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Journal articles on the topic "Petroleum Refining Desulfurization Economic aspects"
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Sato, André Kiyoshi Coutinho, Regina Franciélle Silva Paulino, Victor Arruda Ferraz de Campos, Celso Eduardo Tuna, and José Luz Silveira. "Technical and economic aspects of coke gasification in the petroleum refining industry." Fuel 323 (September 2022): 124225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124225.
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BUN'KOVSKII, Dmitrii V. "Improving the efficiency of oil refineries by developing the production of high-quality oils." Regional Economics: Theory and Practice 19, no. 7 (July 15, 2021): 1264–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.24891/re.19.7.1264.
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Subject. This article discusses the efficiency of Russian oil refining complexes at the present stage of the oil industry's development. Objectives. The article aims to consider reserves to improve the efficiency of petroleum oil production in Russia and describe some aspects of the domestic oil refining complexes' efficiency improvement. Methods. For the study, I used the systems analysis, observation, comparison, generalization, and the method of hypothetico-deductive reasoning. Results. Based on an analysis of the main advantages and disadvantages of alternative ways of producing high-quality petroleum oils, the article describes the possibilities and ways of modernizing the petroleum oil production. Conclusions. The considered ways of modernizing the production of petroleum oils will help improve the economic efficiency of Russian oil refineries through reducing the technological equipment operating costs and adding to the oil refining depth.
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Pienaar, Wessel. "The regulation of commercial petroleum pipeline operations: a South African example." Corporate Ownership and Control 7, no. 3 (2010): 188–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv7i3c1p3.
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This paper provides an overview of a study of economic regulatory aspects of commercial petroleum pipeline operations. It addresses (1) the market structure, ownership patterns, and relative efficiency of petroleum pipeline transport; (2) pipeline operating costs; (3) proposed pricing principles. The research approach and methodology combine (1) a literature survey; (2) analysis of the cost structures of large commercial petroleum pipeline operators; and (3) interviews conducted with specialists in the petroleum refining and pipeline industries. The potential value of the research lies mainly in the developed guidelines for the economic regulation of market entry and pricing of the carriage of petroleum commodities by pipeline.
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Shamsutdinova, Marina. "Economic aspects of the development of the world markets of petroleum products since the middle of the XX century." Russian Journal of Management 9, no. 3 (December 11, 2021): 21–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.29039/2409-6024-2021-9-3-21-25.
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The study of the development of the world markets of petroleum products in the period from 1950 to 2021 allows us to conclude that up to 2014 there was a steady increase in the total capacity of the world oil industry . The increase in capacity occurred against the background of a quantitative decrease in oil refineries and an increase in their production capacity. The decrease in the number of small oil refining units was accompanied by an increase in the average capacity in the oil industry.
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Dwi Prasetyo, Wegik, Zulfan Adi Putra, Muhammad Roil Bilad, Teuku Meurah Indra Mahlia, Yusuf Wibisono, Nik Abdul Hadi Nordin, and Mohd Dzul Hakim Wirzal. "Insight into the Sustainable Integration of Bio- and Petroleum Refineries for the Production of Fuels and Chemicals." Polymers 12, no. 5 (May 11, 2020): 1091. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12051091.
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A petroleum refinery heavily depends on crude oil as its main feedstock to produce liquid fuels and chemicals. In the long term, this unyielding dependency is threatened by the depletion of the crude oil reserve. However, in the short term, its price highly fluctuates due to various factors, such as regional and global security instability causing additional complexity on refinery production planning. The petroleum refining industries are also drawing criticism and pressure due to their direct and indirect impacts on the environment. The exhaust gas emission of automobiles apart from the industrial and power plant emission has been viewed as the cause of global warming. In this sense, there is a need for a feasible, sustainable, and environmentally friendly generation process of fuels and chemicals. The attention turns to the utilization of biomass as a potential feedstock to produce substitutes for petroleum-derived fuels and building blocks for biochemicals. Biomass is abundant and currently is still low in utilization. The biorefinery, a facility to convert biomass into biofuels and biochemicals, is still lacking in competitiveness to a petroleum refinery. An attractive solution that addresses both is by the integration of bio- and petroleum refineries. In this context, the right decision making in the process selection and technologies can lower the investment and operational costs and assure optimum yield. Process optimization based on mathematical programming has been extensively used to conduct techno-economic and sustainability analysis for bio-, petroleum, and the integration of both refineries. This paper provides insights into the context of crude oil and biomass as potential refinery feedstocks. The current optimization status of either bio- or petroleum refineries and their integration is reviewed with the focus on the methods to solve the multi-objective optimization problems. Internal and external uncertain parameters are important aspects in process optimization. The nature of these uncertain parameters and their representation methods in process optimization are also discussed.
