Residue upgrading complex project, South Korea
Name and Location
Residue upgrading complex project (RUCP), South Korea.
Client
S-Oil.
Project Description
The RUCP aims to reduce fuel oil production, while producing propylene through the conversion of atmospheric residue.
The project will include the world’s first commercial high-severity fluid catalytic cracking (HS-FCC) unit.
HS-FCC is an advanced technology, developed by a consortium comprising Saudi Aramco, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp and the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. The technology is licensed by Axens and Technip Stone & Webster and produces higher yields of propylene and other light valuable products than conventional fluidised catalytic cracking units.
The project includes:
- an atmospheric residue desulphurisation unit (Hyvahl) for the production of diesel and improvement of residue quality. The Hyvahl unit includes a permutable reactor system.
- an HS-FCC unit for the conversion of the hydrotreated residue produced by the Hyvahl unit. The HS-FCC technology bridges the refining and petrochemicals gap by maximising propylene production using an innovative downflow reactor.
- an unsaturated liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) extractive sweetening unit to treat the LPG cut originating from the HS-FCC unit upstream of polymer-grade propylene recovery process.
- a selective desulphurisation unit for the treatment of the HS-FCC fuel.
- a C4-stream processing section, including a C4 selective hydrogenation unit, a methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) unit,
- superfractionator and a butane isomerisation unit. This section will produce MTBE and 1-butene, which will be used as a comonomer in polymerisation applications, as well as isobutane feed for an alkylation unit.
Value
Not stated.
Duration
Not stated.
Latest Developments
Technip has been awarded a contract by engineering, procurement and construc-tion contractor Daelim Industrial Company to provide proprietary equipment for the HS-FCC unit. The proprietary equipment provided will include an innovative downflow reactor, the key component of the HS-FCC technology.
Key Contracts and Suppliers
Axen (technology), Daelim Industrial Company (design contract), Technip (proprietary equipment).
On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.
Contact Details for Project Information
S-Oil, tel +82 237725151.
Axen, tel +33 1 47 14 21 00 or fax +33 1 47 14 25 00.
Daelim Industrial Company, tel +82 2 2011 7114 or fax +82 2 2011 8000.
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