Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. -- Archimedes
A few posts ago I highlighted Sulphco’s efforts to commercialize its Sonocracking™ desulfurization technology. As noted in the Wikinvest article on Sulphco, “Major companies like Merichem, ChevronTexaco (CVX) , CONOCOPHILLIPS (COP) and other large oil producers have been actively pursuing their own versions of sonocracking.” However, even companies with such vast resources at their disposal can have setbacks.
Note, for example, the following comment, resulting from a Google® search on “vrsh chevron” …
“The VRSH pilot plant project (Vacuum Resid Slurry Hydrocracker) now on the fast track in Pascagoula has some serious realities of scale issues to overcome, even if the pilot plant proves the technology viable.
“For one...even though the process has efficiencies of greater than 105% liquid conversion....relative to about 75-82% for a conventional delayed Coker...., the massive amounts of manufactured hydrogen required for a commercial scale plant are truly daunting. For a 100 kpbd resid unit, approximately 340 Mscfd of hydrogen would be needed. In today's dollars, we are talking about a 8 billion to 15 billion dollar investment for a VRSH complex at a refinery. Beyond the huge financial hurtles, the production of those quantities of hydrogen would require permitting new huge greenhouse gas emissions...CO2 being the byproduct of H2O / CHx reforming.
“If you start talking about carbon sequestration as a part of the project, then the cost goes into the stratosphere.
“Don't bet on seeing a commercial scale VRSH plant in the USA in the near future. When the fuel crisis winds up toward the end game, those that have the money..ie. those that have the oil....may provide the funding for a domestic plant if the political wind at that time will allow it.”
source: http://messageboards.aol.com/aol/en_us/articles.php?boardId=69817&articleId=5408&func=5&channel=Money+%26+Finance
And as a reminder to those of us who focus on technology, the price of crude has an enormous impact, as we see from the following quote from a post by Sylvia Hall (shall@wlox.com) ...
“A much awaited pilot project at Chevron's Pascagoula Refinery has been deferred due to the economy. The VRSH project, announced last March, won't be considered again until at least 2010. The company says the delay is due to the dropping price of crude oil.”
source: http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=9766821
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Friday, October 26, 2012
What’s New with Vacuum Resid Hydrocracking
“Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.” --
Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)
My 2009 post about ChevronTexaco’s Vacuum Resid Slurry Hydrocracking (VRSH) has been so popular that I decided to search for more current news on the process. One of the items appearing in search results was …
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LC‐MAX and Other LC‐FINING Process Enhancements to Extend Conversion and Onstream Factor
AFPM Annual Meeting, March 11-13, 2012, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA
AM-12-73
Presented By:
Mario Baldassari and Ujjal Mukherjee
Chevron Lummus Global
Abstract
Recent process enhancements incorporated into our LC-FINING unit designs and operating experience gained from recently commissioned units have led to a new generation of plants with reduced investment, improved energy efficiency, enhanced conversion capabilities and improved unit on-stream factors. An example of such a unit is GS Caltex’s 60 kBPSD Vacuum Residue Hydrocracker, which was commissioned the 3rd quarter of 2010 just 42 months after the kick-off of the Basic Engineering Design. This unit was able to achieve design throughput and conversion within 40 days of introducing vacuum residue feed and has been able to realize an on-stream factor of 94 percent over its first 18 months of operation, exceeding industry norms by 4 percent. In addition to the extended conversion capabilities of our LC-FINING process, Chevron Lummus Global has proceeded to develop the LC-MAX process to further alleviate conversion constraints. LC-MAX combines LCFINING and solvent deasphalting in an integrated hydroprocessing configuration, enabling residue conversions of 85 volume percent to be attained, even when processing very difficult high sediment forming opportunity crudes.
Full Text Source: http://www.chevron.com/products/sitelets/refiningtechnology/documents/2012_AM-12-73_Baldassari.pdf
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Search Tip Number 1: Use the following Google® search string:
Vacuum Residue Slurry Hydrocracking
To filter out all but the most recent articles, scroll to bottom of results page and click Advanced Search, then restrict to Past Year.
Search Tip Number 1: Google® the following for a quick look at the bio of one of the authors …
Linkedin lummus Ujjal Mukherjee
You will see …
Ujjal Mukherjee | LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/pub/ujjal-mukherjee/3/a07/961
Greater New York City Area - VP Technology at CB&I
View Ujjal Mukherjee's professional profile on LinkedIn. ... Vice President, Technology at CB&I Lummus; VP Technology at Chevron Lummus Global; Vice ...
Now login to your LinkedIn account to see the full profile.
