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1 WORLDWIDE REFINERY PROCESSING REVIEW Monitoring Technology Development and Competition in One Single Source Fourth Quarter 2009 HYDROCARBON PUBLISHING COMPANY Translating Knowledge into Profitability SM P.O. Box 661 Southeastern, PA (U.S.A.) Phone: (610) / Fax: (610)

2 Review 3.1 MARKET/TECHNOLOGY TRENDS & OPPORTUNITIES Introduction Market Conditions and Outlook Propylene Demand and Growth Product Pricing Propylene Capacity and Source Distribution Expansion Technology Competition, Directions, and Future Prospects FCC Process and Catalyst Process Configuration and Operating Conditions Catalyst and Additive Systems Recovery On-purpose Techniques Cracking Heavier Olefins Metathesis Propane Dehydrogenation Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) Trends in R&D 3.2 STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY Introduction FCC Technologies Commercial Processes Axens KBR MAXOFIN Advanced Catalytic Olefins (ACO) Lummus Technology Selective Component Cracking Indmax FCC (I-FCC) Nippon Oil Corp./Saudi Aramco Petrobras Double Riser FCC Downflow Reactor Shell Global Solutions Sinopec Deep Catalytic Cracking Flexible Dual-riser Fluid Catalytic Cracking FCC Process for Producing Clean Gasoline and Propylene MIP-CGP Maximizing Iso-Olefins Catalytic Pyrolysis Process UOP Commercial Catalysts and Additives Albemarle AFX Additives BASF Catalysts Maximum Propylene Solution (MPS) i

3 Additive JGC Catalysts & Chemicals Grace Davison ProtAgon NEXUS NACER Additives Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo (IMP) Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) INTERCAT Sinopec Conventional FCC Catalysts FCC Catalysts for Heavy Feeds DCC Catalysts CPP Catalysts Additives Light Olefin Recovery, Separation, and Purification Propane-Propylene Splitter for FCCU Shaw Group UOP Propylene Recovery from Refinery Offgas Advanced Extraction Technologies Air Products and Chemicals Cryogenic System Dephlegmator Black & Veatch Costain Oil, Gas & Process Light Olefin Recovery LPG Recovery Linde BOC Process Plants Shaw Butene Recovery and Separation Snamprogetti Uhde Cracking of Heavier Olefins to Propylene Asahi Kasei Chemicals ExxonMobil Mobil Olefins Interconversion (MOI) Propylene Catalytic Cracking (PCC) KBR Linde/Lurgi Öl Gas Chemie Sinopec UOP/Total Petrochemicals Metathesis Axens Lummus Technology Propane Dehydrogenation Linde/BASF Lummus Technology Snamprogetti/Yarsintez Uhde UOP Methanol-to-Olefins ExxonMobil JGC Corp./Mitsubishi Chemicals ii

4 Lurgi Öl Gas Chemie Lummus Technology/SYN Energy Technology Sinopec UOP/HYDRO Technology Summary Summary of Commercially Available Processes Summary of Commercially Available Catalyst and Additives 3.3 PLANT OPERATIONS AND PRACTICES Production of Light Olefins in the FCCU Increasing Propylene Production Balancing Propylene Production with FCC Fuel Products Increasing Isobutane and Isobutylene Production Factors Influencing the Propylene-to-butylene Production Ratio Managing Revamp Costs for Producing and Recovering Higher Yields of FCC Propylene Holistic Approach to FCC Gas Plant Optimization for Improved Propylene Recovery Control Issues for Propylene-Propane Separators Polymer-Grade Propylene Compositions Processes Used to Purify FCC Propylene Integrated Refinery/Olefins Plant Energy and GHG Emissions Considerations for Alternatives 3.4 REFINING R&D ALERT! Introduction FCC Technologies Process Multiple Reaction Zones Patents Dual Risers Patents Research Downflow Reactor Patents Process Configuration (Recycle), Integration, and Control Patents Cracking Naphtha to Enhance Propylene Patents Biofeeds Patents Miscellaneous Patents Research Catalyst Pore Structure Patents ZSM Patents Research Zeolite Patents Research Phosphorous-modified ZSM Patents Research Metal Phosphate Patents iii

5 Metal Oxide Patents Oxygen Lattice Patents Cracking Naphtha to Enhance Propylene Patents Direct Conversion of Butane to Propylene Patents Research Light Olefin Recovery, Separation, and Purification Propane-Propylene Splitter Distillation/fractionation Patents Research Absorption Patents Research Membrane Patents Research Propylene Recovery from Offgas Patents Research Cracking of Heavier Olefins to Propylene Patents Research Metathesis Process Patents Catalyst Patents Research Propane and Butane Dehydrogenation Process Patents Catalyst Patents Research Methanol-to-Olefins Process Patents Catalysts Patents Research 3.5 REFERENCES iv

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