AM-92-35 RESIDUAL OIL UPGRADING AND WASTE PROCESSING IN THE VCC DEMONSTRATION PLANT

Description:

The main focus on VEBA-COMBI-Cracking (VCC) during the years 1977 to 1988 has been in the areas of process improvements and extension of the feedstock data base (different crude sources) in smaller scale units as well as testing of new equipment and metallurgical compositions in the Demonstration Plant Bottrop. In summary, this effort has strengthened the VCC design basis which consequently lead to the grant of two licenses, one to the Canadian OSLO group for upgrading of 86 000 BPD Athabasca bitumen (1989) and the other to the German OMW-Refinery (Oberrheinische Mineralolwerke, Karlsruhe) for the conversion of 25 000 BPD of Arabian Light vacuum resid commingled with FCC slurry oil (1991).