eni E&P Division Florinda.Inchingalo@eni.it
Francesco Baldino Eni E&P Division Francesco.Baldino@eni.it
Francesco Pumilia Eni Francesco.Pumilia@eni.it
Franco Donati Eni E&P Division Franco.Donati@eni.it
Giampaolo Rossi Fedele Eni Trading BV Giampaolo.Rossi.Fedele@eni.it
Gianluca Bufo Eni G&P Division Gianluca.Bufo@eni.it
Gino Giannone Eni E&P Division Gino.Giannone@eni.it
Giorgio Cecca Eni Giorgio.Cecca@eni.it
Giovanni Colombo Eni E&P Division Giovanni.Colombo@eni.it
Giuseppe Bellussi Eni R&M Division Giuseppe.Bellussi@eni.it
Giuseppe Bille' Eni G&P Division Giuseppe.Bille'@eni.it
Giuseppe Gasparini Eni R&M Division Giuseppe.Gasparini@eni.it
Giuseppe Lanzi Eni E&P Division Giuseppe.Lanzi@eni.it
Guido Silvestroni Eni R&M Division Guido.Silvestroni@eni.it
Jean Pierre Favennec Manager ofl Center for Economics and Management of ENSPM Institut Français du Pétrole
Luciano Colleoni Eni E&P Division Luciano.Colleoni@eni.it
Luigi Salvador Eni E&P Division Luigi.Salvador@eni.it
Marco Bollini Eni Divisione E&P Marco.Bollini@eni.it
Marco Saetti Eni R&M Division Marco.Saetti@eni.it
Mario Augusto Chiaramonte Eni E&P Division Mario.Augusto.Chiaramonte@eni.it
Marzio Marinelli Eni E&P Division Marzio.Marinelli@eni.it
Massimo Chindemi Eni Massimo.Chindemi@eni.it
Massimo Trani Eni R&M Division Massimo.Trani@eni.it
Mattia Sella Eni E&P Division Mattia.Sella@eni.it
Maurizio Gatti Eni E&P Division Maurizio.Gatti@eni.it
Maurizio Mazzei Eni R&M Division Maurizio.Mazzei@eni.it
Maurizio Rampoldi Eni E&P Division Maurizio.Rampoldi@eni.it
Mauro Pastori Eni E&P Division Mauro.Pastori@eni.it
Nicola Pajola Eni E&P Division Nicola.Pajola@eni.it
Paolo Rossi Eni E&P Division Paolo.Rossi@eni.it
Patrizia Rocchini Eni E&P Division Patrizia.Rocchini@eni.it
Raffaella Turatto Eni Raffaella.Turatto@eni.it
Raffaella Manzini "Carlo Cattaneo" University, Castellanza rmanzini@liuc.it
Roberto Fresca Fantoni Eni E&P Division Roberto.Fresca.Fantoni@eni.it
Sabina Ratti Eni Sabina.Ratti@eni.it
Salvatore Carollo Eni Trading BV Salvatore.Carollo@eni.it
Salvatore Pino Eni Salvatore.Pino@eni.it
Sandro Furlan Eni Corporate University Sandro.Furlan@enicorporateuniversity
Lee Schipper World Resources Institute, Washington schipper@wri.org
Tommaso Rossi "Carlo Cattaneo" University, Castellanza trossi@liuc.it
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Contact your corporate or academic librarian for guidance on developing online research strategies. They can help you identify resources that will save you time ... and your employer money.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Books from CRC Press
“A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing." -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (English lyrical Poet, Critic and Philosopher. 1772-1834)
Two books from CRC Press would be good additions to your collection …
Process Chemistry of Petroleum Macromolecules
Irwin A. Wiehe
CRC Press 2008
Print ISBN: 978-1-57444-787-3
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-1833-2
Amazon.com price: $199.95
source: http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/9781420018332.ch10
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Hydroprocessing of Heavy Oils and Residua
Edited by James G. Speight and Jorge Ancheyta
CRC Press 2007
Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-7419-7
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-0743-5
Amazon.com price: $158.46
source: http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/9781420007435.ch9
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If you are not sure whether they are worth the price, ask your friendly librarian to borrow them from a library that owns the books. This will give you a couple of weeks to examine the books in detail before making the purchase decision.
The Desulfurization Blog is about sources of information AND about how to identify those sources ... follow it for useful tips and tricks to improve your online research
Two books from CRC Press would be good additions to your collection …
Process Chemistry of Petroleum Macromolecules
Irwin A. Wiehe
CRC Press 2008
Print ISBN: 978-1-57444-787-3
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-1833-2
Amazon.com price: $199.95
source: http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/9781420018332.ch10
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Hydroprocessing of Heavy Oils and Residua
Edited by James G. Speight and Jorge Ancheyta
CRC Press 2007
Print ISBN: 978-0-8493-7419-7
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4200-0743-5
Amazon.com price: $158.46
source: http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/9781420007435.ch9
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If you are not sure whether they are worth the price, ask your friendly librarian to borrow them from a library that owns the books. This will give you a couple of weeks to examine the books in detail before making the purchase decision.
The Desulfurization Blog is about sources of information AND about how to identify those sources ... follow it for useful tips and tricks to improve your online research
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Recent Advances in Heavy Oil Hydroprocessing Technologies
“The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth” -- Robert Green Ingersoll (American Statesman and Orator, 1833-1899)
I have a folder on my computer labeled Desulfurization, where I place interesting articles found during my frequent forays into the Web. Within that folder, I have a sub-folder labeled “Core Documents.” Into this folder I place those articles that I will refer to over and over again for key words and concepts to use in future online research.
The following is one such article. Amazingly, it is available in full text and at no charge at the URL listed below.
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Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering, 2009, 2, 22-36
Recent Advances in Heavy Oil Hydroprocessing Technologies
Yuandong Liu, Liang Gao, Langyou Wen and Baoning Zong*
zongbn@ripp-sinopec.com
State Key Laboratory of Catalytic Material and Reaction Engineering, Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, Sinopec, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
Abstract: Urgent demand for light oils and strict laws of environmental protection make it important for refiners to convert heavier oils into lighter and more valuable products efficiently. Hydroprocessing technology is one of the major residue upgrading processes and it is performed with a series of reactors, each with different catalyst for different function. Depending on the residue properties, the reactors in the hydroprocessing unit may be fixed-bed, moving-bed, ebullated-bed, slurry-bed or a combination. The present article discussed the useful patents in the field of heavy oil hydroprocessing technologies. The latest development and application of hydroprocessing technologies were reviewed. Comparison of catalysts used in the processes such as solid powder catalysts and homogeneous dispersed catalysts were also examined. There is not a general rule that can give a solution to all refineries, and the final choice should be made by comprehensive consideration of feed property, product demand and economic benefit.
Full text available at:
http://www.bentham.org/cheng/samples/cheng2-1/0003CHENG.pdf
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Invite Jean to join your LinkedIn network.
I have a folder on my computer labeled Desulfurization, where I place interesting articles found during my frequent forays into the Web. Within that folder, I have a sub-folder labeled “Core Documents.” Into this folder I place those articles that I will refer to over and over again for key words and concepts to use in future online research.
The following is one such article. Amazingly, it is available in full text and at no charge at the URL listed below.
