Hydrocarbon Processing - October 2022 - 7

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LEE NICHOLS, VP, CONTENT/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Lee.Nichols@HydrocarbonProcessing.com
Announcing the nominees for the
2022 Top Projects awards
Since the mid-2010s, Hydrocarbon
Processing has recognized the top refining
and petrochemical projects of the
year. These capital investments have significantly
contributed to the expansion of
the hydrocarbon processing industry and
have been instrumental in providing new
refined and petrochemical products to
traditional and emerging markets.
Using Gulf Energy Information's
Global Energy Infrastructure database,
the editors of Hydrocarbon Processing have
selected 10 nominees for the 2022 Top
Projects awards. These capital investments
can join a prestigious list of past
winners, including:
Refining:
* 2021: BAPCO modernization
program (Bahrain)
* 2020: Visakh refinery
modernization (India)
* 2019: Kochi integrated refinery
expansion project (India)
* 2018: Jazan refinery (Saudi Arabia)
* 2017: KNPC's Al-Zour refinery
(Kuwait)
TABLE 1. Top refining project nominees
Operator
Project
ExxonMobil
Neste
OQ8
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. Barauni refinery (BR9) expansion project
Singapore biofuels/SAF plant
Duqm refinery expansion
UzGTL complex
Uzbekistan GTL
TABLE 2. Top petrochemicals project nominees
Operator
Project
Inter Pipeline
Heartland petrochemicals project
PO/TBA project
* 2016: KNPC's Clean Fuels Project
(Kuwait)
Petrochemicals:
* 2021: Gulf Coast Growth Ventures'
ethane cracking and derivatives
project (U.S.)
* 2020: LIWA Plastics Industries
complex (Oman)
* 2019: Shell's Pennsylvania
petrochemicals complex (U.S.)
* 2018: ZapSibNeftekhim (ZapSib-2)
petrochemicals complex (Russia)
* 2017: Petronas' Pengerang
Integrated complex (Singapore)
* 2016: Dow Chemical's Oyster
Creek PDH project (U.S.).
This year's nominees (TABLES 1 and 2)
represent nearly $50 B in capital investments,
more than 600,000 bpd in new refining
capacity and more than 11 MMtpy
in additional petrochemicals production.
Beginning October 1, readers can make
their voices heard in an exclusive online
poll at www.HydrocarbonProcessing.com.
The winners will be revealed in Hydrocarbon
Processing's December issue.
Location
Beaumont Light Atmospheric Distillation Expansion (BLADE) U.S.
India
Singapore
Oman
Uzbekistan
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
14 Plant Safety
and Environment.
Safety and how the plants interact with
the environment are two major issues
within the global hydrocarbon processing
industry. This month's Special Focus
section examines the latest technologies
and processes to make plants safer
and more environmentally friendly.
51 Catalysts. Fluid catalytic
cracking units (FCCUs) are
playing a key role in improving a
refinery's profitability by converting
low-cost heavy residual stocks into
high-value propylene for chemicals
production. This article details a
successful case in which a residue
FCCU designed to process one of the
heaviest residual feeds worldwide
implemented a catalytic solution to
significantly boost propylene yields
and unit profitability by $15.2 MM/yr
for the OQ Sohar Refinery in Oman.
61 Digital Technologies.
Process manufacturers are
Location
Canada
Jiangsu Shenghong Lianyungang refinery and petrochemicals integrated complex China
LyondellBasell
PetroChina
U.S.
Jieyang refinery and petrochemicals integrated complex
Siam Cement Group Long Son petrochemicals complex
China
Vietnam
Hydrocarbon Processing | OCTOBER 2022 7
investing significant resources in
machine-learning (ML) to increase
reliability, profitability and sustainability
in their operations-saving millions
of dollars in short periods of time
through increased efficiency. This article
examines how, with the right advanced
analytics applications and active subject
matter expert involvement, process
manufacturers can avoid potential
frustrations and derive sustained
value from ML initiatives.
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