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A., Omoogun, Olayemi T.E., and Ogungbade T. "Environmental Pollution and Its Ecological Consequences on the Niger Delta: A Review of the Literature." African Journal of Environment and Natural Science Research 4, no. 4 (August 23, 2021): 27–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.52589/ajensr-bjggacsv.
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Petroleum exploration has brought a lot of revenue to the Nigerian government as most of the country’s investments and expenditures depend on the profits from oil. However, the processes of petroleum exploitation over the past 60 years have also come with negative consequences most notably the environmental pollution of the Niger Delta ecosystem. Many empirical studies have been funded by partnering organizations to assess the impacts of these exploration activities on the ecosystem. This study is significant because research clearly shows that the impacts of environmental degradation affect local residents and can be felt across time and space. Our goal in this study is to synthesize the findings of those studies. Primarily, we aim to answer the following questions; 1) What are the impacts of pollution on the Niger Delta ecosystem in water, soil and air” what are the effects of oil spillage on the socio-economic activities of the people and the environment in some communities in the Niger Delta” and what are the possible processes and avenues through which these impacts can be mitigated?” Over 60 articles were systematically reviewed in this study. We reported our findings under three broad categories, focusing on the three aspects of the environment – soil, air, and water as well as the actors responsible for these acts of pollution. Our review revealed that several operating oil companies are responsible for oil spills because of mismanaged pipelines coupled with environmentally unsustainable practices of gas flaring; Conversely, illegal refining and pipeline vandalism perpetrated by militant groups of the host communities have resulted in a more polluted environment; Government negligence in regulating oil operations in the region and failure to ensure that polluted sites are adequately remediated have further compounded the crisis and environmental degradation in the region. It goes without saying that all stakeholders in the business of petroleum exploration should accept the responsibility of protecting the environment. Our review pushes this conversation further by stressing the need to involve local communities in the maintenance and monitoring of pipelines. At the end of the day, the ultimate goal of improving the quality of life of members of rural communities serves not only them but all other stakeholders.
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Li, Fu-Min, Ming-Qing Hua, Yan-Chen Wei, Ji-Xing Liu, Jia-Hong Gong, Chao Wang, Pei-Wen Wu, Yan Huang, Hua-Ming Li, and Wen-Shuai Zhu. "Insight into the oxidative desulfurization of high-sulfur petroleum coke under mild conditions: a journey of vanadium-substituted Dawson-type phosphotungstic acid." Petroleum Science, February 12, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12182-021-00553-2.
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AbstractHigh-sulfur petroleum coke (HSPC), that is a by-product from slag oil in the coking process of refining, shows versatility values in practical applications and, however, concentrates the majority of organic sulfur. Herein, we design and construct a highly effective CTAB@HPA composites to be explored for the catalytic oxidative desulfurization of HSPC under mild conditions using hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazole tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid as the extractant. The results demonstrate that the sulfur content of HSPC could be strikingly reduced from 4.46 wt% to 2.48 wt% under 60 °C and atmospheric pressure, and that the organic sulfur in HSPC is mainly oxidized to sulfoxide, sulfone and sulfate, which latter can be directly separated from petroleum coke. Moreover, the effect of reaction conditions on the desulfurization performance of HSPC as well as the catalytic oxidation reaction kinetic of HSPC desulfurization was systematically investigated. Furthermore, a mechanism for the oxidative desulfurization of HSPC over CTAB@HPA catalysts was proposed. Therefore, this work provides new insight into how to construct active catalysts for the desulfurization of HSPC under mild conditions.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Petroleum Refining Desulfurization Economic aspects"
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Oosthuizen, J. F. (Jan Francois). "A critique of the use of real option valuation to evaluate an oil industry refining project." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50245.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The oil industry is under pressure to select refinery projects that will provide higher and more predictable returns. In the past Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) techniques have been used to choose between refinery project alternatives. One of the problems with DCF techniques is that they ignore management flexibility when evaluating projects that contain embedded options. Real Option Valuation (ROV) is an approach that takes management flexibility into account and places a value on this flexibility. ROV has been used extensively by the oil industry for the evaluation of oil and gas reserves. The aim of this study is to determine the extent to which the use of ROV will improve the decision making process when evaluating a refining project containing embedded options as well as to determine the most appropriate option valuation method for refining projects. This was done by evaluating a refining project using both a probabilistic DCF approach and the various option pricing models and comparing the results. It was concluded that ROV will improve the decision making process when evaluating refining projects containing embedded options. The most appropriate option pricing method for refining projects was found to be the simulation approach since simulation is already being used by refineries to perform probabilistic DCF analysis. It is not recommended that ROV should be blindly applied to all refining projects containing embedded options. The use of ROV should be limited to larger refining projects for which probabilistic cash flows have been developed and the extent of the ROV analysis required should be determined by a careful review of the net present value (NPV) cumulative probability curves.