My 2009 post about ChevronTexaco’s Vacuum Resid Slurry Hydrocracking (VRSH) has been so popular that I decided to search for more current news on the process. One of the items appearing in search results was …
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LC‐MAX and Other LC‐FINING Process Enhancements to Extend Conversion and Onstream Factor
AFPM Annual Meeting, March 11-13, 2012, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA
AM-12-73
Presented By:
Mario Baldassari and Ujjal Mukherjee
Chevron Lummus Global
Abstract
Recent process enhancements incorporated into our LC-FINING unit designs and operating experience gained from recently commissioned units have led to a new generation of plants with reduced investment, improved energy efficiency, enhanced conversion capabilities and improved unit on-stream factors. An example of such a unit is GS Caltex’s 60 kBPSD Vacuum Residue Hydrocracker, which was commissioned the 3rd quarter of 2010 just 42 months after the kick-off of the Basic Engineering Design. This unit was able to achieve design throughput and conversion within 40 days of introducing vacuum residue feed and has been able to realize an on-stream factor of 94 percent over its first 18 months of operation, exceeding industry norms by 4 percent. In addition to the extended conversion capabilities of our LC-FINING process, Chevron Lummus Global has proceeded to develop the LC-MAX process to further alleviate conversion constraints. LC-MAX combines LCFINING and solvent deasphalting in an integrated hydroprocessing configuration, enabling residue conversions of 85 volume percent to be attained, even when processing very difficult high sediment forming opportunity crudes.
Full Text Source: http://www.chevron.com/products/sitelets/refiningtechnology/documents/2012_AM-12-73_Baldassari.pdf
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Search Tip Number 1: Use the following Google® search string:
Vacuum Residue Slurry Hydrocracking
To filter out all but the most recent articles, scroll to bottom of results page and click Advanced Search, then restrict to Past Year.
Search Tip Number 1: Google® the following for a quick look at the bio of one of the authors …
Linkedin lummus Ujjal Mukherjee
You will see …
Ujjal Mukherjee | LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/pub/ujjal-mukherjee/3/a07/961
Greater New York City Area - VP Technology at CB&I
View Ujjal Mukherjee's professional profile on LinkedIn. ... Vice President, Technology at CB&I Lummus; VP Technology at Chevron Lummus Global; Vice ...
Now login to your LinkedIn account to see the full profile.
Sunday, December 10, 2017
The Desulfurization Blog: The Top 11 Posts
I dunno about you … but I am glad this year is almost over.
The Desulfurization Blog (http://www.desulf.blogspot.com/), designed to help you maximize your online research effectiveness, began in 2009. As this year grinds to a close, I thought it would be useful to all y’all to take a look at the most popular posts since we began this enterprise.
Accordingly, here are the titles and URLs of the TOP 11 since 2009.
TIP: Google® the conferences listed below for information on dates and places for the upcoming conferences.
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The Desulfurization Blog (http://www.desulf.blogspot.com/), designed to help you maximize your online research effectiveness, began in 2009. As this year grinds to a close, I thought it would be useful to all y’all to take a look at the most popular posts since we began this enterprise.
Accordingly, here are the titles and URLs of the TOP 11 since 2009.
TIP: Google® the conferences listed below for information on dates and places for the upcoming conferences.
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Murray Gray, Specializing in Canada Oil
Sands Research
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If
you are interested in oil sands research, take a moment to browse through the
material on this site.
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Google Scholar: Desulfurization at Saudi
Aramco
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Here
is something you can do to improve your online research results.
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UPDATE: Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons
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One
of the wonderful things about the Web is that it is in a constant state of
flux. One of the exasperating things
about the Web is … that it is in a constant state of flux.
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What’s New with Vacuum Resid
Hydrocracking
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My
2009 post about ChevronTexaco’s Vacuum Resid Slurry Hydrocracking (VRSH) has
been so popular that I decided to search for more current news on the
process.
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In Search of Expertise (Part 1) - JOT
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There
are commercial databases containing the names and specialties of experts in
every field you can imagine. However,
they do charge for this information. If you do not have access to such a
database, you might want to begin to compile a list of your own.
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Saudi Downstream Conference &
Exhibition 2011 … Register NOW!
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The
Saudi Downstream Conference & Exhibition 2011 presents a fantastic
opportunity for vendors of desulfurization technologies, not to mention all
the other technologies required in the challenging downstream area of the oil
and gas business.
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TIAX (Part 4) – First Contact
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A
previous post resulted in an ordered list of a few of the researchers
associated with TIAX LLC. Now suppose
that you wanted to contact one or two of the names on the list. Here is one way to find email addresses of
people associated with a particular company.