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Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering, 2009, 2, 22-36
Recent Advances in Heavy Oil Hydroprocessing Technologies
Yuandong Liu, Liang Gao, Langyou Wen and Baoning Zong*
zongbn@ripp-sinopec.com
State Key Laboratory of Catalytic Material and Reaction Engineering, Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, Sinopec, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
Abstract: Urgent demand for light oils and strict laws of environmental protection make it important for refiners to convert heavier oils into lighter and more valuable products efficiently. Hydroprocessing technology is one of the major residue upgrading processes and it is performed with a series of reactors, each with different catalyst for different function. Depending on the residue properties, the reactors in the hydroprocessing unit may be fixed-bed, moving-bed, ebullated-bed, slurry-bed or a combination. The present article discussed the useful patents in the field of heavy oil hydroprocessing technologies. The latest development and application of hydroprocessing technologies were reviewed. Comparison of catalysts used in the processes such as solid powder catalysts and homogeneous dispersed catalysts were also examined. There is not a general rule that can give a solution to all refineries, and the final choice should be made by comprehensive consideration of feed property, product demand and economic benefit.
Full text available at:
http://www.bentham.org/cheng/samples/cheng2-1/0003CHENG.pdf
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Invite Jean to join your LinkedIn network.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Processes
“I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.” -- Vincent van Gogh (Dutch Painter, Post-Impressionist, 1853-1890)
Hydrocarbons From Non-Conventional And Alternative Fossil Resources, Volume III - New Developments: Energy, Transport, Sustainability, Chapter 2 in The Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons (http://www.treccani.it/Portale/sito/altre_aree/Tecnologia_e_Scienze_applicate/enciclopedia/inglese/indice_opera.html), includes concise descriptions of processes, with comments on each process’s usefulness in processing heavy crudes, why the process was developed, and the advantages and disadvantages of the process.
Example …
"Eni Slurry Technology (EST) Process
"The Eni Slurry Technology (EST) process was developed recently by Snamprogetti and EniTecnologie, both companies of the Eni Group (Montanari et al., 2003). Unlike the technologies available today, EST operates in such a way as to permit the almost complete conversion of heavy petroleum feedstocks into distillates and avoid the production of fuel oil and coke.
"The heart of the process consists of a hydrotreating (HT) reactor in which the heavy crude feedstock undergoes a hydrogenation treatment in relatively mild conditions (410-420°C and 160 bar), limiting the conversion per pass to distillates, but ensuring a satisfactory margin of stability for the unconverted residue. The hydrotreatment is carried out in the presence of several thousand ppm of a molybdenum based catalyst finely dispersed in the liquid mass so as to promote the upgrading reactions (metal removal, desulphuration, denitrogenation and reduction of the carbon residue). The hydrotreated products leaving the HT unit are sent to a fractionating section to recover the distillates. The unconverted residue from the bottom of the fractionating column is then sent to a solvent deasphaltating section (SDA) to recover the deasphalted and demetallized oil (DAO), while the asphaltene stream that contains all of the catalyst is recycled to the HT section to be reprocessed together with additional fresh feedstock ( Fig. 11). After a number of recyclings, a stationary steady-state condition is reached that makes it possible to obtain almost total conversion levels, overcoming the traditional limitations of the classical conversion processes, i.e. the loss of stability of the reaction products and, consequently, the deposition of coke."
Why is this kind of information important to you? Because it can help an information professional like me help you by more efficiently obtaining more relevant results.
As an expert in the desulfurization field, you probably are well versed in the various technologies described. But your corporate or academic librarian may not be. Pointing the librarian to a source like Hydrocarbons From Non-Conventional And Alternative Fossil Resources will enable him or her to identify key words and concepts that will increase the effectiveness of their online searches.
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Technologies Described in Hydrocarbons From Non-Conventional And Alternative Fossil Resources
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Carbon rejection technologies
• Visbreaking
• Hydrovisbreaking
• Aquaconversion.
• Deep Thermal Conversion
• Eureka process
• Coking
• Delayed coking
• Fluid Coking
• Flexicoking
• LR Coker (Lurgi Ruhrgas)
Extraction processes
• Solvent deasphalting
• OrCrude process
• SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage)
Catalytic processes
• Catalytic cracking
• Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC)
• MSCC MilliSecond Catalytic Cracking
• X DESIGN
Hydrogen addition technologies
• Hydrocracking
• Onstream Catalyst Replacement system (OCR)
• H-Oil
• LC-Fining
• Technologies with catalysis in dispersed phase (slurry)
• VEBA CombiCracking process (VCC)
• HDH
• HDHPlus
• Canmet process
• Microcat-RC process
• (HC)3 (High Conversion/Hydrocracking/Homogeneous Catalyst)
• Eni Slurry Technology (EST) Process
• Hydrogen Transfer Cracking
• Succeed Process
• CASH process (Chevron’s Activated Slurry Hydrocracking)
• GNO-V
Technologies for the exploitation of oil shale
• Retorting
• ICP (In situ Conversion Process)
Speaking of processes, begin the process of improving your online search effectiveness … follow Jean Steinhardt Consulting’s Desulfurization Blog (http://www.desulf.blogspot.com/)
Hydrocarbons From Non-Conventional And Alternative Fossil Resources, Volume III - New Developments: Energy, Transport, Sustainability, Chapter 2 in The Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons (http://www.treccani.it/Portale/sito/altre_aree/Tecnologia_e_Scienze_applicate/enciclopedia/inglese/indice_opera.html), includes concise descriptions of processes, with comments on each process’s usefulness in processing heavy crudes, why the process was developed, and the advantages and disadvantages of the process.
Example …
"Eni Slurry Technology (EST) Process
"The Eni Slurry Technology (EST) process was developed recently by Snamprogetti and EniTecnologie, both companies of the Eni Group (Montanari et al., 2003). Unlike the technologies available today, EST operates in such a way as to permit the almost complete conversion of heavy petroleum feedstocks into distillates and avoid the production of fuel oil and coke.
"The heart of the process consists of a hydrotreating (HT) reactor in which the heavy crude feedstock undergoes a hydrogenation treatment in relatively mild conditions (410-420°C and 160 bar), limiting the conversion per pass to distillates, but ensuring a satisfactory margin of stability for the unconverted residue. The hydrotreatment is carried out in the presence of several thousand ppm of a molybdenum based catalyst finely dispersed in the liquid mass so as to promote the upgrading reactions (metal removal, desulphuration, denitrogenation and reduction of the carbon residue). The hydrotreated products leaving the HT unit are sent to a fractionating section to recover the distillates. The unconverted residue from the bottom of the fractionating column is then sent to a solvent deasphaltating section (SDA) to recover the deasphalted and demetallized oil (DAO), while the asphaltene stream that contains all of the catalyst is recycled to the HT section to be reprocessed together with additional fresh feedstock ( Fig. 11). After a number of recyclings, a stationary steady-state condition is reached that makes it possible to obtain almost total conversion levels, overcoming the traditional limitations of the classical conversion processes, i.e. the loss of stability of the reaction products and, consequently, the deposition of coke."
Why is this kind of information important to you? Because it can help an information professional like me help you by more efficiently obtaining more relevant results.
As an expert in the desulfurization field, you probably are well versed in the various technologies described. But your corporate or academic librarian may not be. Pointing the librarian to a source like Hydrocarbons From Non-Conventional And Alternative Fossil Resources will enable him or her to identify key words and concepts that will increase the effectiveness of their online searches.
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Technologies Described in Hydrocarbons From Non-Conventional And Alternative Fossil Resources
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Carbon rejection technologies
• Visbreaking
• Hydrovisbreaking
• Aquaconversion.
