Shell Global Solutions Launches Centera(TM) Catalyst in Asia
Pacific to Help Refiners Produce Cleaner Fuels and Save Costs
2010-08-10 17:30
CENTERA boosts yields and reduces contaminants
BEIJING, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Shell
Global Solutions(1) today launched CENTERA(TM) to help Asia Pacific
refiners improve operational performance and to meet product
specifications to produce cleaner fuels. Minimum savings of US$30
million per year can be achieved(2).
CENTERA(TM) is a portfolio of third
generation catalysts that can be used for Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel
production (10 parts per million Sulphur).
The latest offering by Shell Global Solutions
has an integrated portfolio of clean fuels licensed technologies,
catalysts and services, to help refiners in China meet urgent
demands for a cleaner energy future.
Catalysts like CENTERA(TM) are critical in
refineries as they help boost product yields and reduce the
proportions of contaminants such as sulphur, nitrogen, aromatics
and other metals.
"By using CENTERA(TM), refiners get better
profit margins, consumers enjoy cleaner transport fuels, factories
emit lesser contaminants and people can live and work in cleaner
environments," said Brian Smith, Vice President, Refining Catalyst,
Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. at the launch of Shell Global
Solutions' Technology Day in Beijing, China.
Technology Day 2010 is a platform to share
knowledge and technologies with clients and partners on new
alternative fuels and clean coal technology, reduce energy
consumption, and improve asset reliability and technical
integrity.
To date, CENTERA(TM) has secured worldwide
sales of more than 8 million lbs (3,600 Metric Tonne). CENTERA(TM)
catalyst technology is currently being deployed at refineries in
North and South America, Russia, and in Europe.
Shell Global Solutions is the technology arm
of Shell, and as part of its portfolio, offers catalysts, licensing
and consulting services. Shell Global Solutions provides
technologies that can be customized with catalysts to create a
complete, optimized solution for any hydro-processing problem or
supplier independently.
The National Development and Reform
Commission (NDRC) has indicated that energy demand in China will
increase by 45% in the next decade(3). Access to easy oil and
gas will become increasingly more difficult, compounded by the
challenge that 'easy hydrocarbons' will be insufficient to meet
demand. Building a cleaner energy system is a project for
decades that must be steadily pursued.
"Shell Global Solutions constantly develops
technology and products to meet the energy challenge, which is in
line with Shell's mission to produce oil responsibly from difficult
to reach sources like the Arctic, deep water and oil sands. Shell
makes advanced transport fuels and lubricants available to more
customers to help them improve fuel efficiency and reduce
emissions. Shell continues to invest in renewable energy in
biofuels, and build our capabilities in carbon capture and carbon
storage," Smith said.
Shell Global Solutions' licensed clean fuels
refining technologies and catalysts include hydro-cracking;
hydro-treating -- from naphtha to residue cuts; thermal conversion;
fluidised catalytic cracking (FCC), distillation and separation,
gasification, and carbon dioxide capture technology. Its technical
team provides customers expert guidance on catalyst selection; unit
start-ups and shutdowns; unit performance optimization and
troubleshooting; and benchmarking and best practices.
Shell customers in the Asia Pacific region
include China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC), PetroChina and
Sinopec; Shell Singapore, Petronas in Malaysia, PTT in Thailand,
Reliance in India and Showa Shell refineries in Japan.
(1) Via its wholly owned refining catalyst
company Criterion Catalysts and
Technologies LP
(2) Based on a refinery of size 200 - 300 kbd
with at least 2 diesel
hydrotreaters with savings
coming from (1) more difficult feedstock
upgrading (2) increase cycle
lengths and (3) incremental diesel
process.
(3) Based on the forecast increase from 3.3
billion to 4.8 billion tones
of standard coal equivalent
between 2010 and 2020, as reported by NDRC
on 19th April 2010
(http://www.interfacts.cn/news/13451 )
About Shell Global Solutions
Shell Global Solutions provides business and
operational consultancy, catalysts, technical services and research
and development expertise to the energy and processing industries
worldwide. Shell Global Solutions has over 4,700 staff located in
an extensive network of offices around the world, with primary
commercial and technical centers operating in the USA, Europe and
Asia Pacific.
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