Tuesday, 24 April 2007: 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Meeting Room 370 A & D (George R Brown Convention Center in Houston)

Topical A: 10th Topical Conference on Refinery Processing (TA)

#81 - Upgrading and Processing of Opportunity Crudes (TA005)
"Opportunity" crudes are generally characterized by a variety of properties undesirable to a refiner, such as high total acid number (TAN), high sulfur, nitrogen and aromatics content, high viscosity, etc. Although these crudes can cause corrosion and fouling problems in a downstream facility, they offer attractive discounts in crude prices. Effective methods and technologies to upgrade and process opportunity crudes can resolve these problems and provide attractive margins to the refiner. This session is geared towards exploring the current R&D and technology status on upgrading and processing of opportunity crudes. Papers are solicited on this topic in the areas of research studies to understand the fundamental science, current industrial strategies and technologies, and the development of new processes and technologies.
Chair:Jinwen Chen
CoChair:Bruce Randolph
CoSponsor(s):Fuels and Petrochemicals Division (16)
Petroleum (16a)
Alternate Fuels and New Technology (16d)
Non-Technical Programming (16e)
2:00 PM Introductory Remarks
2:05 PM81aOpportunity Crude Oil Contaminants Affecting Salt Hydrolysis
Paul E. Eaton, Tuyet Le, Murray Gray
2:35 PM81bTaking Some of the Challenge out of Challenge Crudes
Sam A. Lordo, Richard E. Mathers
3:05 PM81cEffect of Toluene, Resins to Asphaltene Ratio and Surfactant on the Stability of Water-in-Crude Oil Emulsions
Adel Elsharkawy, Taher A. Al-Sahaf, Mohamed Fahim
3:35 PM81dFlocculation Test for Oils without Asphaltenes
Irv Wiehe, Parviz Rahimi, Youungium David Oh, Remy McNamara, Teclemariam Alem
4:05 PM Concluding Remarks

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