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die olie industrie is onder druk geplaas om projekte te kies met 'n hoër opbrengs op kapitaal en 'n opbrengs wat meer voorspelbaar is. In die verlede is slegs die Verdiskonteerde Kontant Vloei (VKV) metode gebruik om projekte te selekteer vir die raffinadery. Een van die onderliggende tekortkominge met die gebruik van die VKV metode is dat verskillende bestuursopsies in terme van alternatiewe met ingeboude opsies, nie voldoende ondersoek word nie. Reële Opsie Waardasie (ROW) is 'n metode wat bestuursopsies in ag neem deur 'n waarde te plaas op elke beskikbare bestuursopsie. ROW het wye toepassings in die olie industrie vir die evaluasie van gas en olie reserves. Die doel van hierdie studie is om te bepaal tot watter mate die gebruik van ROW die besluitnemingsproses sal verbeter in terme van die evaluasie van projekte met ingeboude opsies vir raffinaderye en watter opsiewaardasie metode die mees geskikte is vir sulke projekte. 'n Raffinadery projek is evalueer deur beide KV en verskeie opsie-prysbepalingsmetodes te gebruik en die resultate is vergelyk. Die resultate van die studie het bewys dat die ROW metode die besluitnemingsproses verbeter. Die studie het gewys dat die mees geskikte opsie-waardasie metode vir projekte in the raffinadery die simulasie benadering is omdat simulasie alreeds vir probalisties VKV ontleding gebruik word. 'n Verdere aanbeveling is dat die ROW metode nie blindelings gevolg moet word vir alle projekte met ingeboude opsies nie. Die gebruik van ROW moet beperk word tot groter projekte waarvoor probabilistiese kontantvloei alreeds ontwikkel is. Die mate van ROW ontleding moet bepaal word deur 'n noukeurige ondersoek te doen van die kumulatiewe netto huidige waarde-waarskynlikheidskurwe.
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Tanzala, Kikasu Eustache. "Exploring the socio-economic role of the petroleum refining industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo : a case study of the Congolese Company of Oil Refining Industries (SOCIR)." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2584.
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Submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Masters: Public Management, Durban University of Technology, 2017.Constant change through global competition, technological advances and socio-economic improvement, permeates the contemporary environment in the world including certain African countries. Oil refineries are in constant progress with regards to modernisation and development. Many oil refineries all over the world are operating according to the expected scope of oil products to be produced and supplied, in line with the objectives of meeting domestic and international demand. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has one oil refinery only named Congolese Company of Oil Refining Industries (SOCIR), which has become less productive, uncompetitive, inefficient and unable to achieve its socio-economic roles or goals of supplying the country with oil products and of contributing to national socio-economic development. This study aimed to explore the socio-economic role of the petroleum refining industry in the DRC, through the case study of the SOCIR. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the factors affecting the socio-economic development in the DRC; identify the challenges experienced by SOCIR in the macro-environment; and explore the socio-economic effects the upgrading of SOCIR could have on the socio-economic situation in the DRC. In order to achieve these objectives, the study was undertaken as a quantitative survey combined with qualitative in-depth interviews to provide better understanding of the information obtained from the survey. The quantitative study was conducted on administrative personnel, academics, students, and public and private participants involved in the oil and gas industry in the DRC. Hundred participants were selected for the quantitative survey and five in-depth interviews were conducted to discuss the findings and results obtained through the quantitative study. The macro-environment variables of the PESTIE model were used to accomplish the aim and objectives of this study. The result of this study revealed that most factors affecting the socio-economic development of the DRC are related to the PESTIE instabilities, lack of economic diversity and constant national and regional ethnic or armed conflicts that are fuelled by multiple interests linked to natural mineral resources. The ageing of SOCIR infrastructure, the lack of financial capital and the lack of investments for human capital development were identified as the main challenges experienced by SOCIR. Furthermore, it was highlighted that if SOCIR upgraded with new efficient processing technology, it could increase its capacity of production, contribute on reducing the effects of total dependency on imports of all needs for petroleum products and prevent the country from exporting the total oil output, contribute on supplying the country with sufficient quality and quantity of clean oil products, and promote the oil and gas industry development and integration. The results of this study also indicated that SOCIR development could play a key role leading to economic diversity and growth with direct, indirect and induced impacts of massive job creation and contribute on reducing unemployment, poverty and inequality of many Congolese which are living under the poverty datum line. The study revealed that the outcome of the oil and gas industry integrated and developed through SOCIR modernisation strategy could steer the socio-economic change and transformation in the country. It is recommended to the government of DRC to constantly review, monitor and implement policies and regulations that could promote the oil and gas industry development in the country. The results of the study should also influence policy-makers and decision-makers on formulating innovative and creative policies, setting programmes, methods and interventions, which will enable the development of the oil and gas industry.