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The neck bone connected to the head bone
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Everything
is connected to everything else. Take
the following article, for example …
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Expert Quest
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Conferences
are sometimes a rich source of expertise ... Case in point ... the Catalytic
Performance and Reactor Management Summit:
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Conference Alert: IHS Energy CERA Week
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We
focus on an upcoming conference, IHS Energy CERA Week, which features a raft
of high level speakers focusing on the economics of energy. They focus on the broad array of energy
sources, from conventional hydrocarbons to wind and solar and nuclear. What they say may guide you in the
direction your research will take.
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Free Journal Alert: MOL Scientific
Magazine
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An
EXCELLENT free technical publication is produced by MOL Group (http://www.moltempodiesel.hu/en/ ). MOL Group is a leading integrated Central
and East European oil and gas corporation with an extensive international
presence.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Ten for 10 … The 10 most popular posts since the Desulf Blog began 10 years ago
Unbelievable … in March, 2019, the Desulfurization Blog will be 10 years old.
In celebration of that fact, here is a list of the top 10 posts since March,
2009.
Caveat … the Web is an ever changing organism. While I have done my best to review the links in the following posts, some of them may be obsolete.
Caveat … the Web is an ever changing organism. While I have done my best to review the links in the following posts, some of them may be obsolete.
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May 1, 2009
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UPDATE:
Since the publication of this post, Dr. Gray, who was the scientific director
for the Institute for Oil Sands Innovation until summer of 2014, retired from
the University of Alberta and became Professor Emeritus. He is not accepting
any new graduate students or post-doctoral fellows.
Source https://www.ualberta.ca/chemical-materials-engineering/faculty-and-staff-new/professors-emeriti/murray-gray |
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January 1, 2011
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Here
is something you can do to improve your online research results … Let’s say
you’re interested in recent published results of Saudi Aramco’s
desulfurization activities. But you’re interested in substance, not news.
Try the TIPS offered in this post. |
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October 27, 2010
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Not
all LinkedIn groups are created equal. Some are little more than
infomercials. Others are a mix. The Oil Refining Global Technology Forum is a
mix.
UPDATE: A recent search on the Oil Refining Global Technology Forum resulted in the following message: ***THIS PAGE IS NO LONGER UP TO DATE: Please join our other group 'Oil Refining: World Refining Association' *** |
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November 13, 2009
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A
few posts ago I highlighted Sulphco’s efforts to commercialize its
Sonocracking™ desulfurization technology. As noted in the Wikinvest article
on Sulphco, “Major companies like Merichem, ChevronTexaco (CVX) ,
CONOCOPHILLIPS (COP) and other large oil producers have been actively
pursuing their own versions of sonocracking.” However, even companies with
such vast resources at their disposal can have setbacks.
TIP: For current information on similar processes, Google® the phrase vacuum residue slurry hydrocracking |
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March 29, 2010
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Why
search more than one journal database? Simple answer … because they cover
different journals.
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June 8, 2010
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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
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April 22, 2011
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Online
database vendors like EbscoHost, LexisNexis, and ScienceDirect work hard to
make it easy for you to access their data.
Librarians and other information professionals work hard to make your
people aware of the resources and how to use them.
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March 1, 2010
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Foreign
languages have fascinated me since I was a kid. So every once in a while, I
use the Arabic Keyboard, an iGoogle tool, to type in words I have found as I
search the Internet for useful desulfurization items. Of course, I can’t read
the resulting pages, and the Google® translation is sometimes bizarre. But if
you are fluent in the language, you might try it out.
UPDATE: iGoogle was discontinued November 2013. TIP: To find an Arabic keyboard, visit: http://www.arabic-keyboard.org/ |
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June 26, 2011
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It
is nearly impossible to find quality technical articles for free these days …
nearly, but not entirely. Here are 16
items I found recently. Browse through
and pick out the ones you like.
NOTE: The Web changes over time. Some of the links in this post may no longer work. TIP: Try Googling an article title. It may lead you to the current location of the free full text. |
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September 14, 2011
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Today’s
tip … if you don’t have time to browse the Web, consider hiring someone else
to do so. Jean Steinhardt Consulting
specializes in blogs customized for your particular organization. Pick a topic, and we will design a blog to
follow that topic … and to provide tips and tricks to your colleagues on how
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Jean Steinhardt served as Librarian, Aramco Services, Engineering Division, for 13 years. He now heads Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC, producing the same high quality research that he performed for Aramco.
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