AFPMQA 2012 DayTwo

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
2012 Q&A and

Technology Forum
Conference Daily Published by HYDROCARBON PROCESSING
DAY TWO Tuesday | October 2, 2012

Carlos Cabrera knows the down-
stream industry from many sides, from
his former role as president of UOP to
his current position as executive chair-
man of heavy oil development group
Ivanhoe Energy, and several other
stops along the way.
I come today as independent, he
said in Monday mornings keynote
address. I hope to some degree I can
insult all of you, but also fnd some
balance.
He did note, however, that one par-
ticular theme should unite all down-
stream businesses: the need to rede-
fne sustainability.
This is a business, and its all
about having a sustainable business,
said Mr. Cabrera, speaking to a di-
verse audience at the AFPM Q&A and
Technology Forum. Im offended by
environmental groups that think any-
thing sustainable has to be environ-
mental or green.
You, as the industry, have to re-
capture that term that has been hi-
jacked by environmentalists.
Mr. Cabrera said the hydrocarbon
processing industry (HPI) faces many
regulatory hurdles to reach this goal,
starting with government-subsidized
sectors such as those found within re-
newable energy.
Sustainable means you have to be
proftable in the absence of government
subsidies, he said. At the end of the
day, if you have a business, you have to
have a good and novel idea. You cant
rely on them to give it to you.
Other priorities for companies to
reach true sustainability, Mr. Cabrera
said, include having the capability
to grow, possessing the fexibility to
adapt to changing environmental and
regulatory frameworks, and giving an
acceptable return to all stakeholders.
Those stakeholders are not just
direct shareholders, he warned, but
also employees and the communities
served, among others.
I have become very distressed in
the last 10 to 15 years that some me-
ga-companies in the US have taken to
only being concerned with sharehold-
ers and forgetting the other players,
Mr. Cabrera remarked.
Thats not a sustainable business.
Part of focusing on the communi-
ties served means understanding new
markets. In a world where OECD
product demand is fat or declining
and non-OECD countries are seeing
rapid demand increases, access to
growing markets is critical, Mr. Ca-
brera explained.
Dr. Mikhail Skliar from the Univer-
sity of Utahs department of chemical
engineering was the keynote speaker
who opened Monday mornings plant
automation session. Dr. Skliar said
that chemical engineering employ-
ment in the US has been fairly cycli-
cal. Out of all industrial employers,
chemicals and fuels companies like
those represented at the AFPM Q&A
employ 40% of all chemical engineers
in the US. Looking to the future, Dr.
Skliar believes there will be substan-
tial growth in Asia. He said that, by
2030, at least fve out of 10 global
chemical companies will be based in
Asia or the Middle East.
Job prospects. Chemical engineers
should have favorable job prospects,
as many workers in the occupation
reach retirement age between 2010
and 2020. According to the US Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics, only 30,200
people are currently employed as
chemical engineers in the US.
Another important trend that Dr.
Skliar pointed out involves recent
changes to curriculum for undergrad-
uate chemical engineering degrees.
There is a new emphasis on biochemi-
cal engineering, freshman design, and
lab and course experiments.
Training for chemical engineers
should be in-depth, but at the same
time broad enough to enable employ-
ability, Dr. Skliar asserted. A life-
time of learning, with independent
critical thinking and developed tech-
nical skills, is needed to solve chal-
lenging technical problems.
Trends. Where is chemical engineer-
ing headed in the near and long terms?
Are biological engineering and nano-
technology merely fads, or are they
important courses of study for the fu-
ture? Many engineering departments
(up to 50%) have renamed themselves
Chemical and Biological Engineering
(examples include the University of
Colorado, the University of Wisconsin
and the University of Notre Dame).
This is a direct result of changes in
funding priorities, which often change
the direction of departments.
Other chemical engineering de-
partments have changed their focus to
chemical and bimolecular engineering
(Georgia Tech, Penn and the Universi-
ty of Illinois are but a few examples).
Even more striking, in these hastily
rearranged departments, many profes-
sors are no longer chemical engineers.
In a further shock to the established
systems of the past, process control
requirements have been dropped at
some universities, like Princeton.
Change in interest. Around 2006, Dr.
Skliar noticed a change in student
interest. Students once again were
pursuing energy and sustainability
courses of study, especially uncon-
ventional and alternative energy. In
fact, the University of Utah has a
new petroleum engineering degree
that will be available beginning next
year. However, Dr. Skliar was keen to
point out that chemical engineers are
not only feeding into petroleum and
petrochemical companies. The semi-
conductor industry is also gobbling
CARLOS CABRERA, Ivanhoe Energy
DR. MIKHAIL SKLAIR,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of Utah
See CABRERA, page 5
See FUTURE, page 8
Chemical engineers of the future:
What are they learning now?
Cabrera looks to redefine sustainability
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TUESDAY
7 a.m.5 p.m. Registration
88:55 a.m. General Session
910 a.m. Plant Automation: Business Integration and Intelligence (BII)
Role-Based DSS: The New Look of Old MOM!, Eyad A. Buhulaiga,
Saudi Aramco
The Future of Automation is Now, Martin A. Turk, Ph.D., Invensys
9 a.m.12 p.m. Principles & Practices: Gasoline Processes
Q&A: Crude/Vacuum Distillation & Coking
Panelists: Kevin Basham, Marathon Petroleum Corporation,
Catlettsburg, KY; Steve Clifford, Motiva Enterprises LLC,
Convent, LA; Mike Dion, GE Water & Process Technologies,
Trevose, PA; Howard Lee, BP, Naperville, IL; Al Shelton,
KBC Advanced Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX
1010:15 a.m. Coffee Break
10:15 a.m.12 p.m. Plant Automation: Business Integration and Intelligence (BII)
(Continuation)
Using Integrated Data to Change the Refinery Operations
Paradigm, Blake Larsen, Western Refining
New Personal Business Intelligence CapabilitiesChanging the
Analytics Game in Refining, OSIsoft
122 p.m. Lunch in Exhibit Hall
23:30 p.m. Plant Automation: Best Practices (Part I)
Advanced Process Control on OMV Refinery Schwechat
Butadiene Unit, Reinhard Gross, OMV Refining & Marketing
GmbH
The New API RP 556Best Practices for Instrumentation,
Control, and Protective Systems for Gas Fired Heaters,
Randy Stier, Valero & Gary Hawkins, Emerson
Advanced Control in the Hydrotreating Unit of Diesel
and the Hydrogen Generation Unit in Brazil, Magno Schiavolin,
Petrobras
25:15 p.m. Principles & Practices: Crude/Vacuum Distillation & Coking
Q&A: FCC
Panelists: Clifford Avery, Albemarle Corporation, Houston, TX;
Halle Ewbank Brooks, BP Refining, Naperville, IL; Jag Lall,
UOP LLC, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom; Sergio Pimentel,
CITGO Petroleum Corporation, Lake Charles, LA; Christian
Schoepe, Phillips 66, Ferndale, WA; Jesse Williams, KBR,
Houston, TX
3:303:45 p.m. Refreshment break
3:455:15 p.m. Plant Automation: Best Practices (Part II)
Advanced Process Control (APC) as a ServiceHow Petrobras
Downstream Teamed with Accenture to Quickly Scale Up
Its Installed Base of APC, Susie Schmidt, Accenture
Security: Dos & Donts, Shawn Gold, Honeywell
SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS
AND SPECIAL EVENTS
COMPANY LOCATION
Advanced Refining Technology Riviera
Air Products and Technip Grand Ballroom D
Axens North America Tuscany
BASF Savoy
Champion Technologies Fontainbleau
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP/Reactor Resources Vienna
Dupont Audubon
Emerson Process Management Provence
Grace Catalysts Technologies Riviera
Haldor Topsoe, Inc. Versailles
Johnson Matthey Belvedere
Norton Engineering Consultants/Alden Labs Grenoble
Technip Stone & Webster Process Technology Hermitage
UOP, A Honeywell Company Sussex
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2012 Q&A AND
TECHNOLOGY FORUM
Lifetime Service Award winners
The Peter G. Andrews Lifetime
Service Award honors members who
have made long-lasting contributions
to the value and vitality of the AFPM
Q&A meeting. This award was estab-
lished in 2003 to honor the numerous
contributions that Mr. Andrews made
to the meeting.
Recipients of this award have
served as Q&A panelists, Screening
or Plant Automation & Decision Sup-
port committee members and, most
importantly, active participants in the
dialogue that is fundamental to the
meeting. During their careers, the re-
cipients have demonstrated a willing-
ness to pass on their knowledge and
expertise to future generations in this
forum, and they have made signifcant
contributions to the meetings qual-
ity. They have also emphasized the
importance of sharing knowledge in
making continuous improvements.
This years honorees are Joe
McLean, BASF, and Rich Bowman,
TOTAL Petrochemicals. In tomor-
rows edition of the offcial AFPM
Q&A show daily newspaper, we will
offer expanded individual profles of
each award winner. For now, we join
with the rest of the meeting in offering
sincere congratulations to the contri-
butions the honorees have made.
JOE MCLEAN of BASF accepted
a Lifetime Service Award.
RICH BOWMAN of Total
Petrochemicals spoke after being awarded
by the AFPM for lifetime service.
KBC Advanced Technologies sponsored
the Monday morning coffee break on the
Grand American Hotels interior patio.
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HOSPITALITY ROUNDUP
DUPONT BETS ON CASINO
ENTERTAINMENT
DuPont is hoping the casino night
theme at its Grand America Hotel
suite attracts AFPM attendees inter-
ested in conversations over a low-
pressure environment.
We actually have the casino theme
at the Annual Meeting, too, said Sa-
mantha McLeese, alkylation techni-
cal development engineer for DuPont
Sustainable Solutions. Thats where
we got the idea.
We thought it was great entertain-
ment, she added. People can come
in and out. It engages a group and
allows people to come up in a low-
pressure environment. They dont
necessarily have to stand and have a
one-on-one conversation. We think
its a good way to let people have en-
tertainment as well as conversation.
Casino games on Sunday included
both blackjack and craps.
