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Naphtha cracking costs $1,300/ton for high value products, such as ethylene, propylene, butadiene and BTX aromatics, in order to derive a 10% IRR constructing a new, greenfield naphtha cracker, with…
The data-file captures the economics of hydroprocessing at an oil refinery, such as hydrotreating or hydrocracking, to remove impurities such as sulphur, and upgrade heavier product into lighter product. Our…
…of the hydrogen->ammonia->hydrogen value chain that has seemed most challenging to us is in cracking ammonia back into hydrogen. The key challenges for ammonia cracking are energy intensity, costs, longevity…
…electricity prices. Please download the model to stress-test sensitivities around the costs of ethane cracking. Economics can also be compared and contrasted with naphtha crackers, which use naphtha as their…
…hydrocracker at its 190kbpd Rotterdam refinery expansion, upgrading lower-value vacuum gasoil into Group II base stocks (see below) and ultra-low sulfur diesel. (3) Exxon. Hydroprocessing. 5 patents were filed in…
…they naturally have a cheap alternative on site (i.e., oil and gas). For example, in our model below of an ethane cracker, the natural energy source to power the two…
Carbon capture is cursed by colossal costs at small scale. But blue hydrogen may be its saviour. Crucial economies of scale are guaranteed by deploying both technologies together. The combination…
…Traditional hydroprocessing techniques, aimed primarily at reducing sulphur, also tend to saturate these aromatic rings which “can increase the amount of hydrogen consumed during hydroprocessing by as much as an…
…that span naphtha-reforming, BTX separation into paraxylene, oxidation to PTA, plus ethane cracking, ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol. This data file covers the polyester production process, step by step, including…
…is required for a 10% IRR, which is almost 2x higher than a conventional ethane cracker. In a best case scenario, costs could fall below $1,000/ton, but it requires the…