• Deep Thermal Conversion
• Eureka process
• Coking
• Delayed coking
• Fluid Coking
• Flexicoking
• LR Coker (Lurgi Ruhrgas)
Extraction processes
• Solvent deasphalting
• OrCrude process
• SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage)
Catalytic processes
• Catalytic cracking
• Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC)
• MSCC MilliSecond Catalytic Cracking
• X DESIGN
Hydrogen addition technologies
• Hydrocracking
• Onstream Catalyst Replacement system (OCR)
• H-Oil
• LC-Fining
• Technologies with catalysis in dispersed phase (slurry)
• VEBA CombiCracking process (VCC)
• HDH
• HDHPlus
• Canmet process
• Microcat-RC process
• (HC)3 (High Conversion/Hydrocracking/Homogeneous Catalyst)
• Eni Slurry Technology (EST) Process
• Hydrogen Transfer Cracking
• Succeed Process
• CASH process (Chevron’s Activated Slurry Hydrocracking)
• GNO-V
Technologies for the exploitation of oil shale
• Retorting
• ICP (In situ Conversion Process)
Speaking of processes, begin the process of improving your online search effectiveness … follow Jean Steinhardt Consulting’s Desulfurization Blog (http://www.desulf.blogspot.com/)
Friday, June 18, 2010
The Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons
“Everyone thinks his own burden heavy” -- French Proverb
The Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons (http://www.treccani.it/Portale/sito/altre_aree/Tecnologia_e_Scienze_applicate/enciclopedia/inglese/indice_opera.html), as mentioned in a previous post, is worth bookmarking for future reference. The item of most interest to desulfurization experts is …
Emerging technologies for the conversion of residues
In: The Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons , Volume III - New Developments: Energy, Transport, Sustainability
Chapter 2 – Hydrocarbons from non-conventional and alternative fossil resources
source: http://77.238.3.64/export/sites/default/Portale/sito/altre_aree/scienze_della_terra/enciclopedia/inglese/inglese_vol_3/137-160_ing.pdf
Among the many nuggets of useful information in this section is …
Table 3. Principal compositional characteristics of heavy crude oils and bitumens
[Tip: copy and paste into a Notepad text file to make the columns line up properly]
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.......................ARABIAN LIGHT....ZUATA.......BOSCAN......MAYA....COLD LAKE......ATHABASCA BITUMEN
SOURCE.................SAUDI ARABIA.....VENEZUELA...VENEZUELA...MEXICO..CANADA.........CANADA
API gravity............33.6.............8.5.........10.5........21.5....10.2...........7.4
Distillation yield (% by weight)
Naptha.................20.6.............0.0.........4.0.........12.9....1.5............1.0
Atmospheric gasoil.....36.0.............14.1........11.6........21.7....14.9...........13.0
Vacuum gasoil..........23.2.............31.0........20.2........22.2....38.8...........34.0
Vacuum residue (VR)
TBP cut................530°C+...........500°C+......350°C+......500°C+..340°C+.........300°C+
API gravity............8.3..............2.5.........7.2.........1.5.....7.2............7.8
Sulphur (weight %).....4.0..............4.2.........6.0.........5.2.....4.9............4.6
Nitrogen (weight %)....0.25.............0.97........0.96........0.81....0.70...........0.48
Nickel (ppm)...........30...............154.........119.........132.....107............70
Vanadium (ppm).........110..............697.........1,473.......866.....210............186
C7 Asphaltenes (wt %)..5.3..............19.7........18.2........30.3....n/a............12.4
CCR (weight %).........18.0.............22.1........18.3........29.3....20.8...........13.6
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source: http://77.238.3.64/export/sites/default/Portale/sito/altre_aree/scienze_della_terra/enciclopedia/inglese/inglese_vol_3/137-160_ing.pdf
The other tables in Emerging technologies for the conversion of residues are …
Table 1. Classification of non-conventional oils
Table 2. Main deposits of bitumens (1) and heavy crude oils (2)
Table 4. Compositional variability of C7 asphaltenes precipitated from crudes and bitumens
Table 5. Estimate of reaction heat for the main reactions involved in the hydrocracking of heavy feedstocks
Table 6. Aquaconversion process performance. Feedstock treated: extra-heavy crude from the Orinoco Belt (6.5°API)
Table 7. Comparison of the conversion yields of delayed coking and the Eureka processes. Feedstock treated: vacuum residue with 5.9°API
Table 8. Product yields and qualities from delayed coking
Table 9. Comparison of product yields and qualities when processing an Arabian Heavy vacuum residue (1.8°API and 6.0 weight % of sulphur) via coking processes
Table 10.Product yields and qualities from ebullated bed
Table 11. Canmet process performance. Feedstock treated: Cold Lake vacuum residue
Table 12. EST process performances
Table 13. Comparison of product yields and qualities when processing American oil shale by means of different processes
Table 14. Projects for the exploitation of extra heavy Venezuelan crudes
Table 15. Main Canadian projects for the industrial exploitation of non-conventional oils
The Desulfurization Blog also has useful nuggets of information … receive an email each time it is updated by contacting me at research@JeanSteinhardtConsulting.com
The Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons (http://www.treccani.it/Portale/sito/altre_aree/Tecnologia_e_Scienze_applicate/enciclopedia/inglese/indice_opera.html), as mentioned in a previous post, is worth bookmarking for future reference. The item of most interest to desulfurization experts is …
Emerging technologies for the conversion of residues
In: The Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons , Volume III - New Developments: Energy, Transport, Sustainability
Chapter 2 – Hydrocarbons from non-conventional and alternative fossil resources
source: http://77.238.3.64/export/sites/default/Portale/sito/altre_aree/scienze_della_terra/enciclopedia/inglese/inglese_vol_3/137-160_ing.pdf
Among the many nuggets of useful information in this section is …
Table 3. Principal compositional characteristics of heavy crude oils and bitumens
[Tip: copy and paste into a Notepad text file to make the columns line up properly]
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.......................ARABIAN LIGHT....ZUATA.......BOSCAN......MAYA....COLD LAKE......ATHABASCA BITUMEN
SOURCE.................SAUDI ARABIA.....VENEZUELA...VENEZUELA...MEXICO..CANADA.........CANADA
API gravity............33.6.............8.5.........10.5........21.5....10.2...........7.4
Distillation yield (% by weight)
Naptha.................20.6.............0.0.........4.0.........12.9....1.5............1.0
Atmospheric gasoil.....36.0.............14.1........11.6........21.7....14.9...........13.0
Vacuum gasoil..........23.2.............31.0........20.2........22.2....38.8...........34.0
Vacuum residue (VR)
TBP cut................530°C+...........500°C+......350°C+......500°C+..340°C+.........300°C+
API gravity............8.3..............2.5.........7.2.........1.5.....7.2............7.8
Sulphur (weight %).....4.0..............4.2.........6.0.........5.2.....4.9............4.6
Nitrogen (weight %)....0.25.............0.97........0.96........0.81....0.70...........0.48
Nickel (ppm)...........30...............154.........119.........132.....107............70
Vanadium (ppm).........110..............697.........1,473.......866.....210............186
C7 Asphaltenes (wt %)..5.3..............19.7........18.2........30.3....n/a............12.4
CCR (weight %).........18.0.............22.1........18.3........29.3....20.8...........13.6
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source: http://77.238.3.64/export/sites/default/Portale/sito/altre_aree/scienze_della_terra/enciclopedia/inglese/inglese_vol_3/137-160_ing.pdf
The other tables in Emerging technologies for the conversion of residues are …
Table 1. Classification of non-conventional oils
Table 2. Main deposits of bitumens (1) and heavy crude oils (2)
Table 4. Compositional variability of C7 asphaltenes precipitated from crudes and bitumens
Table 5. Estimate of reaction heat for the main reactions involved in the hydrocracking of heavy feedstocks
Table 6. Aquaconversion process performance. Feedstock treated: extra-heavy crude from the Orinoco Belt (6.5°API)
Table 7. Comparison of the conversion yields of delayed coking and the Eureka processes. Feedstock treated: vacuum residue with 5.9°API
Table 8. Product yields and qualities from delayed coking
Table 9. Comparison of product yields and qualities when processing an Arabian Heavy vacuum residue (1.8°API and 6.0 weight % of sulphur) via coking processes
Table 10.Product yields and qualities from ebullated bed
Table 11. Canmet process performance. Feedstock treated: Cold Lake vacuum residue
Table 12. EST process performances
Table 13. Comparison of product yields and qualities when processing American oil shale by means of different processes
Table 14. Projects for the exploitation of extra heavy Venezuelan crudes
Table 15. Main Canadian projects for the industrial exploitation of non-conventional oils
The Desulfurization Blog also has useful nuggets of information … receive an email each time it is updated by contacting me at research@JeanSteinhardtConsulting.com
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Emerging technologies for the conversion of residues
“Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.” -- Winston Churchill (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)
The Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons (http://www.treccani.it/Portale/sito/altre_aree/Tecnologia_e_Scienze_applicate/enciclopedia/inglese/indice_opera.html) restores one’s faith in the Web’s potential.