On the business side, Ms. McLeese
said DuPont had received positive
feedback from both existing and po-
tential new customers.
This year, were emphasizing our
IsoTherming hydroprocessing tech-
nologies, she said. Were having
great feedback thus far with our cur-
rent customers as well as [with] some
new faces.
The DuPont suite will be open
nightly through Tuesday.
JOHNSON MATTHEY
ENTERS AFPM FEET FIRST
If Johnson Matthey has its way,
bright and shiny footwear could drive
new business at the 2012 AFPM Q&A
and Technology Forum.
So far, its been very positive feed-
back, said Kristin Parker, marketing
coordinator for refnery process tech-
nologies within the company.
Johnson Matthey hosted a general
hospitality event on Sunday night,
offering free shoe-shining kits to
visitors alongside drinks, coffee and
conversation.
On Monday and Tuesday nights,
the company will have a professional
shoe shiner on hand in its suite to take
care of guests. Theyll also present
Seth, an award-winning magician that
has worked with Johnson Matthey at
industry events for around 15 years.
Were looking forward to a re-
ally great conference, said Ms.
Parker. The magician weve had
for the last 15 years, hes a standard
here. We think its really going to be
wonderful.
She credited favorable weather for
sparking higher-than-usual attendance
at early-week events.
I think it helps that there was a
beautiful reception right out front,
said Ms. Parker. I think that every-
one in the courtyard just kind of trick-
led in, and its been a lovely night.
UOP ENTICES ATTENDEES
THROUGH SPORTS
UOP opened the 2012 AFPM Q&A
and Technology Forum with a Sunday
night suite focused on sports, offering
attendees the chance to play foosball,
toss darts and watch live primetime
football on high-defnition screens.
UOP bartenders generally have
to work a little bit longer than they
signed up for, said Charlie Hamlin,
senior director for technology ser-
vices. We always have stragglers,
he quipped.
What you typically fnd for us at
AFPM is a lot of ex-UOP guys who
come up, so when it gets to be 10:30
or 11:00 [P.M.], this place is flled
with all of our friends.
The suite also offers a balcony pa-
tio with a picturesque view of Salt
Lake City and the nearby mountains.
The city is fantastic, Mr. Hamlin
said. I dont know if anyone antici-
pated the weather would be this nice,
and the view is spectacular. I think
well get a lot of traffc and people
coming to check out UOP.
Mr. Hamlin said that through the
suite, which also features promotion-
al materials, UOP hopes to raise in-
dustry awareness for the companys
latest innovations.
The keys for us are new catalysts
for platforming and new catalysts for
hydroprocessing, diesel production
and middle distillates, and also for
upgrading the bottom of the barrel,
he said.
We want to make sure there are
enough people that understand what
we have.
GE PROVIDES ICE CREAM
AND GOLF ADVICE
TO VISITORS
At GEs hospitality suite, a golf
pro was in attendance offering ad-
vice to visitors on how to shave some
strokes off their golf game. He was
also willing to conduct swing analy-
sis and discuss the mental aspects
of golf. The exciting conclusion to
the Ryder Cup was also a hot topic
of conversation in the suite. While
suite visitors appreciated the golf
tips, everyone admitted they were
present frst to dabble in the delicious
ice cream sundaes that have become a
GE hospitality suite tradition.
Focus on Hydroprocessing Q&A
The Hydroprocessing Q&A got
the 2012 AFPM Q&A meeting off to
an informative start. Of particular in-
terest was Question 2, which asked,
What are the operating constraints
in co-processing coker naphtha in a
ultra low sulfur diesel and/or gas oil
hydrotreater unit?
The answer, by Christopher Bodo-
lus of Coffeyville Resources, was not
only discussed in person but can also be
found at afpm.org. Here is an excerpt:
The primary operating constraints
in co-processing coker naphtha in a
heavy oil hydrotreaters concern dilu-
tion of hydrogen partial pressure (due
to naphtha vaporization) and the effect
that the exotherm has on the unit heat
balance. Inclusion of coker naphtha
increases the top bed exotherm, often
reducing heater duty. Simultaneously,
there may be an increase in stripper
section duty to lift the product naph-
tha into the overhead stream.
Primary contamination constraints
in coker naphtha include Silicon re-
sulting from the decomposition of
Anti-Foams used during the coking
process. The Silicon contamination
deposits on the hydrotreating catalyst
leading to deactivation and has a se-
vere negative impact on the prospects
of regenerating the spent catalyst. Top
bed fouling, due to di-olefn content
of coker naphtha, can also limit run
length due to differential pressure
build. If the unit is expected to have a
steady diet of coker naphtha, catalyst
loading options in the top bed can in-
clude a silicon trap and/or a layer of
controlled di-olefn saturation catalyst
along with enhanced void bed grad-
ing. Note that coker naphtha holding
tanks should be protected from oxy-
gen ingress (produces per-oxy free
radicals) and long-term storage at el-
evated temperatures due to olefn/di-
olefn content.
From an economic standpoint,
coker naphtha processing in a distil-
late hydrotreaters also causes a loss
of octane due to saturation of ole-
fns. Consumption of hydrogen will
be high and resulting treated naphtha
may have residual nitrogen liability.
Balancing the heat duty and overall
rate changes in heavy oil hydrotreat-
ers with variable coker naphtha is
not always intuitive to the operations
staff. After a more than a year of op-
erations it was decided to develop a
transition tool to assist operators in
predicting what new heater setting
would be required.
ROBERT OHMES of KBC Advanced
Technologies discussed hydroprocessing
techniques.
KEVIN CARLSON responded to
questions on behalf of Criterion
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CABRERA, continued from
page 1
Our drivers in the industry were
from a perspective of affuence, but
now its moving to poverty, he said.
Effciencies are important, but its
really a low-cost world. We face a
world where competitors are very
cheap just because of underlying eco-
nomic conditions.
The key is low-cost, affordable
energy.
For companies to meet those goals
and become sustainable, they need
technology breakthroughs, accord-
ing to Mr. Cabrera. However, he cau-
tioned that experience tells him it can
be very diffcult to spur new tech-
nology in the oil industry.
Theres a natural risk aversion
within the industry. Plus, policy un-
certainty can infuence investment de-
cisions, he said.
To overcome those factors, de-
velopers should focus as directly as
possible on the most-needed areas.
In the modern HPI, those areas are
hydrocracking, hydrotreating and de-
sulfurization.
In the short term, it keeps looking
like a middle distillate world, Mr.
Cabrera said.
Technology breakthroughs are most
needed in three specifc areas. Those
areas are heavy oil processing devel-
opment, the effcient and economical
handling of cellulose, and new ways
to activate methane and convert abun-
dant gas reserves to liquids.
Those are the potential game-
changers, he said.
For leadership personnel, Mr. Ca-
brera said those most effective at cre-
ating and operating sustainable en-
terprises will share several common
traits. These traits include the capabil-
ity to simplify and process complex
government and market signals.
They must be willing to take risk
and act, he challenged.
Other needed traits include willing-
ness to change; understanding and ac-
ceptance of responsibility to the public
and consumers; a keen sense of who
the true competitors are, both now and
in the future; investment in technology
and appreciation of the game-chang-
ing role it can play; and integrating
multiple sources of knowledge to mo-
tivate and infuence all stakeholders.
Like any business, the HPI is
complex and challenging, Mr. Ca-
brera said. Threats and opportunities
are interrelated.
Mr. Cabrera closed his remarks by
thanking AFPM for the opportunity to
speak, noting that it was his frst time
attending the conference in a few years.
Im proud to be back, he said.
When AFPM called me up, I didnt
respond at frst because I didnt recog-
nize [the new name], he quipped.
But Im so glad to be here. I see
a lot of friends and a lot of familiar
faces. Ive spent a lot of time with this
group and am delighted to see that its
vibrant again under good leadership.
I see AFPM as a catalyst to de-
liver very, very good things for the
industry.
On the eve of his keynote AFPM address, Carlos Ca-
brera spoke to Hydrocarbon Processing for an exclusive
interview regarding the state of the downstream industry.
Cabrera, the executive chairman of heavy oil devel-
opment group Ivanhoe Energy, has served in a wide
variety of downstream leadership roles for almost 40
years and has closely monitored the industrys evolu-
tion. That gives him unique insight into what the future
may hold.
Below is a transcript of the Q&A.
Q: What do you want to hear at this years conference?
A: Were really at a crossroads. The frst thing I want
to hear is, do we have the people, the capability to man-
age what I see is a big onslaught of new construction and
new technology as a result of shale gas and shale liquids
coming onstream in North America?
What is industry doing to ensure that we have a safe,
reliable and sustainable business model to take advan-
tage of what I think is going to be a new era of energy
security for the US?
Q: What should innovation be going forward?
A: Within technology, my feeling is you never do
enough. You can never predict what the outcomes are.
With new sciences and new technologies, you have to
make sure you put [in] enough resources and enough in-
vestment, because the unexpected happens. And when
the unexpected happens, that is really when you make
true inventions and see true innovation.
A lot has happened [in recent years]. Weve devel-
oped technologies to bring all sorts of oil from all over
the world. Both upstream and downstream have devel-
oped very rapidly. Thirty years ago, all we got out of
crude was the natural distribution of products that are
produced. Today, take a barrel of crude, [and] 90% is
either transportation fuels or feed for petrochemicals.
Technology had to do that.
We need innovation so that we can diversify our de-
pendence on fossil fuels. It doesnt mean were going
to substitute them or eliminate them, because were still
going to continue to clean them, make them better, get
better yields and reduce emissions.
Like any other business, you have to diversify your
