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AM-99-50 Evaluation of Processing Heavy Brazilian Resids in RDS/RFCC

Claudia Romeo Schlosser Jose Antonio Moreno Castillero Claudia hl. L. Alvarenga Baptista Petrobras Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and Jay L. Rogers Pak Leung Chevron Resea:rch and Technology Company Richmond, CA

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Description:

Petrobras has been placing increasilig emphasis on processes for conversion of heavy residues, because one of the Company’s challenges has been matching refining plant capacity to crude production in Brazil. Employing suitable refining routes to process heavy Brazilian crudes such as Malrlim and Cabiljnas is of primary importance to the Company. These heavy crudes generate residue fractions with chemical properties that make it difficult to process in a c:atalytic cracking unit due to high levels of aromatic compounds, resins, carbon residues, basic nitrogen, asphaltenes, and metals (vanadium and nickel). The relatively high nitrogen and low sulfur content also make the resid more challenging to hydrotreat. Therefore, the processing of these heavy Brazilian crudes also has implications for many other crudes worldwide with these characteristics, including crudes from other South American countries, Indonesia, China, and West Africa.

Product Details:

Product ID: AM-99-50
Publication Year: 1999