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Petroleum refining is a particular area of specialization for a select,
devoted group of Enex consultants and engineers.
Our continuing programs of technology evaluations, data
accumulation and industry cost evaluations improve our expertise and
further our experience and maintain our status as a leading
international business support and engineering company.
Enex
completed a conceptual engineering and financial assessment program for
a major new world scale refinery.
Enex was responsible for:
Evaluations of market potentials
Optimization of product slate to meet defined markets,
Selection of refinery processes,
Schedule A preparation / acceptance of major processes
Capital and operating cost determinations
Refinery offsites � utilities, storage, shipping facilities, etc.
Environmental Impact Statement completion
Project feasibility assessment
Creation of plant computer model
Creation of financial model
Financial presentations and assistance in financing.
For
the refined products optimization, selection and sizing of process
units, Enex used and oversaw the services and refinery optimization
model of UOP, a recognized leading world refinery technology supplier.
For
the last decade, refining capacity in the USA has been limited to
incremental expansions and process improvements.
During this time of �make-the-best-of-what-you-got�, Enex
conducted major engineering, technology development/ definitions, and
plant modification programs.
The programs were aimed at plant expansions, optimization of technology
to gain better control of their product slate, to improve plant
performance and to gain competitive advantage.
Specifically, Enex conducted �engineering for cost estimating�
programs and defined the structure, costs and resulting economics for
the varying technologies and competing plants.
Through such applied services, Enex has generated a strong
understanding of the technical forces of the industry and ability to
create an optimum design and factual representation of profit
potentials.
Enex has provided technical, investigative, conceptual engineering
and project financial support services for refineries processing a
singular or mixture of world available crude oils.
Enex has completed analyses of optimizing refined products and
their world distribution in order to maximize the profitability of
existing and new refinery projects.
Enex experienced refinery and infrastructure support specialists
provide immediate and direct input and guidance to the optimum plant
design, selection of operating processes, and product distribution for
the maximum proper financial performance and operating stability.
Refinery
Process Optimization
Enex engineers and consultants have been used extensively as project
managers to examine, verify and validate critical key components and
issues of:
Technology selections
Crude optimization
Product optimization
Refinery operating performance,
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profitability performance.
These have included:
Crude oil selection(s)
Technology requirements / implications
Flexibility of crude variations
Refinery � process configuration
Integrated process units - definitions
Mass and energy balances
Utility requirements and costs
Capital costs and expenditure schedule
Individual refinery unit(s) operating costs
Engineering for cost estimates � Capital & manufacturing costs
Offsite Facilities
Overseeing of design
Validation of capital costs
Utility systems
Validation of all fixed and operating costs
Plant automation system
Plot plans
Buildings � Requirements & design
Process design
Validation of design for maximum conservation of energy
Capital cost definitions
Total product production costs
OTHER REFINING RELATED PROGRAMS COMPLETED BY ENEX:
Disposition investigations -
maximizing values
Technology investigations
Feasibility studies
Methanol
World production
Competitive structures
Application studies
MTBE
Technology
Competitive structures
Propylene oxide / MTBE co-production evaluations
BTX
Recovery technology /economics / markets
Refinery streams
Pyrolysis gasolines
Demand & value forecasting
Multi-client study programs
Industry effects of gasoline reformulation
Alternate refining schemes
Avoidance of BTX production � gasoline pool balancing
Toluene Recovery / economics
Toluene hydrodealkylation
Para-xylene recovery / economics
Bio-Fuels
Bio-diesel
Technology / Plant Design / Economics
Project Management Services
Plant design
Site Lay-out
Technology and plant design programs have been completed for biodiesel
production from:
Soy oil
Palm seed oil
Jatropha
Waste animal fats