feedstocks. The only other feedstock available in the
scale we need is cellulose, but there is no technology
today that can effectively and economically convert
cellulose into chemicals or fuels. What is it going to
take? It needs a technology breakthrough.
I am convinced it will be a combination of thermo-
chemical processes and biotechnologies. Those are the
two big frontiers for the industry. [We need] the bio-
technology side to convert cellulose, and the activation
of methane to be able to transform shale gas fndings
into liquids.
Q: What do you want to convey to the attendees
youre speaking to?
A: Ive been in the industry 39 years. Im going to
share the transformationsboth predicted and unpre-
dictedIve seen in the last 39 years, and, standing
here today, what we need to worry about in the next
39 years. I want to pass down the wisdom of what Ive
seen on a worldwide basis of what has changed and
what I think is going to continue to change.
Because if we dont change, we stagnate. Sustain-
able enterprises are always about renewing themselves
and changing. Thats what I want people to understand.
I want to offer a historical perspective to talk about the
future.
CABRERA ELABORATES ON INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
CB&I TO UPGRADE
POLISH REFINERY COKING
TECHNOLOGY
CB&Is Lummus Technology busi-
ness unitwas selected as the license
provider for a delayed coking unit
(DCU) for the Grupa Lotos refnery
in Gdansk, Poland, the company said.
Once the coking technology is im-
plemented, the Gdansk refnery will
have the capability to process 2,400
to 3,840 tpd of a blend of vacuum
resid and ROSE pitch, depending on
the season.
The Gdansk refnery is the second-
largest refnery in Poland.
The DCU will enable Grupa Lo-
tos to economically increase refnery
distillate yields and eliminate fuel oil
production by converting a mixture of
vacuum resid and pitch from a solvent
deasphalting unit, according to proj-
ect offcials.
The new technology will aid con-
version of the bottom of the barrel to
fuel gas, LPG, naphtha and gas oils.
Lummus Technology is slated to
provide the basic engineering, propri-
etary heater design, training and start-
up services.
By initiating new coking technol-
ogy for the Gdansk refnery, Grupa
Lotos said it hopes to raise its capabil-
ities in processing an array of heavy
feedstocks and capturing additional
marketplace value in lighter, more
proftable distillates and coke.
Lummus Technology licenses pro-
prietary process technologies to the
hydrocarbon industry.
Procedures and OSHA CFR 1910,
20 years later
JACK STOUT, Innovatia
Beginning with their earliest forms,
procedures have been developed as a
mechanism to train personnel in the
operation and maintenance of pro-
cessing units. Procedures represented
a means of capturing the knowledge
of an organization, where more senior
personnel developed procedures to
guide junior members. This presented
an issue. Senior personnel were writ-
ing procedures based on their own
experience, not necessarily based on
best practices for safety and effcien-
cy. This loose management of design
requirements and accrued expertise
contributed to a periodic stream of
spectacular industry failures as pre-
ventable mistakes were repeated.
This contributed to OSHAs devel-
opment of the initial CFR 1910 process
safety management (PSM) regulatory
scope twenty years ago. Manufactur-
ers initially embraced the philosophy
that something was better than noth-
ing as procedure compliance in the
1990s was measured by the number of
binders and the pounds of documenta-
tion per process unit. With infrequent
updates and poor organization, this
documentation provided little more
than minor improvements to the units
maintenance routines. Although they
were poorly created, perpetually out
of date, and diffcult to access when
needed, these procedures enabled the
organization to comply with the PSM
regulatory requirements.
In later years, green-feld con-
struction projects provided opportu-
nities for a renewed focus on improv-
ing procedure quality as a means to
train new operations personnel. Man-
ufacturers looked towards ways to
capture the expertise of their senior
personnel as the industry began to
prepare for the great shift change,
as senior leaders within the organi-
zation retired. Procedures were de-
veloped in greater detail and scope,
requiring a signifcant commitment
of resources to write and maintain
them over time. The PSM regulatory
compliance now required procedures
to be certifed annually, requiring
manufacturers to consider ongoing
maintenance of the procedures.
Advancements in word proces-
sor software tools enabled writers to
produce procedures more effectively
while establishing a crude manage-
ment of change (MOC) process with
the digital fles. The evolution of soft-
ware wizards and templates enabled
armies of procedure writers to produce
documents with similar appearances
for use by larger groups of operations
personnel across more process units.
The quality of the procedures im-
proved, as did the quantity, but their
impact on process improvement was
only implied since there was no abil-
ity to measure use through audit trails.
Although the hard copies of the pro-
cedures flled binders or were printed
on demand, the growing library was
facing a cliff of obsolescence. Even
displaying the procedures on a feld
PDA or laptop computer could not de-
liver the true value of digitization be-
cause of the constraints of the scripted
document formats.
Operational excellence and reli-
ability programs at a key refning op-
eration focused on the elimination of
unplanned events adversely impacting
site performance. A recent assessment
by this refnery indicated consistent
losses exceeding $6 million per year
over a fve year period.
1
Assessment
of these events revealed that poor pro-
cedures or the lack thereof played a
key role in this result (Fig. 1).
This observation led to the devel-
opment of operator driven reliability
(ODR) programs targeting the plant
assets. Clients felt that operations
could have a bigger impact on asset re-
liability than the maintenance depart-
ment.
2
ODR programs emphasized op-
erator activities to improve reliability
through the deployment of asset-level
operating procedures. Although a typi-
cal refnery site may already have sev-
eral thousand operations procedures,
the requirement to develop unique
procedures for each asset (with four
procedure types per asset and 60,000+
assets) produced a project scope re-
quiring 900 man years to complete
with conventional procedure develop-
ment technologies. The procedure de-
velopment for just the 2,700 rotating
assets at the refnery would require 45
man years to complete.
Single Source authoring technology.
The Single Source authoring technol-
ogy introduced by Procedure Accel-
erator consists of a statement being
written once, and deployed multiple
times throughout the library of proce-
dures for operations and maintenance
activities (Fig. 2).
Innovatias Single Source technol-
ogy originated in the telecommunica-
tions industry. This technology enabled
large-scale telecommunications manu-
facturers to address documentation re-
quirements for multiple products with
the ability to adapt the product support
information across multiple outputs.
This technology has since been
adapted for the process industry us-
ing three parts: a database of state-
ments, asset templates and procedure
templates. This is the higher level of
single source logic, which captures
knowledge across the organization
to apply not only content, but also to
context. This Single Source technol-
ogy has the ability to recognize when
a step is missing across asset types
based on contextual characteristics.
As a result, multiple asset-level pro-
cedures can be created simultaneously
by defning the attributes of a single
asset. This is in stark contrast to the
historical approach of manually writ-
ing scripts for procedures, which was
a time-consuming process. The result
is a ten-fold productivity improve-
ment. Procedures are now produced
within minutes, not days.
This level of procedure digitization
delivers accurate and up-to-date pro-
cedures across multiple sites through
integration with an enterprise asset
management system. This system
helps to deliver the level of granular-
ity required to track the step-by-step
procedure execution by operators and
the on-going maintenance of those
procedures, ensuring individuals are
using the most accurate, effcient, and
reliable procedures available.
This data structure now delivers
the full value of digital procedures in-
cluding:
Deployment on handheld PDAs
Wireless deployment
Embedded graphics and videos
Management of Change (MOC)
process
Instant deployment of the most
accurate, most current procedure
Integration with Enterprise Asset
Management systems
Step-by-step procedure execution
tracking
Audit trails for reliability and
event analysis including when
the last time an asset was main-
tained, which steps they com-
pleted, and a chain of custody
on that process from when it was
written to each time it was suc-
cessfully used.
The application of Innovatias
Single Source authoring technology
to the ODR application reduced the
deployment effort from the projected
45 man years to less than two. The
application has now been online for
two years, saving approximately $2
million over a 12 month period, with
the incident reports trending lower.
The system is now being extended to
other areas and assets.
The process industrys embrace of
Single Source authoring technology
is enabling clients to deploy tens of
thousands of operational excellence
and reliability procedures to their per-
sonnel. The full value of the original
process safety management vision
from twenty years ago is now being
delivered through the deployment of
these digitized procedures.
LITERATURE CITED
1
Porter, M., Operator driven reliability at the
Irving Oil refnery, AFPM annual meeting, San
Diego, California, March 2012.
2
Porter, M., How operators drive reliability at
Irving Oil, Emerson Exchange presentation, 2011.
FIG 1. Site incident analysis: Procedure deficiencies.
Incorrect sequence 1%
No check-of 1%
Ambiguous instructions 1%
Procedure too difcult 2%
Wrong revision 4%
Check-of-misused 4%
Undened 5%
Wrong
information 7%
No details 7%
Procedure use
not required 10%
Situation not covered 15%
No procedure
43%
FIG 2. Single source authoring can be used to build procedures.
Statement database
690 40,300
Unique statements Instances of those statements used
1. Install check valve
2. Open bleeds to collection
3. Purge bundle to ame
17. Disable automatic pump start

