Refinery Operations
What is a Refinery?
A refinery is a large industrial facility that takes crude oil as its main feedstock and converts it into different petroleum products. The important thing to understand is that crude oil is not one single substance. It is a complex mixture of many different hydrocarbons and other compounds.
A refinery separates this mixture, converts some of the hydrocarbons into more useful forms, removes unwanted contaminants, and finally blends the resulting streams into products with specified properties.
Simplified Process Flow
Common Products Include:
- LPG
- Naphtha
- Gasoline
- Kerosene
- Jet fuel
- Diesel
- Fuel oil
- Lubricant base oils
- Asphalt/bitumen
- Petrochemical feedstocks
* The exact product slate depends on the refinery configuration and the crude oil being processed.
Crude Oil Receiving & Preparation
Crude Oil → Storage → Desalting → Preheating. Our custom-engineered filtration solutions are designed specifically for this critical stage, ensuring unparalleled operational reliability, minimizing costly maintenance downtime, and maximizing overall plant efficiency under rigorous industrial conditions.
Primary Separation
Crude Oil → Atmospheric Distillation. Separating crude oil into various fractions at atmospheric pressure. Our custom-engineered filtration solutions are designed specifically for this critical stage, ensuring unparalleled operational reliability and plant efficiency.
Conversion
Heavy or less valuable fractions are converted into more valuable products. Our custom-engineered filtration solutions are designed specifically for this critical stage, ensuring unparalleled operational reliability, minimizing costly maintenance downtime, and maximizing overall plant efficiency.
Treating
Unwanted contaminants are removed. Our custom-engineered filtration solutions are designed specifically for this critical stage, ensuring unparalleled operational reliability, minimizing costly maintenance downtime, and maximizing overall plant efficiency under rigorous industrial conditions.
Product Blending & Storage
Different treated streams are combined to produce final products with the required specifications. Our custom-engineered filtration solutions are designed specifically for this critical stage, ensuring unparalleled operational reliability and maximizing overall plant efficiency.
Refinery Operations