The introduction page describes the Encyclopaedia thusly …
“During the XXth century, hydrocarbons have been by far the world’s most important energy resource, and such they are likely to remain in the next decades. They have acted as a propeller of economic progress, a crucial factor in social organization, a raw material of strategic consequence: alliances, conflicts, security policies and geopolitical matters closely intertwined with the destinies of hydrocarbons.
“No other economic sector can boast a comparable degree of complexity and uncertainty or can play a role as substantial as hydrocarbons at international level. Knowing the world of hydrocarbons, its history, technical features and prospects gives us an indispensable key to understanding the present international systems and their possible future developments.
“Eni’s Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons aims at providing the reader, whether or not an expert in this field, with a clear and detailed vision of this sector. To this end, it deals with the historical events and their consequences, the scientific knowledge, the elements and the relationships which build the value chain of the oil and gas industry, the state of the art and the foreseeable technological improvements, and the economic and legal elements that may influence its prospects.
“You can navigate the Encyclopaedia in pdf-format: choose from the index below the titles you are interested in, and then click on the paragraphs which appear on the screen to open each file”
Source: (http://www.treccani.it/Portale/sito/altre_aree/Tecnologia_e_Scienze_applicate/enciclopedia/inglese/indice_opera.html)
I was astonished to find that it is offered to the world at no charge to the viewer. In fact, you can download large chunks of it in PDF format. Take a look at the following, for example …
Emerging technologies for the conversion of residues
source: http://77.238.3.64/export/sites/default/Portale/sito/altre_aree/scienze_della_terra/enciclopedia/inglese/inglese_vol_3/137-160_ing.pdf
This particular section deals with technologies being developed to bring heavy crudes of all kinds to market. Getting rid of the sulfur from oil sands and oil shales products is a big deal, of course. It describes the complexity of the various processes in detail, but in prose that is understandable. It is so well written that it can interest both the layman and the expert.
I recommend that you bookmark the site for future reference.
Also recommended … follow the Desulfurization Blog (http://www.desulf.blogspot.com/) … and urge your colleagues to do the same.
The Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons (http://www.treccani.it/Portale/sito/altre_aree/Tecnologia_e_Scienze_applicate/enciclopedia/inglese/indice_opera.html) restores one’s faith in the Web’s potential.
The introduction page describes the Encyclopaedia thusly …
“During the XXth century, hydrocarbons have been by far the world’s most important energy resource, and such they are likely to remain in the next decades. They have acted as a propeller of economic progress, a crucial factor in social organization, a raw material of strategic consequence: alliances, conflicts, security policies and geopolitical matters closely intertwined with the destinies of hydrocarbons.
“No other economic sector can boast a comparable degree of complexity and uncertainty or can play a role as substantial as hydrocarbons at international level. Knowing the world of hydrocarbons, its history, technical features and prospects gives us an indispensable key to understanding the present international systems and their possible future developments.
“Eni’s Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons aims at providing the reader, whether or not an expert in this field, with a clear and detailed vision of this sector. To this end, it deals with the historical events and their consequences, the scientific knowledge, the elements and the relationships which build the value chain of the oil and gas industry, the state of the art and the foreseeable technological improvements, and the economic and legal elements that may influence its prospects.
“You can navigate the Encyclopaedia in pdf-format: choose from the index below the titles you are interested in, and then click on the paragraphs which appear on the screen to open each file”
Source: (http://www.treccani.it/Portale/sito/altre_aree/Tecnologia_e_Scienze_applicate/enciclopedia/inglese/indice_opera.html)
I was astonished to find that it is offered to the world at no charge to the viewer. In fact, you can download large chunks of it in PDF format. Take a look at the following, for example …
Emerging technologies for the conversion of residues
source: http://77.238.3.64/export/sites/default/Portale/sito/altre_aree/scienze_della_terra/enciclopedia/inglese/inglese_vol_3/137-160_ing.pdf
This particular section deals with technologies being developed to bring heavy crudes of all kinds to market. Getting rid of the sulfur from oil sands and oil shales products is a big deal, of course. It describes the complexity of the various processes in detail, but in prose that is understandable. It is so well written that it can interest both the layman and the expert.
I recommend that you bookmark the site for future reference.
Also recommended … follow the Desulfurization Blog (http://www.desulf.blogspot.com/) … and urge your colleagues to do the same.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Beyond the Obvious: Googling® Genoil
“Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labor, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else” -- Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. (Scottish writer, creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes, 1859-1930)
Genoil (http://www.genoil.ca/) is a company you should bookmark. According to its Web …
“Genoil Hydroconversion Desulfurization Upgrader ®, in recent tests desulfurized at a rate of 99.5% at an operating cost saving of 61% compared with conventional competing technologies. Our process operates independently at a well, or at a refinery, the GHU upgrader significantly increases the product yields of all crudes including light, Arab Heavy, extra heavy, and heavy refinery feedstocks by dramatically raising the API and reducing sulfur. Turning lower value oil into high value crude oil and transportation fuels is what we do best. The GHU performs two tasks simultaneously, upgrading and desulfurization with incredible economics, and has been tested successfully on oil as low as 6.5 API. Our process achieves a zero waste bottomless barrel in the upgrading process unlike any traditional upgrading methods, and the heavier residue fraction left after upgrading is reused in a syntheses gas gasifier to produce the required hydrogen, steam and power to operate the process.”
source: http://www.genoil.ca/
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Like many company Webs, Genoil has a publications page (http://genoil.ca/publications) where you can download and read articles that have appeared in various journals and magazines. That’s obvious.