22. Leave vents and drains open
90. Open lines to steam trap
125. Verify vacuum seal
126. Shut down main line
Pump A24 startup
90. Open lines to steamtrap
Compressor B3 bypass
38. Commission seal pot
293. Bypass hot slide
Pump A24 Prep for maintenance

8. Close and tag suction block valve
Exchange D21 shutdown

252. Verify lube supply
101. Shut of steam
Pump A55 startup

5. Purge to are
158. Open, lock and tag motor breaker
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As part of the plant automation
track on Tuesday morning, David
Seiver, director of blending APC
technologies with Valero Energy
Corp., discussed strategies in oil
movement control and upgrades.
The basis for this discussion was
that refners lose 20/bbl to 40/
bbl of blended product on octane
and RVP giveaway via the blending
process. More importantly, there are
opportunities to reduce costs by con-
trolling the amount of fnished prod-
uct that is stored.
A survey of the level of blended
product in tank, as measured on a
yearly basis, showed that most stor-
age tanks were 50% full. The result
is that signifcant capital is being un-
derutilized.
As Mr. Seiver stressed, upgrading
the blending process is a million-
dollar investment. However, there
are opportunities to lower mainte-
nance costs and repairs by requiring
fewer tanks for product blending.
On the US Gulf Coast, the average
RVP/octane giveaway was 60/bbl
in 2010; that cost has increased to
nearly $1/bbl of giveaway in 2012.
One option that Valero is using
is direct blending to the pipeline or
ship. This method helps minimize
and eliminate the storage of fin-
ished blended product. The invest-
ment for this strategy does involve
high-quality and reliable analyzers
such as NIR, Raman and so forth,
to provide product quality feed-
back to the APC optimizers. Com-
posite samples from blending are
used for lab testing and certifica-
tion in place of grab samples from
the tanks or ship.
Instead of blending to the tank,
the new strategy blends and sends
fnished products to the pipeline
or ship. The process, which would
have involved three fnished prod-
uct tanks and 48 hours of blending
and sampling, now requires just 12
hours. This process can be applied
to rundown blending operations,
but it is not as effcient and elimi-
nates fewer tanks from the process.
Openings to control cost should
be investigated, especially during
low-margin periods. Opportunities
to reduce the number of storage
tanks in service can reduce risks
and decrease the volume of flam-
mable product stored onsite.
up recent gradscompanies like IM
Flash Technologies, Micron Technol-
ogy and Intel.
Research projects. Some of the re-
search projects Dr. Sklairs students
are working on include geothermal
and biofuel gasifcation applications.
The geothermal project incorporates
proppant geometry for optimized
conductivity in enhanced geother-
mal systems. The biofuel gasifcation
project delves into building a sensing
system that works in extreme envi-
ronments.
Instructional challenges of process
control. Teaching process dynamics
and control to chemical engineering
undergraduates is diffcult, says Dr.
Sklair.
Students dont like control be-
cause it is based in a theoretical foun-
dation that is highly mathematical,
he said.
Dr. Sklair counters their misconcep-
tions about control by writing in the
syllabus of his control classes, Con-
trol is very practical. This course trans-
forms math and theory into practice,
perhaps more than any other course.
The idealism of theory confronts the
realism of actual systems, which is
what engineering is all about. Control
is like spinach, it is good for you.
This causes Dr. Sklair to wonder,
though, if there is simply too much
information to convey in one control
course.
In one course, there are process
dynamics, instrumentation, control
systems design and design installa-
tion, and adjustment of process con-
trol systems, he said.
Some of the new concepts intro-
duced in this class include inputs, out-
puts, delays, disturbances, causality,
feedback and stability.
Dr. Sklair is now teaching a class
that involves experiments in a Ziploc
bag. The bag contains items like a mi-
crocontroller, transistors and a ther-
mostat. The students are instructed
to build their own experiments. This
process demands that the students
quickly learn how to assemble, cali-
brate, conduct tests, collect data, and
identify the model.
I think that these simple experi-
ments have dramatically changed
the set of skills that students derive
at the end of the course, Dr. Sklair
said. As a result, better students will
come to your place of business and
tell you what you need to do.
The inclusion of this Ziploc bag
teaching method has resulted in re-
markably positive student feedback,
despite a substantially higher work-
load.
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Improved blending methods need
fewer storage tanks
A Gulf Coast refnery had a history
of corrosion failures in the crude unit
overhead exchangers for the past 10
years costing the refner in excess of
$1 million a year in equipment, labor
and lost production. The refnery in
question was plugging tubes, retubing
exchangers or replacing exchangers
as frequently as every 18 months. The
biggest problem the customer faced,
in trying to resolve this persistent cor-
rosion problem, was identifying the
contributing factors and directly link-
ing these to unit performance and the
exchanger failure rate.
The customer goals were to elimi-
nate or drastically reduce the corro-
sion, allowing them to run turnaround
to turnaround without suffering any
downtime or lost production due to
corrosion failures. In addition to the
direct costs poor overhead perfor-
mance was increasing the refners
safety, and environmental exposure.
Despite valiant efforts poor corrosion
performance could not be signifcantly
reduced with the application of a tra-
ditional chemical treatment program.
It was suspected that much of the cor-
rosion damage occurring was episodic
in nature and the direct result of opera-
tional changes. The customer needed
a simple way to measure and track the
corrosive conditions resulting from
changes in operation linking these di-
rectly back to corrosion performance.
To meet the customers needs,
Nalco deployed the new Nalco 3D
TRASAR technology (Fig.1) for
crude overhead systems. The 3D
TRASAR for crude overhead sys-
tems analyzer takes a stream of crude
unit overhead sour water and in real
time determines the corrosive state
of this water. Based on this analysis,
the analyzer directly controls the ad-
dition of caustic, neutralizing amine
and flming inhibitor to the crude unit
overhead. The goal is to link chemi-
cal addition directly to the demands
of the overhead system. The goal dur-
ing monitoring mode was to purely
observe the system and establish di-
rect linkage between changes in op-
erations and corrosion performance.
It was evident from the very be-
ginning that changes in operations,
particularly desalter upsets, addition
of new crudes, and the loss of caustic
injection during fresh caustic blend-
ing, had a large impact on the corro-
sion performance. In Year 1 the cor-
rosion rate as measured by electrical
resistance probes had averaged 10
mils per year. In actuality the real cor-
rosion rate, as measured based on the
failure rate, was closer to 40 mils per
year. On many occasions decreasing
pH, increasing chloride and iron con-
centrations were observed during the
18-month in monitoring mode. As can
be clearly seen in Fig. 2, considerable
damage was occurring during these
periods of upset conditions.
Once a frm link had been estab-
lished between upset conditions
and changes to unit operations, 3D
TRASAR for crude overhead sys-
tems was placed into control mode.
During control mode, the addition of
caustic, neutralizing amine, and flm-
ing inhibitor were injection based on
the demands of the system and not
a predetermined baseline dosage.
As can be seen in Fig. 3, controlling
chemical additives based on system
demands had a big impact on reduc-
ing the refners overhead corrosion
rate in Year 4 and 5 monitoring mode,
with a further improvement in Year
5 and 6, during control mode. Previ-
ously corrosion had peaked in Year 1
at 10.6 mils per year, and prior to the
implementation of 3DTCOS, Year 4
at 8.5 mils per year. With the advent
of manual control, during monitoring
mode corrosion was reduced 50%,
and further reduced an additional
44% during control mode. As an add-
ed beneft to the reduced corrosion
and the saving of approximately $1.0
MM per year the refner actually sub-
stantially reduced chemical addition,
to the tune of $169,000 per year from
Year 4 onwards.
It is clear for the data presented
that automating the addition of caus-
tic, neutralizing amine, and flming
inhibitor to the crude unit has dramati-
cally improved corrosion performance
while at the same time reducing chem-
ical consumption, saving the customer
$1.16 MM a year in operating costs.
Nigel P. Hilton is the downstream
marketing manager with the Nalco
Energy Services Division in Sugar
Land, Texas. He joined Nalco in 1990.
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FIG 1. 3D TRASAR for Crude
Overhead Systems
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Risk-based inspection (RBI) strat-
egies could help offset a concerning
trend in downstream industry safety,
according to Ed Merrick, principal
consultant with boutique consultancy
The Augustus Group.
In 2009, the US Chemical Safety
Board had nine open investigations,
said Merrick. Today, they have 14.
That, to me, says things may not be
getting better. We still have problems.
Mr. Merrick spoke at a Monday
morning technical session on princi-
ples and practices within general plant
services.
Every incident could have many
potential problems, he said. There
are thousands of tanks and hundreds
of thousands of welds, bolts and pipes
at a given facility. And thousands of
technicians.
Mr. Merrick said the vast majority
of major industry events are caused
by piping failures.
Just two months ago, a major fre
at Chevrons Richmond refnery in
California is alleged to have occurred
due to pipe corrosion. The pipe re-
portedly was not checked in a prior-
year inspection.
There are a lot of piping failures
out there, Mr. Merrick said. We
have to have an effort to put the prop-
er training in place [for inspections].
Mechanical integrity is the most
complex portion of the PSM rule to
implement.
To combat these problems, the in-
dustry invented RBI to do the right
maintenance and inspection work at
the right time.
It ensures we can continue to
make things like gasoline and chemi-
cals while preventing loss of life and
equipment, he said.
Mr. Merrick defnes RBI as the
application of the discipline of risk
analysis to the mechanical integrity
of equipment. It involves the appli-
cation of risk-based principles to the
management of degraded equipment
by placing each hazard in one of four
boxes: low, medium, medium-high
and high risk.
If youre faced with a choice be-
tween doing it now or doing it later,
you can put your work on the risk
matrix and fgure out what items
are most important to your manage-
ment, he said.
Many companies have recently
made the transition away from con-
ventional MI programs to one of
risk-based analysis, and several oth-
ers are in the process of doing so, Mr.
Merrick said. However, others still
need to make the leap.
I started my career in the nuclear
industry, where we had just one prob-
lem to be concerned witha core
meltdown, he said.
In chemicals and refning, our prob-
lems are very diverse and complex.
There are a lot of different substances
involved. We have work to do.
NEW EMISSIONS RULES
BOOST NEED FOR AMINE
TREATING
The trend toward more stringent
emissions regulations is increasing
the need for operators to invest in the
latest amine treating technologies, ac-
cording to an offcial with US-based
chemicals group Huntsman.
Greg Sweatt, technical represen-
tative for Huntsman, shared his per-
sonal insights and experiences in this
area at Monday mornings technical
session for principles and practices
within general plant services.
I was at a plant just last week; they
are now at less than 12 ppm of SO
2

emissions by law, he said. Thats
amazing.
They are implementing new tech-
nology to give them really low SO
2