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Books on the topic "Petroleum Refining Desulfurization Economic aspects"
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Snoeck, Michele. La industria de refinación en México, 1970-1985. México, D.F: Colegio de México, Programa de Energéticos, 1989.
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Prices at the pump: Market failure and the oil industry : hearing before Antitrust Task Force of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, May 16, 2007. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2008.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs. Gasoline supply--another energy crisis?: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, June 14, 2001. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2001.
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Municipal Industrial Strategy for Abatement Program (Ontario) and Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Policy and Planning Branch., eds. The Economic and financial profile of the petroleum refining sector: Summary report. [Toronto]: Policy and Planning Branch, Corporate Resources Division, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 1988.
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US GOVERNMENT. Gasoline supply--another energy crisis?: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on ... Congress, first session, June 14, 2001. For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [Congressional Sales Office], 2001.
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Mohamed, Mohamed A., Radwa Soelem, Fares Attar, and Nesrin Ozalp. "Hydrogen Production and Utilization in Petroleum Refineries: A Study of the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry." In ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2011-54752.
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Petroleum refining industry in the United States is the largest in the world operating 148 refineries. These refineries contribute a major economic value to the U.S. market for providing the chemical industry with vital products. The economic gain, however, is challenged by the increasing competitiveness within the refining sector as well as the unpredictable oil prices. Furthermore, environmental obligations also have been recently advocating low emission rates that may entail additional operating costs to refineries. In this study, we analyze hydrogen production and utilization in the U.S. oil and gas industry to characterize its key role and trends in this energy-intensive industry. We referred to U.S. Department of Energy data and statistics of hydrogen production rates as well as we considered other elementary factors of refineries productivity such as; economics of crude oil, power consumption and chemical outputs. Considering the fact that hydrogen-dependent processes in refining count as a key element in oil refining; it is certainly that efficient production and implementation of hydrogen in processes such as hydro-cracking and hydro-desulfurization will result in cost saving opportunities for refineries. From this point of view, we highlight the economic and environmental advantages of solar cracking of natural gas as an alternative way of hydrogen production. Hydrogen production in refineries could possibly benefit from utilizing this alternative method on both local and global levels. Economically, this study explains how solar cracking could save about $62 million in hydrogen production for U.S. refineries. Even though the momentum of desulfurization acts are not yet strong in the U.S., major European refining investments are in jeopardy if not soon to utilize enhanced desulfurization facilities in response to demands of lower sulfur content of refined products. A comprehensive expenditures model is presented in this study to monitor primary areas of saving in hydrogen production from the early stages of establishing a hydrogen production plant. Further alternatives showing potential are also included as future considerations for the refinery sector.
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Al Jarwan, Dr Abdulla, and Fathesha Sheikh. "Vertical Integration Strategy Implementation Through Hybrid Upstream and Downstream Concession Agreements." In Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207585-ms.
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Abstract Upstream developments in prolific oil and gas fields are highly profitable and hence attract various investors/partners, whereas Downstream developments profitability is margin based and challenging under certain situations to receive similar interest for investment in the same location. Vertical Integration Strategy implementation through hybrid upstream and downstream concession agreements can help address this issue. The seventies witnessed major changes in the oil industry's structures and strategies resulting from the nationalization of oil and gas reserves. This ultimately led to a separation between the upstream sector with national oil companies (NOCs) controlling most of the world reserves and crude production, and the downstream sector with the international oil companies (IOCs) controlling the largest share of the refining and marketing aspects in the main consuming countries. In the recent past, NOCs have started forward integration of its upstream sector with downstream sector to take advantage of the synergies and increase profitability. This paper takes the strategy a step more forward by exploring the possibility of developing oil and gas assets through a hybrid upstream/downstream concession agreement that can be awarded by the host government. The model hybrid agreement is built by integrating a typical upstream concession agreement with downstream equity-based joint venture (JV) agreement. It also takes the learnings from Production Development Production Sharing Agreement (DPSA) applied in the development of a Gas-To-Liquids (GTL) asset or Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) asset which are usually developed as an integrated upstream and downstream business model. It is also feasible to build the hybrid agreement based on upstream Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) instead of a Concession Agreement. The paper will discuss how the hybrid upstream and downstream concession agreement is built and how it will distribute the risk and rewards across the entire value chain for investors, expand the scope of investment and support in the economic development of the host country.