Whiting refinery starts up new hydrotreater
Published by Nicholas Woodroof,
Editor
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
The 85 000 bpd NHT took three years and cost more than US$300 million to build, Sarah Howell, a spokeswoman for BP, said.
“The NHT allows the refinery to produce the full slate of US Environmental Protection Agency Tier 3 fuels, which require gasoline to have an average sulfur content of no more than 10 parts per million,” she said.
Hydrotreaters use hydrogen to remove sulfur from motor fuels.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/refining/10082020/whiting-refinery-starts-up-new-hydrotreater/
You might also like
The Hydrocarbon Engineering Podcast - Overcoming downstream challenges with new technology
In this episode of the Hydrocarbon Engineering Podcast, Omar Sayeed, Centre of Excellence Leader for Reliability, and Rahul Negi, Director of AI and Industrial Autonomous, Honeywell Process Solutions, consider how new, innovative technology can help to overcome some of the challenges facing the downstream oil and gas sector.
Tune in to the Hydrocarbon Engineering Podcast on your favourite podcast app today.