emissions. Most places are 150 or 250
ppm, but new specifcations are going
into effect in places like California.
Mr. Sweatt provides technical sup-
port for existing Huntsman facilities
as well as process design and simula-
tion support for future facilities.
Acid gases exist in streams treated
in a refnery, Mr. Sweatt explained
in a session dubbed Amine Treating
101. Those gases include SO
2
, CO
2
,
H
2
S and trace sulfur. Amine treatment
then removes these acid gases.
HUNTSMAN TO EXPAND
ALABAMA RESINS CAPACITY
Huntsman Corp. has announced
a major step towards increasing its
global production of all types of
specialty epoxy resins following ap-
proval of expansion plans at its McIn-
tosh, Alabama facility, which are used
in applications that require superior
physical properties such as aerospace
components and oil exploration.
Huntsman has invested signifcant-
ly over the last 12 months in expand-
ing its capacity and capability to pro-
duce these resins both in the US and
Europe. The McIntosh investment
will more than double the sites pro-
duction capacity bringing Huntsmans
total global capacity to 11,000 metric
tpy upon completion of the project,
expected in late 2014. ED MERRICK, The Augustus Group
Risk-based inspections could boost safety
Air Products is nearing completion
on a 600-mile hydrogen pipeline (Fig.
1) that connects petrochemical plants
and refnery customers from Louisi-
ana to Texas. To get us up to speed
on how the project has progressed,
we caught up with Wilbur Mok, Air
Products vice president for North
America Tonnage Gases.
Q: What can you tell us about this
industry-rst, 600-mile hydrogen
pipeline?
Its a massive project, and one that
needed to be done. We anticipate that
hydrogen needs along the Gulf Coast
of North America will increase in the
years ahead, and found it prudent to
expand our hydrogen supply network.
By building a 180-mile pipeline (Fig.
3) that connects Air Products exist-
ing Texas and Louisiana systems,
weve united 22 hydrogen plants and
600 miles of pipeline, with a total hy-
drogen capacity of over one billion
scf/d. So, if an event disrupts opera-
tions on one side of the Gulf, hydro-
gen can keep fowing from the other,
giving refnery and petrochemical
consumers the reliable, uninterrupted
supply of product that they need.
Q: When did construction begin
and how close is the project to
completion?
Air Products frst announced the
project in October 2010. Its now over
95% complete and its expected to be
operational by this fall.
Q: How will this pipeline benet
hydrogen consumers along North
Americas Gulf Coast?
Connecting Air Products Gulf
Coast hydrogen plants via this pipe-
line will offer our customers in this
market enhanced supply capabilities
and reliability of hydrogen supply,
which is critical to their operations.
In the early phases of this project, Air
Products evaluated the implementa-
tion of an underground storage cavern
for hydrogen and was convinced that
the Gulf Coast connecting pipeline
would bring far greater benefts to
customers and shareholders.
The new pipeline extension will
connect Air Products Texas facilities
to the Louisiana system near Baton
Rouge. Once complete, Air Products
hydrogen pipeline supply network
will stretch from the Houston Ship
Channel in Texas to New Orleans,
Louisiana. Air Products continues
to add new hydrogen capacity in the
Gulf Coast, with completed startups of
plants in Garyville and Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, as well as a new world-
scale hydrogen production plant built
in Luling, Louisiana. In addition, Air
Products acquired and commissioned
a new standalone hydrogen plant in
Corpus Christi, Texas.
Q: Whats the purpose of hydrogen in
petroleum rening?
Hydrogen is widely used in petro-
leum refning processes to remove
impurities found in crude oil such as
sulfur, olefns and aromatics. Remov-
ing these components allows gasoline
and diesel to burn cleaner and makes
hydrogen a critical component in the
production of cleaner fuels needed by
modern, effcient internal combus-
tion engines.
Q: Whats Air Products history
in hydrogen and pipelines?
Globally, Air Products hydrogen
pipeline operational expertise is evi-
denced by 40 years of safe operation
of its network of systems. Pipelines
offer a robust and reliable supply of
hydrogen to the refnery and petro-
chemical industry around the world,
and Air Products hydrogen pipeline
design and operations meet or ex-
ceed government requirements. In
addition to the Gulf Coast hydrogen
pipeline system, Air Products also has
hydrogen pipeline networks operating
around the world: in the US in South-
ern California; in Canada in Sarnia,
Ontario, and Edmonton, Alberta; and
in The Netherlands in Rotterdam.
Q: Can you sum up the key
milestones of the project?
In October 2010, Air Products an-
nounced its plans for the construction
of a pipeline connecting its existing
Louisiana and Texas hydrogen pipeline
systems and creating the worlds larg-
est hydrogen pipeline supply network.
The investment provided the company
a unique opportunity to utilize its ex-
pertise in project execution and com-
mercial and asset management to deliv-
er value and continuous improvement
to its Gulf Coast hydrogen customers.
We anticipate an onstream date of early
fall 2012. Here are the key milestones:
The pipeline route selection pro-
cess was completed in fall of 2009
Right-of-way acquisition process
commenced in January 2010
Permit approval for the Texas
construction received from Galveston
District of the US Army Corp of Engi-
neers in July 2011
Permit approval for the Louisi-
ana construction received from New
Orleans District of the US Army Corp
of Engineers in December 2011
The pipeline route required right-
of-way agreements for utilizing more
than 1,000 parcels of property
The project execution plan in-
cluded the US Army Corp approval
for a 150 acre wetland mitigation proj-
ect to offset impacted wetland areas
Compression systems are me-
chanically complete
Project has employed up to 900
people (Fig. 2) supporting feld con-
struction activities.
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New hydrogen pipeline on the Gulf Coast
FIG 1. Air Products 600-mile Gulf Coast pipeline.
Clear Lake
Lake Charles
Beaumont
Baton Rouge
Geismar
LOUISIANA TEXAS
New Orleans
Port Arthur
Hydrogen pipeline
Hydrogen plant
Gulf of Mexico
FIG 3. Laying Pipe for the Gulf Coasts
new hydrogen pipeline.
FIG 2. The multi-year project has employed 900 people.
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CB&I / Lummus Technology .............. 19
Champion Technologies, Inc. ............ 46
CHEPCatalyst & Chemical
Containers ................................... 27
Chevron Phillips Chemical
Company ........................................3
Criterion Catalysts & Technologies .... 24
Crystaphase Products, Inc. ............... 37
Daily Thermetrics Corp. .................... 17