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Three of the articles available for download from the Genoil Web
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• Converting heavy oil to light oil will profoundly impact oil supply (The Oil and Gas Magazine -Summer 2008 www.oilworks.com)
• Is bottomless-barrel refining possible? (Hydrocarbon Processing - September 2007)
• The Bottomless Barrel (Oilsands Review - March 2007)
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Less obvious is the fact that by Googling you can find more articles than those listed on the Genoil publications page. This one, for example, is not yet available on the Genoil site. I found it by Googling® GENOIL HYDROCONVERSION UPGRADING SYSTEM
THE GENOIL HYDROCONVERSION UPGRADING SYSTEM (GHU®) FOR HEAVY AND EXTRA HEAVY CRUDE (2009)
Examination of the URL shows that the article is available on the Genoil Web … but to FIND it, you need to Google.
source: http://www.genoil.ca/_upload/fact%20sheets/Hydroconversion%20Upgrader%20for%20heavy%20oil%20and%20refinery%20residue.pdf
[Excerpt from THE GENOIL HYDROCONVERSION UPGRADING SYSTEM (GHU®) FOR HEAVY AND EXTRA HEAVY CRUDE]
Genoil GHU® Process Development In September 1998, Genoil decided to develop its own heavy oil upgrading process, based on a dual approach of visbreaking and hydroprocessing, and, therefore, by adding hydrogen mass, to obtain an increase in the liquid yields. A hydrogenation process should provide more than 100% of the fresh feed volume, instead of the 75-80% of the carbon rejection processes. To start the conceptual and preliminary design work on a hydrotreating process to upgrade heavy crude oil, Genoil acquired the Visbreaking technology from the Eadie Group and the “Bullet” technology from the Acquasol Corporation. The Eadie Visbreaking technology was developed through extensive pilot plant work conducted in the early 1990’s at the Alberta Research Council. This Eadie Visbreaking technology was modified and enhanced by Genoil. The Bullet technology is a mixing device which maximizes the mass transfer between two fluids. Full dispersion of one fluid into the other fluid is achieved (“micro-molecular mixing”) together with the “super-saturation” of the gas into the liquid. (Although this technology provided excellent results, Genoil has recently replaced it with an even more effective mixing technology.)
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Add the above search tip to the others that have appeared in Jean Steinhardt’s Desulfurization Blog … and point your colleagues to the Blog (http://www.desulf.blogspot.com/).
Genoil (http://www.genoil.ca/) is a company you should bookmark. According to its Web …
“Genoil Hydroconversion Desulfurization Upgrader ®, in recent tests desulfurized at a rate of 99.5% at an operating cost saving of 61% compared with conventional competing technologies. Our process operates independently at a well, or at a refinery, the GHU upgrader significantly increases the product yields of all crudes including light, Arab Heavy, extra heavy, and heavy refinery feedstocks by dramatically raising the API and reducing sulfur. Turning lower value oil into high value crude oil and transportation fuels is what we do best. The GHU performs two tasks simultaneously, upgrading and desulfurization with incredible economics, and has been tested successfully on oil as low as 6.5 API. Our process achieves a zero waste bottomless barrel in the upgrading process unlike any traditional upgrading methods, and the heavier residue fraction left after upgrading is reused in a syntheses gas gasifier to produce the required hydrogen, steam and power to operate the process.”
source: http://www.genoil.ca/
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Like many company Webs, Genoil has a publications page (http://genoil.ca/publications) where you can download and read articles that have appeared in various journals and magazines. That’s obvious.
\\\\\\\
Three of the articles available for download from the Genoil Web
\\\\\\\
• Converting heavy oil to light oil will profoundly impact oil supply (The Oil and Gas Magazine -Summer 2008 www.oilworks.com)
• Is bottomless-barrel refining possible? (Hydrocarbon Processing - September 2007)
• The Bottomless Barrel (Oilsands Review - March 2007)
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Less obvious is the fact that by Googling you can find more articles than those listed on the Genoil publications page. This one, for example, is not yet available on the Genoil site. I found it by Googling® GENOIL HYDROCONVERSION UPGRADING SYSTEM
THE GENOIL HYDROCONVERSION UPGRADING SYSTEM (GHU®) FOR HEAVY AND EXTRA HEAVY CRUDE (2009)
Examination of the URL shows that the article is available on the Genoil Web … but to FIND it, you need to Google.
source: http://www.genoil.ca/_upload/fact%20sheets/Hydroconversion%20Upgrader%20for%20heavy%20oil%20and%20refinery%20residue.pdf
[Excerpt from THE GENOIL HYDROCONVERSION UPGRADING SYSTEM (GHU®) FOR HEAVY AND EXTRA HEAVY CRUDE]
Genoil GHU® Process Development In September 1998, Genoil decided to develop its own heavy oil upgrading process, based on a dual approach of visbreaking and hydroprocessing, and, therefore, by adding hydrogen mass, to obtain an increase in the liquid yields. A hydrogenation process should provide more than 100% of the fresh feed volume, instead of the 75-80% of the carbon rejection processes. To start the conceptual and preliminary design work on a hydrotreating process to upgrade heavy crude oil, Genoil acquired the Visbreaking technology from the Eadie Group and the “Bullet” technology from the Acquasol Corporation. The Eadie Visbreaking technology was developed through extensive pilot plant work conducted in the early 1990’s at the Alberta Research Council. This Eadie Visbreaking technology was modified and enhanced by Genoil. The Bullet technology is a mixing device which maximizes the mass transfer between two fluids. Full dispersion of one fluid into the other fluid is achieved (“micro-molecular mixing”) together with the “super-saturation” of the gas into the liquid. (Although this technology provided excellent results, Genoil has recently replaced it with an even more effective mixing technology.)
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Add the above search tip to the others that have appeared in Jean Steinhardt’s Desulfurization Blog … and point your colleagues to the Blog (http://www.desulf.blogspot.com/).
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Explaining the potential of heavy oil … to your executives
“The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it” -- Theodore Roosevelt (American 26th US President (1901-09), 1858-1919)
Executives have their uses, but they don’t always fully understand what you do for the organization. This is especially true if you are engaged in advancing the technologies that will help us utilize heavy oil until we can transition to other forms of energy.
Sometimes it helps to point them to an article that provides an overview of how the various technologies fit together. The following is just such an article …
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Heavy Oil:Unleashing the Potential
www.hartenergy.com (July 2006)
[Brief Excerpts]
“New strategies and improved processes cut costs and make better products.
“From drilling to operations typical of a refinery, a single heavy-oil production scheme can span technologies and processes similar to those of upstream and downstream petroleum operations. In situ recovery has benefited from advances in drilling and completion technology aimed primarily at conventional oil development. Upgrading bitumen to marketable synthetic crude uses well-proven refining processes.”
“In choosing an upgrading strategy, Syncrude’s decision was to remove carbon. Fluid coking is the heart of its upgrading process, but it does have some hydrogen addition capability and uses vacuum distillation. Fluid coking is an ExxonMobil technology in which hot bitumen is sprayed into the reactor operating at about 931°F (500°C). The bitumen is cracked into smaller molecules to make a lighter product. Carbon is removed as coke that can be used as fuel.}
“Though they have been improved,upgrading technologies in use today are basically the same ones that have been around for several decades, said Eddy Isaacs, managing director for Alberta Energy Resource Institute. “The most exciting thing happening is the idea that you can gasify the removed carbon – in the form of asphaltenes, for instance – and produce hydrogen,steam and electricity,”he said.”
