• What is an oil refinery?
  • This approach may be adopted in modernizing existing systems or creating new systems. An oil refinery is a complex set of shops, machines, and systems with automatic control. Its product range is broad and includes, in particular, gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil, diesel fuel, and coke .
  • What can shell Catalysts & Technologies do for your refinery?
  • Shell Catalysts & Technologies¡¯ licensed technologies help refiners increase capacities, take advantage of opportunity crudes, and meet stringent specifications across all refinery processes. We develop optimised process unit designs and catalyst systems that fit your refinery configuration.
  • Are conventional oil refineries slow to adopt separation systems?
  • He and others also caution that conventional oil refineries may be slow to adopt them, because companies have already sunk costs into installing conventional separations systems.
  • How much energy does an oil refinery use?
  • Fig. 1. Example of an oil refinery¡¯s energy balance. Of this total, energy sources amount to 34%: locally generated steam (4%); electrical energy (6.1%); and some thermal energy in the form of steam (24.5%). The remainder (66%) consists of boiler and furnace fuel: gas from oil processing (44.5%); liquid fuel (15.7%), and natural gas (5.1%).
  • Could membrane separation save money on oil & gas refining?
  • According to Neel Rangnekar, a chemical engineer with Exxon and a team member on the new paper, switching from distillation to membrane separation could save up to 50% of the cost of heating the crude oil and 75% of the cost of electricity used in refining, amounting to at least $3.5 billion per year.
  • What is crude oil refining?
  • Crude oil is a mixture of tens of thousands of chemicals. The first step in petroleum refining is separating that mix through a distillation process. The raw crude oil is heated up to about 500¡ãC. Lighter components, such as those that make up gasoline, vaporize at lower temperatures and are captured.