Dorf Ketal Chemicals, LLC ...................8
The Dow Chemical Company ............ 30
DuPont ............................................. 45
Electronic Data, Inc. (edi) .....................7
Emerson Process Management ........ 38
Eurecat U.S. ...................................... 43
ExperTune Inc. .................................. 18
Foster Wheeler USA .......................... 32
Gayesco, L.L.C. ....................................6
GE Water & Process Technologies ..... 12
Grace Catalysts Technologies ........... 15
Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corp. .. 10
Haverly Systems, Inc. ....................... 48
Hunter Buildings & Manufacturing .... 22
Innovatia Inc. .......................................2
Intertek PARC ................................... 29
Invensys Operations Management .......1
KBR .................................................. 21
Lubrizol Corporation ......................... 23
Merichem Company ............................5
Nalco Energy Services ................. 35/36
Process Instruments, Inc .................. 41
Saint-Gobain NorPro ......................... 25
Siemens Energy, Inc. ...........................4
Spiral Sofware Limited ..................... 28
Technip Stone & Webster
Process Technology ..................... 11
Thermo Fisher Scientific ................... 26
TRACERCO ....................................... 44
TriStar Global Energy Solutions ......... 16
Wood Group Mustang ....................... 47
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Get the Fe Out!
SERGIO A. ROBLEDO, Haldor Topsoe
In the area of ultra low sulfur die-
sel (ULSD) hydrotreating, the fun-
damental understanding of chemical
reactions at the atomic level has led
to great improvements in catalyst
design. When ULSD units were frst
commissioned, refners were wor-
ried about having enough activity to
meet cycle length and no one imag-
ined that pressure drop would be the
cycle limiting factor for ULSD units.
However, with the advent of high-
er activity catalysts, like Topsoes
BRIM catalysts, pressure drop can
become cycle limiting in some units
(Fig. 1).
One of the major culprits of pres-
sure drop build-up is particulate sol-
ids that enter with the feed. Despite
crude desalting and feed fltration,
solids may still be present in the feed.
This is a result of the feed flter de-
sign being dictated by the changeout,
or backwash, frequency rather than
effcacy of solid retention (Table 1).
As seen, small enough particulates
will pass through the feed flter and
may cause pressure drop problems,
as they will be trapped in the catalyst
bed and fll the interstitial spaces be-
tween the catalyst particles.
Some of these frequently encoun-
tered bad actors are:
Corrosion products (iron scale
and debris)
Catalyst fnes or dust
Coke fnes
Sediments
Salts (Na, K, etc.)
Large carbonaceous scale spalled
from the furnace or heat exchangers.
Fortunately for refners, Haldor
Topsoe has more than 20 specialty
graded bed products designed to al-
leviate pressure drop issues. Haldor
Topsoe invented the concept of bed
grading over 30 years ago and has al-
ways been at the forefront of grading
technology. In the area of particulate
abatement, Haldor Topsoe has the ef-
fcient TK-25 TopTrap macroporous
particulate trap (Fig. 2).
TK-25 TopTrap has the form of
quadralobe with an axial hole.
It has a 61% particle void fraction
and is very effective at picking up
particulates in the feed. Larger-sized
material deposits in the interstices
between the individual quadralobes.
Fines or smaller-sized materials en-
ter the TK-25 TopTrap pore system
and are trapped within the structure
of the particle itself (Fig. 2). The
internal particle void of TK-25 Top-
Trap is 25%, so that the total void in
this product is greater than 85%.
Case story. A Texas refner operates
a diesel hydrotreater that processes a
feed blend consisting of atmospheric
and vacuum diesel, kerosene, and
light cycle oil (LCO) with the prop-
erties seen in Tables 2 and 3.
The unit is a Haldor Topsoe li-
censed hydrotreater revamped to
produce ULSD and, with no cause
for pressure drop concern, was ini-
tially started up with Topsoes rec-
ommended grading for ULSD and
Type II CoMo catalyst TK-574 in
2006. The recommended graded bed
follows Topsoes best practice for a
properly designed graded bed. This
consists of a layer of hold-down
high void inert topping, followed by
a layer of low-activity catalyst rings
(3/16 size), a layer of moderate ac-
tivity catalyst rings (1/8 size) and
fnally the main-bed catalyst. In addi-
tion to supplying a large useful void
for deposit of contaminant, the high
void inerts and rings have the advan-
tage of improving the radial distribu-
tion. Futhermore, the catalytic rings
will initiate the hydrotreating reac-
tion thus minimizing the formation
of coke, especially when processing
cracked feedstocks.
The unit ran for ~32 months and
processed, on average, 29.8 Mbpd,
which meant a catalyst utilization
of 224 bbl/lb of Bed 1 catalyst. At
this point the pressure drop in the
unit was at the point that the refner
had to shut the reactor down and ad-
dress the problem (Fig. 3). Topsoe
recommended that only the top bed
be replaced to alleviate the pressure
drop as the activity of the bottom two
beds were still near fresh levels and
showed no signs of pressure drop
problems.
Through detailed discussion with
the client, and analysis of the feed,
Haldor Topsoe suspected that inor-
ganic particulates, most likely FeS,
were responsible for the pressure
drop issue on the unit. As a result,
TK-25 TopTrap was included in the
grading for this top bed replacement.
Subsequent analysis of the spent
catalyst samples confrmed our sus-
picions as FeS was observed through
the whole frst bed.
As of today, the unit has been op-
erating on a very similar feed online
with the new grading for ~39 months
and in fact, has been processing, on
average, 34.9 Mbpd which means a
utilization of 345 bbl/lb of catalyst
(Fig. 4). The internal porosity and in-
tricate pore system of Topsoes TK-
25 TopTrap is able to capture the sub-
micron size iron particles effciently
and avoid a pressure drop build-up.
As a result of this change and the
high activity of Topsoes main bed
catalyst, the refner was able to push
the unit to process more feed without
reaching a pressure drop limitation.
Conclusion. Topsoes TK-25 Top-
Trap macro-porous particulate trap
has shown time and again that it can
improve a units pressure drop issue
as experienced in this case story (Fig.
5). TK-25 TopTrap has shown to be
effective in all types of hydrotreating
units ranging from naphtha to resid.
Haldor Topsoe is a supplier of bed
grading with an extensive product
portfolio capable of handling all the
contaminants and reaction products
seen in hydrotreating units today.
FIG 1. Pressure drop can become cycle
limiting in some units.
Activity limited Pressure
drop limited
On-stream time, days
R
e
a
c
t
o
r

