| Tuesday, 25 April 2006: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM | |||
| North Hemisphere Salon A2 (Dolphin Hotel) | |||
Topical A: 9th Topical Conference on Refinery Processing (TA) | |||
| #103 - Upgrading and Processing of Opportunity Crudes I (TA007) | |||
| "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: | Priya Rangarajan | ||
| 8:00 AM | 103a | Producing Synthetic Crude Oil from Heavy Oils: Process Heat Integration Jorge Ancheyta, Jose A.D. Munoz, Ignacio Elizalde | |
| 8:30 AM | 103b | Residue Upgrading of Heavy Crudes with SydecSm Delayed Coking: Benefits and Economics John D. Elliott | |
| 9:00 AM | 103c | Effects of Trace Amount of Noble Metal (Pd/Rh) on the Performance of Co-Clay Catalysts for Heavy Oil Upgrading Mohammad M. Hossain | |
| 9:30 AM | 103d | Salt Hydrolysis in Crude & Bitumen Refining Paul E. Eaton, Murray Gray, Tuyet Le | |
| 10:00 AM | 103e | Light Cycle Oil Hydrotreating with Catalysts Containing W, Ni, Treated Zeolite, and Alumina Lianhui Ding, Zisheng Zhang, Ying Zheng, Zbigniew Ring, Jinwen Chen | |
| 10:30 AM | 103f | Understanding the Mechanism of Iron Sulfide Induced Fouling in Upgrading C.B. Panchal | |
| 11:00 AM | 103g | Smart, Integrated Approach to Capturing Acid Crude Value Mike Hodges, Christopher Gould | |
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