“BIG MAY NOT BE BETTER In the case of heavy-oil projects, economy of scale can become “diseconomy of scale,”said Gary Nieuwenburg,vice president of synthetic crude for Nexen. Nexen’s development strategy is to expand in increments of about 60,000 b/d. To arrive at that increment, the company determined the largest size vessels that can be transported to site from a modular yard or manufacturing facility anywhere in the world.That size vessel dictated the best size for an expansion. “There is a 3 to 1 cost advantage by building components in a yard rather than stick-building on site,”Nieuwenburg said.”
source: http://www.heavyoilinfo.com/feature_items/e-p_heavyoil_article-3.pdf/at_download/file
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As you can see, there is valuable information on specific vendors, processes and strategies that can help you conversations with your executives. And in helping yourself, you will be helping them to make better decisions.
Executives have their uses, but they don’t always fully understand what you do for the organization. This is especially true if you are engaged in advancing the technologies that will help us utilize heavy oil until we can transition to other forms of energy.
Sometimes it helps to point them to an article that provides an overview of how the various technologies fit together. The following is just such an article …
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Heavy Oil:Unleashing the Potential
www.hartenergy.com (July 2006)
[Brief Excerpts]
“New strategies and improved processes cut costs and make better products.
“From drilling to operations typical of a refinery, a single heavy-oil production scheme can span technologies and processes similar to those of upstream and downstream petroleum operations. In situ recovery has benefited from advances in drilling and completion technology aimed primarily at conventional oil development. Upgrading bitumen to marketable synthetic crude uses well-proven refining processes.”
“In choosing an upgrading strategy, Syncrude’s decision was to remove carbon. Fluid coking is the heart of its upgrading process, but it does have some hydrogen addition capability and uses vacuum distillation. Fluid coking is an ExxonMobil technology in which hot bitumen is sprayed into the reactor operating at about 931°F (500°C). The bitumen is cracked into smaller molecules to make a lighter product. Carbon is removed as coke that can be used as fuel.}
“Though they have been improved,upgrading technologies in use today are basically the same ones that have been around for several decades, said Eddy Isaacs, managing director for Alberta Energy Resource Institute. “The most exciting thing happening is the idea that you can gasify the removed carbon – in the form of asphaltenes, for instance – and produce hydrogen,steam and electricity,”he said.”
“BIG MAY NOT BE BETTER In the case of heavy-oil projects, economy of scale can become “diseconomy of scale,”said Gary Nieuwenburg,vice president of synthetic crude for Nexen. Nexen’s development strategy is to expand in increments of about 60,000 b/d. To arrive at that increment, the company determined the largest size vessels that can be transported to site from a modular yard or manufacturing facility anywhere in the world.That size vessel dictated the best size for an expansion. “There is a 3 to 1 cost advantage by building components in a yard rather than stick-building on site,”Nieuwenburg said.”
source: http://www.heavyoilinfo.com/feature_items/e-p_heavyoil_article-3.pdf/at_download/file
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As you can see, there is valuable information on specific vendors, processes and strategies that can help you conversations with your executives. And in helping yourself, you will be helping them to make better decisions.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
You’re an expert in something … let the rest of us know
"The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity” -- George Carlin (American stand-up Comedian, Actor and Author. b.1937)
Consider showing your expertise by following and participating in a LinkedIn® group. I do. I am not an expert in the technologies used in refining heavy oil. But I am an expert in searching for information on these technologies. So when I found the following post to the Heavy Oil group, I responded with a helpful comment ...
Refinery modifications to increase flexibility in treating heavy crudes and strong emulsions - several projects initiated? Add a comment »
Started by Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems
Hi!
I have read that some major integrated oil companies have initiated activities to add crude treatment flexibility to their refineries, as the volumes of
heavy crude supplies will increase over the coming years.
Do you know which refineries that are being upgraded for this purpose?
I think the following refineries are under consideration:
Chevron Pascagoula
Chevron Kaltex South Korea
Chevron Richmond
ConocoPhillips ??
ExxonMobil??
Other?
By Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems
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My comment, which resulted from the use of online research skills developed over a 30 year span as an information professional …
Saudi Aramco is active in this area ... take a look at the following article (small excerpt included in this post) ...
Excerpt from ...
Weekend Edition
June 6, 2008, 6:38 p.m. EDT • Recommend (9) • Post:
By Moming Zhou, MarketWatch
Saudi Arabia plans royal treatment for heavy crude
Kingdom to raise refining output, but plans may do little to ease high prices
"Outside Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco signed a contract with Sinopec and ExxonMobil early last year to upgrade a refinery in China's coastal Fujian
province to 240,000 barrels a day.
"In the United States, in a joint venture project with Royal Dutch Shell /quotes/comstock/13*!rds.a/quotes/nls/rds.a (RDS.A 54.06, +0.25, +0.47%) ,
Aramco is upgrading a Port Arthur, Texas, refinery to nearly double its capacity.
"Instead of selling heavy crude at a heavy discount, it makes more economic sense to sell petroleum products," Alhajji said"
source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saudi-arabia-plans-royal-treatment-for-heavy-crude?pagenumber=2
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I could have provided more results, but there is only so much I can do for free. The intent was to provide some useful information while demonstrating the value of my particular brand of expertise.
You can do the same.
Consider showing your expertise by following and participating in a LinkedIn® group. I do. I am not an expert in the technologies used in refining heavy oil. But I am an expert in searching for information on these technologies. So when I found the following post to the Heavy Oil group, I responded with a helpful comment ...
Refinery modifications to increase flexibility in treating heavy crudes and strong emulsions - several projects initiated? Add a comment »
Started by Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems
Hi!
I have read that some major integrated oil companies have initiated activities to add crude treatment flexibility to their refineries, as the volumes of
heavy crude supplies will increase over the coming years.
Do you know which refineries that are being upgraded for this purpose?
I think the following refineries are under consideration:
Chevron Pascagoula
Chevron Kaltex South Korea
Chevron Richmond
ConocoPhillips ??
ExxonMobil??
Other?
By Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems
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My comment, which resulted from the use of online research skills developed over a 30 year span as an information professional …
Saudi Aramco is active in this area ... take a look at the following article (small excerpt included in this post) ...
Excerpt from ...
Weekend Edition
June 6, 2008, 6:38 p.m. EDT • Recommend (9) • Post:
By Moming Zhou, MarketWatch
Saudi Arabia plans royal treatment for heavy crude
Kingdom to raise refining output, but plans may do little to ease high prices
"Outside Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco signed a contract with Sinopec and ExxonMobil early last year to upgrade a refinery in China's coastal Fujian
province to 240,000 barrels a day.
"In the United States, in a joint venture project with Royal Dutch Shell /quotes/comstock/13*!rds.a/quotes/nls/rds.a (RDS.A 54.06, +0.25, +0.47%) ,
Aramco is upgrading a Port Arthur, Texas, refinery to nearly double its capacity.
"Instead of selling heavy crude at a heavy discount, it makes more economic sense to sell petroleum products," Alhajji said"
source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saudi-arabia-plans-royal-treatment-for-heavy-crude?pagenumber=2
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I could have provided more results, but there is only so much I can do for free. The intent was to provide some useful information while demonstrating the value of my particular brand of expertise.
You can do the same.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Blogs
“Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.” -- Mae West (American Actress and sex symbol, 1892-1980)
A blog is a kind of diary … it is less formal than a full blown Web site. But it still can provide a platform to display your expertise in a particular area of technology.
Why do you care? Because someday, somehow, it will enhance your reputation among your colleagues as the go-to guy in your specialty.