p
r
e
s
s
u
r
e

d
r
o
p
,

p
s
i
g
FIG 2. Fines or smaller-sized materials enter the TK-25 TopTrap pore system
and are trapped within the structure of the particle itself.
FIG 3. Problematic pressure drop in the unit caused the refiner
to shut the reactor down and address the problem.
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
0 200 400 600 800
Run days
P
r
e
s
s
u
r
e

d
r
o
p
,

p
s
i
0 21 47 75 103 135 161 193
Cumulative barrels, bbls/lb bed 1 catalyst
Bed 1 DP
Bed 1 Norm DP
Max DP = 82 psi
Pre-Skim: 224 total barrels
per lb Bed 1 catalyst processed.
FIG 4. The revamped unit now has a utilization of 345 bbl/lb of catalyst.
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
986 1,186 1,386 1,586 1,786 1,986
Run days
P
r
e
s
s
u
r
e

d
r
o
p
,

p
s
i
0 31 60 93 129 168 210 243 279 318
Max DP = 82 psi
At skim, TK-25 was added
to grading system.
At present: 345 total barrels
per lb bed 1 catalyst processed.
Bed 1 DP
Bed 1 Norm DP
FIG 5. Topsoes TK-25 TopTrap macro-porous particulate trap
can improve a units pressure drop issue.
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800 2,000
Run days
0 27 55 88 123 162 203 237 273 313 21 47 75 103 135 161 193 224
Max DP = 82 psi
At skim, TK-25
was added to
grading system.
Pre-Skim: 224 total
barrels per lb Bed 1
catalyst processed.
At Present: 345 total
barrels per lb Bed 1
catalyst processed.
Bed 1 DP
Bed 1 Norm DP
P
r
e
s
s
u
r
e

d
r
o
p
,

p
s
i
TABLE 1. Feed filter design
Particle Size (micron)
Salt 100
200-mesh screen 75
Desalter sediment 40
Normal lter size 25
(industry average)
Tank rust 5
TABLE 2. Feed properties
Feed gravity 35 API
Feed FBP 690700 F
Feed sulfur 0.5 wt%
TABLE 3. Operating conditions
Reactor Inlet Pressure ~1100 psig
Treat gas H
2
purity 8085 %
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Spirax Sarco recently launched the
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covers a wider motive pressure range.
There are no longer two versions of the
PTF4 (PTF4L and PTF4H). This new
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The Pivotrol PTF4 pump is de-
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Patented vent assist valves release
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AFPM SUPPORTS STOP
RIN FRAUD ACT OF 2012
AFPM has offered its support for
the Stop RIN Fraud Act of 2012 (HR
6444) that was introduced in the House
of Representatives on September 20.
In a letter sent to the bills co-spon-
sors, AFPM President Charles T. Drev-
na said, The commonsense approach
embedded in the legislation would
protect the innocent victims of fraud
and aid in the restoration of confdence
in the renewable fuels market.
To date, EPA has discovered 140
million fraudulent biomass-based
diesel Renewable Identifcation Num-
bers, or RINs, which are the credits
refners must buy or otherwise obtain
to show compliance with the federal
biofuel mandate. This number repre-
sents more than 6% of the market for
biodiesel RINs.
As obligated parties, US refners
purchase these RINs to comply with
the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The refners later discovered that these
credits were not valid and that they
were victims of fraudulent biodiesel
producers. Although the RINs were
purchased in good faith from EPA-reg-
istered producers listed on an EPA-ad-
ministered website, the Agency moved
to punish the victims of the fraud by
issuing notices of violations (NOVs)
accompanied by signifcant monetary
fnes. The obligated parties were also
required to replace the invalid RINs
through a massive repurchase mandate.
Mr. Drevna commented, Al-
though industry and EPA have been
working together to resolve the situ-
ation, a solution has yet to be agreed
upon. US refners have unknowingly
purchased millions of fraudulent re-
newable identifcation numbers and
paid approximately $200 million in
RIN replacement costs. It is our un-
derstanding that EPA and the FBI con-
tinue to investigate more widespread
fraud in the biodiesel industry.
The Stop RIN Fraud Act would
force EPA to establish a process for
certifying RINs that would be valid
for the purposes of complying with
the RFS. This logical solution would
not absolve the industry of its respon-
sibility to exercise due diligence or
place unwarranted burdens on EPA,
but it would fnally provide a fair so-
lution, Mr. Drevna said.
EXXONMOBIL TO EXPAND
SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS
CAPACITY IN LOUISIANA
The US oil major is investing more
than $200 million to expand its Baton
Rouge chemical and lubricants plants.
This will increase capacity for syn-
thetic lubricant base stocks manufac-
turing and lubricants blending, pack-
aging and storage.
The expansion will raise ExxonMo-
bils worldwide capacity of synthetic
esters and alkylated naphthalene by
more than 25% to meet demand for
high-performance lubricants made
with these advanced products. The
project will include the construction of
a blending center for synthetic aviation
oil at ExxonMobils lubricant blend-
ing plant in Port Allen, Louisiana.
ExxonMobil continues to invest in
its operations in Louisiana, said Paul
Stratford, manager of the Baton Rouge
chemical plant. Over the past three
years, the corporations capital ex-
penditures in the state exceeded $930
million. These investments help create
jobs and contribute to the economic
growth of the state and the region.
Construction is expected to begin
in late 2012. The project will create
more than 400 direct construction
jobs, and the facilities will provide 45
new full-time local jobs when produc-
tion begins in 2014.
This expansion project will make
ExxonMobils Baton Rouge chemical
plant the worlds largest producer of
synthetic esters and alkylated naphtha-
lene, which are used by producers and
marketers of a wide variety of fnished
lubricants, including vehicle motor
oils, gear oils and greases.
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THIS IS YOUR DEFINING MOMENT.
DREAM BIG
Countless factors will drive the
future of the global refning industry,
including the state of the worldwide
economy; availability, accessibility
and quality of raw material; and leg-
islation surrounding industry prac-
tices. For this reason, it is diffcult to
determine what exactly is in store for
this important industry. However, as-
sessing these contributing factors can
help predict the direction the market
might take.
Crude oil is a non-renewable re-
source: Once it is used, it cannot be
regenerated, and its overall supply
is continuously decreasing. In par-
ticular, the supply of higher-quality
sweet, light oils, which, with their
low sulfur content and low density,
have historically been the easiest to
extract, refne and process, is rapid-
ly diminishing. This has created the
need for new technical resources and
capabilities that help obtain and re-
fne lower quality, heavier sour oils
that are more diffcult to access.
For that reason, the industrys at-
tention has shifted from downstream
processing to upstream exploration
and extraction. Few methods are
currently available for extracting
heavy oils and bituminous oil sands
from deep within the earth. Yet this
will become a crucial practice as
the supply of accessible light, sweet
oils continues to wane. Having the
knowledge to obtain these heavy
oils or oil sands must be coupled
with the technology to refne this
lower-quality feedstock.
Heavy crude access and processing.
Crude oil from the Western Cana-
dian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB)
will soon be a viable crude source.
Transporting that crude through
southbound pipelines will result in
new feedstock for refneries in the
United States. But that means US
refneries will need new capabili-
ties to refne these crudes. Currently,
only a few US refneries, primarily
on the western coast, have that capa-
bility. Because of their proximity to
Canada and their processing ability,
these refneries could see an increase
in throughput compared to their less
fexible counterparts.
Invensys Operations Management
recognized this back in 2007 when
it started a heavy-oils consortium
that engages customers to develop
new simulation methodologies that
accurately model heavier crudes.
Simulating heavier crude processing
to meet the industrys future
JOSEPH MCMULLEN and DAVID BLUCK, Invensys Operations Management
FIG 1. Measured kinematic viscosity data for whole heavy crude.
Measured
Heavy oil method
API 11A4.1
100
10
100
1,000
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
100,000,000
110 120 130 140
Temperature, F
K
i
n
e
m
a
t
i
c

