Technology for gasoline benzene

reduction: BenzOUT™
El-Mekki El-Malki - ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company (EMRE)
Ronald Birkhoff - Badger Licensing LLC

Shaw 18th Refining Seminar

New Orleans, LA – 21 July 2011
Long Beach, CA – 28 July 2011
 The Refiner’s Challenge

Properties •  Examples
Required for •  Octane
Engine •  Reid vapor pressure
Performance •  Driveability Index

•  Examples
Properties •  Benzene
required under
•  Oxygenates
Government
•  Sulfur
Regulations
•  Reid vapor pressure

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 Reducing Benzene in Gasoline Pool

1.0 vol%
pending
1.0 vol%

1-5 vol%
0.62 vol % 1.5-4 vol% range
MSATII range

1-1.5 vol%
range
1.0 vol%
pending 1.0 vol%

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 Typical Gasoline Pool Benzene

Average Volume Typical Benzene Benzene

in Gasoline % Level % Contribution %

Reformate ~ 30 3-6 ~ 75

FCC Gasoline ~ 36 0.5-2 ~ 16

Hydrocrackate ~3 1-5 ~3

Others ~ 31 0-3 ~6
 Benzene Reduction Options

HYDROGEN MOGAS

MOGAS

HIGH VALUE
HYDROGEN MOGAS
C6 BENZENE
PRECURSORS LIGHT
REFORMATE

REFORMER FEED
SPLITTING MOGAS
PROPYLENE

HEAVY
NAPHTHA REFORMATE
 Typical Gasoline Pool Benzene

Average Volume Typical Benzene Benzene

in Gasoline % Level % Contribution %

Reformate ~ 30 3-6 ~ 75

FCC Gasoline ~ 36 0.5-2 ~ 16

Hydrocrackate ~3 1-5 ~3

Others ~ 31 0-3 ~6
 Benzene Reduction Options

Octane
Gasoline Gasoline Hydrogen Light
Volume Pool Balance Olefin
Reduced
Reformer Feed Splitting
Production

High
Benzene Saturation consumption

No Upgrade to
BenzOUT™ Technology consumption Mogas
 Refiner’s Propylene Options (Typical)

PETROCHEMICAL HIGHEST
MARKET VALUE

BENZOUT

FLUID PROPYLENE
CATALYTIC ALKY
CRACKING

POLYGAS

LOWEST
LPG
VALUE

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 BenzOUT Unit Configuration

LIGHT LPG
PROPYLENE
REFORMATE

REFORMATE MOGAS
BENZOUT
REACTOR
REFORMATE
SPLITTER
HEAVY
STABILIZER
REFORMATE
 BenzOUT ™ Process Features

•  Simple and reliable process

–  Liquid Phase Reactions, fixed bed catalyst

–  Conventional Process Equipment

•  Flexible process design – simple retrofit or grassroots tie-in

•  Commercially demonstrated
•  First licensed plant in construction
 BenzOUT™ Technology Delivery

•  ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company (EMRE) and

Badger Licensing LLC formed an alliance:
§  BenzOUT offered exclusively by Badger Licensing LLC

§  Badger is the contracting party responsible for the process

license, proposals and basic design packages.

§  EMRE supplies the BenzOUT Catalyst

•  ExxonMobil and Badger have a continuing 30 year history of

licensing petrochemical processes
 Commercial Demonstration

Light Olefin
Reformate

BenzOUT
Catalyst

Mogas Blending

Ø  BenzOUT Catalyst Drop-in Application

Ø  BenzOUT Demonstration Conducted in One of the 3 Tubular Reactor
Ø  BenzOUT and Polygas Products Combined for Mogas Blending
 BenzOUT ™ Value Proposition

- Upgrade olefins to high octane gasoline

- Increase Gasoline volume
- Reduce RVP
- Avoid hydrogen loss
- Regain Reformer flexibility e.g. yield, Octane, H2

- Reduce Benzene Content in Gasoline