How do you do it? Start out by examining existing blogs. Bookmark those that appeal to your personality. Study them. Pick and choose particular pieces of each blog design that reflect what you hope to convey to your readers. Combine the elements into a design that reflects your unique personality.
Here are a few examples. You will find more as you explore.
http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/
http://engineeringseminarpapers.blogspot.com/
http://nanotechnologytoday.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html
http://nyc.theoildrum.com/story/2006/3/8/2052/46390/
http://proyectosronaldvargas.blogspot.com/
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2006/04/middle_east_sou.html
http://www.grinzo.com/energy/index_2006x04.html
http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/
http://www.trianglebiofuels.com/blog/
Visit Jean Steinhardt’s public bookmarks at: http://delicious.com/jeansteinhardt
A blog is a kind of diary … it is less formal than a full blown Web site. But it still can provide a platform to display your expertise in a particular area of technology.
Why do you care? Because someday, somehow, it will enhance your reputation among your colleagues as the go-to guy in your specialty.
How do you do it? Start out by examining existing blogs. Bookmark those that appeal to your personality. Study them. Pick and choose particular pieces of each blog design that reflect what you hope to convey to your readers. Combine the elements into a design that reflects your unique personality.
Here are a few examples. You will find more as you explore.
http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/
http://engineeringseminarpapers.blogspot.com/
http://nanotechnologytoday.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html
http://nyc.theoildrum.com/story/2006/3/8/2052/46390/
http://proyectosronaldvargas.blogspot.com/
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2006/04/middle_east_sou.html
http://www.grinzo.com/energy/index_2006x04.html
http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/
http://www.trianglebiofuels.com/blog/
Visit Jean Steinhardt’s public bookmarks at: http://delicious.com/jeansteinhardt
Sunday, June 6, 2010
LinkedIn® Heavy Oil Group
“But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.” -- D.H. Lawrence (British Poet, Novelist and Essayist, 1885-1930)
“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth” -- Franklin D. Roosevelt (American 32nd US President (1933-45)
“Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life.” -- Soren Kierkegaard (Danish Philosopher and Theologian, generally recognized as the first existentialist philosopher. 1813-1855)
I have said this several time before, but it is such an important point that it bears repeating … a social networking site like LinkedIn® provides more opportunities than simply connecting with colleagues. It provides opportunities for collaboration.
Example …
Most Active Discussions (2)
Refining Technology Meet In Abu Dhabi 5 comments »
Started by Meghana Shah
Thanks Meghana, you will hear from us, I have informed my colleagues about this event. Mika
By Mika K. S. Tienhaara
Membership in the LinkedIn Heavy Oil group provides a heads up on conferences like the Refining Technology Meet In Abu Dhabi
Another example …
Discussions (4)
What do you feel are the key challenges relating to heavy oil developments and what are some of the emerging technologies that are making the heavy oil development viable? 8 comments »
Started by Sue Woolley, Research Manager at IBC Energy
Our technologies that are on the crude separation; we think that a combination of mechanical devices together with new emerging technologies, such as precoalescers (like the CEC) and multistage cyclonic technology (CySep) together with chemicals will give a robust and good solution. No quantum leaps, but some improvement, and also treating the slop oil with high performance.
By Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems
You can learn something from the discussion comments. And, finally …
Will Albertan oilsands benefit from the offshore woes in the US gulf coast? 3 comments »
Started by Vinay Mulgundmath, Research Scientist at Alberta Research Council (now a part of Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures)
As I believe that the BP-GoM catastrophy will increase the requirements that will drive the costs up on drilling and field development, this will also show in the oil price, that will increase. A higher pil price is beneficial for the Albertan oil sands, as it is necessary to have a stable high oil price, as the cost per barrel oil is higher for oil sands.
By Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems
You can respond to a discussion with your own opinion and raise your profile as an expert in your area of specialization.
Jean Steinhardt Consulting’s specializes in online research. Visit www.JeanSteinhardtConsulting.com to explore the potential of adding an information professional to your team.
“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth” -- Franklin D. Roosevelt (American 32nd US President (1933-45)
“Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life.” -- Soren Kierkegaard (Danish Philosopher and Theologian, generally recognized as the first existentialist philosopher. 1813-1855)
I have said this several time before, but it is such an important point that it bears repeating … a social networking site like LinkedIn® provides more opportunities than simply connecting with colleagues. It provides opportunities for collaboration.
Example …
Most Active Discussions (2)
Refining Technology Meet In Abu Dhabi 5 comments »
Started by Meghana Shah
Thanks Meghana, you will hear from us, I have informed my colleagues about this event. Mika
By Mika K. S. Tienhaara
Membership in the LinkedIn Heavy Oil group provides a heads up on conferences like the Refining Technology Meet In Abu Dhabi
Another example …
Discussions (4)
What do you feel are the key challenges relating to heavy oil developments and what are some of the emerging technologies that are making the heavy oil development viable? 8 comments »
Started by Sue Woolley, Research Manager at IBC Energy
Our technologies that are on the crude separation; we think that a combination of mechanical devices together with new emerging technologies, such as precoalescers (like the CEC) and multistage cyclonic technology (CySep) together with chemicals will give a robust and good solution. No quantum leaps, but some improvement, and also treating the slop oil with high performance.
By Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems
You can learn something from the discussion comments. And, finally …
Will Albertan oilsands benefit from the offshore woes in the US gulf coast? 3 comments »
Started by Vinay Mulgundmath, Research Scientist at Alberta Research Council (now a part of Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures)
As I believe that the BP-GoM catastrophy will increase the requirements that will drive the costs up on drilling and field development, this will also show in the oil price, that will increase. A higher pil price is beneficial for the Albertan oil sands, as it is necessary to have a stable high oil price, as the cost per barrel oil is higher for oil sands.
By Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems
You can respond to a discussion with your own opinion and raise your profile as an expert in your area of specialization.
Jean Steinhardt Consulting’s specializes in online research. Visit www.JeanSteinhardtConsulting.com to explore the potential of adding an information professional to your team.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Work Smarder … Not Harder
"I love work," the Victorian humourist Jerome K Jerome remarks in his comic masterpiece Three Men in a Boat. "I could watch it for hours." (http://www.the-chiefexecutive.com/features/feature259/)
When I was a kid we travelled from Tucson, Arizona to San Francisco, California for a summer vacation. We stopped in a curio store and I saw a sign that made me laugh … Work Smarder Not Harder.
Paradoxically, perhaps, that silly sign is à propos to our contemporary world of the Internet. Everything, it seems, is on the Net. So when you want online research, why not just jump on the Web and Google® it yourself?
There are many sophisticated answers to the question … but the simplest and most important is that by delegating the online research, you save precious time which you can devote to your specialized laboratory research.
Online searchers are no smarter than you are … in fact, when it comes to your specialty, we are no smarter than a fifth grader. But if you take the time to provide us significant keywords and concepts important to your topic, we can use our own expertise in sources and search techniques to provide you the results you need in a fraction of the time it would take you to come up with anything similar. Guaranteed.
And if the results still fall short of your expectations, be patient. Let us know we have missed the mark. Nudge us toward the target. We will recalibrate and try again.
Engage in this process often enough, and you and your librarian / information professional will develop a team approach to future research that will increase in effectiveness with each pass.
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Now for today’s offering …
Google® keyword search: Axens Prime-D Diesel Desulfurization
One result ...
Axens licenses BPCL machinery for Mumbai refinery
Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) has selected Axens to provide technology licences for a naphtha hydrotreater and a continuous catalytic regeneration CCR reformer (octanising) at its Mumbai refinery.