v
i
s
c
o
s
i
t
y
,

c
S
t
150 160 170 180
Watson K = 11.24, gravity = 7.20 API
TABLE 1. Measured and predicted kinematic viscosities
Temperature, F Crude kinematic viscosity, cSt
Measured API 11A4.2 Heavy oil
60 49.75 111.6 70.65
80 27.95 58.77 39.69
100 17.52 34.26 24.38
Vac resid kinematic viscosity, cSt
210 6,787 454 4,784
250 1,261 147.5 858.5
300 274.6 50.83 176.8
Processing these heavier oils can
tax equipment that is not designed
appropriately. Therefore, it is im-
portant that the crude oil is charac-
terized correctly from the beginning
of the design process. To address
this, Invensys has developed heavy
oil methods using its SimSci-Esscor
technologies, which accurately char-
acterize heavier oils.
Characterization and modeling. In No-
vember 2007, through customer part-
nerships, processing data was used to
create a new petroleum characteriza-
tion procedure for heavy oils. This
heavy-oils characterization method is
intended to extrapolate critical prop-
erties and molecular weight of petro-
leum components with normal boiling
points beyond 1,000 degrees Kelvin.
Since it was implemented, the cor-
relation has twice been modifed and
improved as more data became avail-
able from consortium members. Us-
ing kinematic velocity, Fig. 1 shows
how the new correlation compared to
measured data for whole crude.
To see how the increased accu-
racy would affect the design of pro-
cess equipment, the example below
illustrates the effects of kinematic
viscosity on the design of a heat
exchanger (Fig. 2). The streams en-
tering the heat exchanger below are
both heavy oils. Therefore a com-
parison could be made on the pre-
dicted kinematic viscosity and how
that would affect exchanger sizing
during the design phase.
In Table 1, it is easy to see the
differences between the kinematic
viscosity values predicted by API
11A4.2 and the heavy oil correlation.
For the crude stream, the API 11A4.2
over predicts the viscosity, whereas
the kinematic viscosity is under pre-
dicted for the vac resid stream.
In both cases, the heavy-oil cor-
relation-predicted values are much
closer to the measured values than
the API A4.2 method. This illustra-
tion shows that the heavy-oils meth-
od much more accurately predicts the
kinematic viscosity. However, the
important factor is how well the heat
exchanger is designed, as well as
how the equipment design is affected
by the kinematic viscosity.
Table 2 depicts how kinematic vis-
cosity affects the design of the heat
exchanger. Notice that if the API Pro-
cedure 11 A4.2 is used, then the duty
would be oversized by more than
200%. The heavy-oil method also
over predicts the duty, but by a much
smaller margin. The heat transfer val-
ue is over predicted by almost 300%
with API 11A4.2, while the heavy-
oil method over predicts by less than
200%. These calculations could lead
the design to be unnecessarily large,
which would increase capital and op-
erating costs. The ramifcations of the
under-predicted pressure drop could
lead to not having the proper pumps
in place to drive the fuid through the
exchanger. These faws in the design
of this exchanger are cause for con-
cern, and support the need for accu-
rate heavy-oil modeling.
Modeling additional properties. Inven-
sys designers have also developed a
methodology for modeling heavy oils
that can be detailed for liquid viscos-
ity and liquid thermal conductivity.
This helps to more accurately predict
the properties of heavy oils, which
leads to enhanced accuracy in process
design and operation.
Additionally, because mercury is a
common pollutant in heavy crude oil
that is increasingly regulated, Inven-
sys has also introduced an updated
methodology for predicting mercury
solubility in hydrocarbons. The new
methodology enables proper account-
ing for mercury within raw materials,
products and waste, as well as mer-
cury mitigation.
As the Invensys-sponsored heavy-
oils consortium continues to provide
more data and valuable guidance,
more accurate thermodynamic meth-
ods will be developed that anticipate
growing and changing industry needs
to help oil processors optimize their
operations in real time. This will
drive the continued development of
software modeling tools and provide
value to engineers by helping them
address design and operational prob-
lems now and in the future.
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Through technologies like 3D TRASAR
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FIG 2. Heat exchanger example.
Vac resid 4.6 API
1,182 F MeABP
11.35 Watson K 278 F
250 psig
Crude 20.98 API, 735 F MeABP
11.43 Watson K 103 F
400 psig
TABLE 2. Calculated exchanger design
Viscosity (L) Measured API Procedure Heavy oil
method j values 11A4.2 (2011) production
Duty (10
6
btu/hr) 3.654 8.976 5.432
LMTD (F) 165 150 159
U (btu/hr/ft
2
/F) 4.657 12.62 7.144
Shell side
T
out
(F) 265 245 258
P (psi) 58 8 27
Tube side
T
out
(F) 110 119 113
P (psi) 9 13 11
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SCENES FROM THE 2012 AFPM Q&A AND TECHNOLOGY FORUM
AFPM attendees gathered to talk business
at the opening reception in the luxurious
courtyard of the Grand America Hotel.
Registration was bustling Sunday
afternoon.
BOB STULTS, Eurecat US Inc., met up with some friends from Husky Energy at the
welcome reception, including RALPH ALM, DEAN WONG and PHIL NEARING.
ARVIDS JUDZIS and VIRENDRA
MANRAL are representing CB&I
at the Q&A.
LUIS MURILLO, AL HUSS and SANDEEP PALIT all work for DuPont and find
the Q&A to be a valuable and informative conference.
ALISHA NASH and STEPHANIE
WILDER of Hunter Buildings will be
happy to discuss blast-resistant and
ballistic-resistant buildings with you.
SUBHASH SINGHAL, KNPC, and JIM NORTON, Norton Engineering,
were among the delegates who enjoyed hors doeuvres and refreshments at the
welcome reception.
SERGIO ROBLADO, Haldor Topsoe, BILL NELSON, CITGO, and GEORGE
PAPOUTSIS, CITGO, all commented on the beautiful weather.
The team from CHAMPION TECHNOLOGIES was excited to be in Salt Lake City.
Champion is hosting a hospitality suite as well as participating in the tabletop exhibition.
WALTER TIJMES, Daily Thermetrics,
EMILY HICKMAN, KBR, and SUSAN
VARALLA, Daily Thermetrics, found
the welcome reception to be a good
networking opportunity.
JERRY REEVES, KBR, and STEVE
GIM, Technip Stone & Webster, are
former colleagues who caught up with
each other at the welcome reception.
Annual Meeting
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International
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Security Conference
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National Occupational
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May 14 15
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Labor Relations/
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May 22 23
Orlando World Center
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Reliability &
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American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers

2012 Q&A and

DAY TWO Tuesday | October 2, 2012

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