YPF contracts DuPont for hydrotreating technology
Published by Alex Hithersay,
Editorial Assistant
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
Argentine energy company YPF S.A. has signed a contract with DuPont Clean Technologies for the license and basic engineering of a new IsoTherming® diesel hydrotreater unit.
The grassroots hydrotreater will be installed at the YPF Plaza Huincul refinery in Neuquen Province, Argentina. The oil refinery is located in Patagonia and produces gasoline, diesel, jet fuels and methanol. It processes more than 4000 m3 of oil per day.
Earlier in the year, YPF announced that it would be leading a process between 2018 and 2022 to increase hydrocarbon production and comply with the latest fuel specifications to be adopted on 1 January 2022.
Diesel hydrotreaters enable refiners to produce high-quality, low-sulfur fuels that comply with environmental requirements, but at lower energy consumption rates and operating costs than trickle bed hydroprocessing units.
The IsoTherming technology processes a range of feedstocks, from kerosene to vacuum gas oil, including 100% light cycle oil.
Ramiro Gonzalez, Latin America business development manager, DuPont Clean Technologies said: “The elimination of the reactor recycle pump results in a unique ability to upgrade diesel to ULSD [ultra-low sulfur diesel] with minimum plot space and capital expense. This allows YPF to process 1632 m3/day (10 265 bpd) of diesel feed to produce clean diesel fuel with a sulfur content below 10 wppm.”
Startup of the diesel hydrotreater at the Plaza Huincul site is expected to take place by 2022.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/refining/14092018/ypf-contracts-dupont-for-hydrotreating-technology/
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