The 900,000 ton-per-annum (TPA) CCR reformer will operate on mixed mode to produce benzene and toluene or minimum 108 RON reformate destined for gasoline conforming to Euro III / IV specifications.
Besides meeting the additional requirements of Euro IV fuels, this project will pave the way for further quality upgrading to meet Euro V standards.
Axens is a technology benchmark in gasoline and diesel pool upgrading projects.
source: http://www.processingtalk.com/news/axe/axe121.html
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If your organization does not employ a librarian, consider contacting an independent information professional like Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC (www.JeanSteinhardtConsulting.com) Visit Jean’s LinkedIn profile at: www.linkedin.com/in/jeansteinhardtresearch
When I was a kid we travelled from Tucson, Arizona to San Francisco, California for a summer vacation. We stopped in a curio store and I saw a sign that made me laugh … Work Smarder Not Harder.
Paradoxically, perhaps, that silly sign is à propos to our contemporary world of the Internet. Everything, it seems, is on the Net. So when you want online research, why not just jump on the Web and Google® it yourself?
There are many sophisticated answers to the question … but the simplest and most important is that by delegating the online research, you save precious time which you can devote to your specialized laboratory research.
Online searchers are no smarter than you are … in fact, when it comes to your specialty, we are no smarter than a fifth grader. But if you take the time to provide us significant keywords and concepts important to your topic, we can use our own expertise in sources and search techniques to provide you the results you need in a fraction of the time it would take you to come up with anything similar. Guaranteed.
And if the results still fall short of your expectations, be patient. Let us know we have missed the mark. Nudge us toward the target. We will recalibrate and try again.
Engage in this process often enough, and you and your librarian / information professional will develop a team approach to future research that will increase in effectiveness with each pass.
///////
Now for today’s offering …
Google® keyword search: Axens Prime-D Diesel Desulfurization
One result ...
Axens licenses BPCL machinery for Mumbai refinery
Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) has selected Axens to provide technology licences for a naphtha hydrotreater and a continuous catalytic regeneration CCR reformer (octanising) at its Mumbai refinery.
The 900,000 ton-per-annum (TPA) CCR reformer will operate on mixed mode to produce benzene and toluene or minimum 108 RON reformate destined for gasoline conforming to Euro III / IV specifications.
Besides meeting the additional requirements of Euro IV fuels, this project will pave the way for further quality upgrading to meet Euro V standards.
Axens is a technology benchmark in gasoline and diesel pool upgrading projects.
source: http://www.processingtalk.com/news/axe/axe121.html
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If your organization does not employ a librarian, consider contacting an independent information professional like Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC (www.JeanSteinhardtConsulting.com) Visit Jean’s LinkedIn profile at: www.linkedin.com/in/jeansteinhardtresearch
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Journals and Authors
"Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet." -- Douglas Adams
Periodic online research using your list of keywords produces multiple results. For example …
ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com) search: sulphur-resistant noble metal hydrotreating catalyst
Limit to: 2010
… results in the following list of articles. But by mining the results, you also end up with a list of journals and authors for further research.
And there’s more … Find an article of particular interest, purchase a copy, and look at its list of references. This will lead you to yet more authors and journals of interest.
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Articles resulting from a search of ScienceDirect for: sulphur-resistant noble metal hydrotreating catalyst
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Synergism in alumina-supported noble metals and molybdenum stacked-bed catalysts via spillover hydrogen in gas–oil hydrodesulphurization
Catalysis Today, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 February 2010
M. Villarroel, A. Méndez, G. Águila, N. Escalona, P. Baeza, F. Gil-Llambías
The functionalities of Pt–Mo catalysts in hydrotreatment reactions
Fuel, Volume 89, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 1012-1018
V.G. Baldovino-Medrano, Sonia A. Giraldo, Aristóbulo Centeno
Combined pre-reforming–desulfurization of high-sulfur fuels for distributed hydrogen applications
Fuel, Volume 89, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1221-1229
Nazim Muradov, Karthikeyan Ramasamy, Clovis Linkous, Cunping Huang, Ibrahim Adebiyi, Franklyn Smith, Ali T-Raissi, James Stevens
Metal Reclamation from Spent Hydroprocessing Catalysts
Handbook of Spent Hydroprocessing Catalysts, 2010, Pages 269-315
Dr. Meena Marafi, Dr. Antony Stanislaus, Dr. Edward Furimsky
Environmental Aspects in Refining
Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining, 2010, Pages 423-455
Mohamed A. Fahim, Taher A. Alsahhaf, Amal Elkilani
Hydroprocessing of Petroleum
Handbook of Spent Hydroprocessing Catalysts, 2010, Pages 17-49
Dr. Meena Marafi, Dr. Antony Stanislaus, Dr. Edward Furimsky
Catalytic performance of platinum doped tungsten carbide in simultaneous hydrodenitrogenation and hydrodesulphurization
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 93, Issues 3-4, 12 January 2010, Pages 241-249
M. Lewandowski, P. Da Costa, D. Benichou, C. Sayag
Look at www.JeanSteinhardConsulting.com for more search tips and tricks to help you find what you need to further your research
Periodic online research using your list of keywords produces multiple results. For example …
ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com) search: sulphur-resistant noble metal hydrotreating catalyst
Limit to: 2010
… results in the following list of articles. But by mining the results, you also end up with a list of journals and authors for further research.
And there’s more … Find an article of particular interest, purchase a copy, and look at its list of references. This will lead you to yet more authors and journals of interest.
///////
Articles resulting from a search of ScienceDirect for: sulphur-resistant noble metal hydrotreating catalyst
///////
Synergism in alumina-supported noble metals and molybdenum stacked-bed catalysts via spillover hydrogen in gas–oil hydrodesulphurization
Catalysis Today, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 February 2010
M. Villarroel, A. Méndez, G. Águila, N. Escalona, P. Baeza, F. Gil-Llambías
The functionalities of Pt–Mo catalysts in hydrotreatment reactions
Fuel, Volume 89, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 1012-1018
V.G. Baldovino-Medrano, Sonia A. Giraldo, Aristóbulo Centeno
Combined pre-reforming–desulfurization of high-sulfur fuels for distributed hydrogen applications
Fuel, Volume 89, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages 1221-1229
Nazim Muradov, Karthikeyan Ramasamy, Clovis Linkous, Cunping Huang, Ibrahim Adebiyi, Franklyn Smith, Ali T-Raissi, James Stevens
Metal Reclamation from Spent Hydroprocessing Catalysts
Handbook of Spent Hydroprocessing Catalysts, 2010, Pages 269-315
Dr. Meena Marafi, Dr. Antony Stanislaus, Dr. Edward Furimsky
Environmental Aspects in Refining
Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining, 2010, Pages 423-455
Mohamed A. Fahim, Taher A. Alsahhaf, Amal Elkilani
Hydroprocessing of Petroleum
Handbook of Spent Hydroprocessing Catalysts, 2010, Pages 17-49
Dr. Meena Marafi, Dr. Antony Stanislaus, Dr. Edward Furimsky
Catalytic performance of platinum doped tungsten carbide in simultaneous hydrodenitrogenation and hydrodesulphurization
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 93, Issues 3-4, 12 January 2010, Pages 241-249
M. Lewandowski, P. Da Costa, D. Benichou, C. Sayag
Look at www.JeanSteinhardConsulting.com for more search tips and tricks to help you find what you need to further your research
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