The results
The project generated millions of dollars of savings for the customer and reduced the country’s reliance on importation of finished products.
KBC was appointed by a Latin American customer to assist in the planning of a new refinery and the reconfiguration of their existing refineries. The customer's aim was to eliminate fuel oil production, increase transportation fuels and reduce imports of finished products.
The primary challenge of the project was to work out how to integrate the new refinery into the country's existing refining circuit while achieving the customer's financials targets.
KBC developed a detailed Petro-SIM representation of the entire refining circuit to evaluate the crude rate for the new facility. This allowed us to optimize the transfer of intermediate products within the country’s refining circuit while maximizing the existing units’ processing capacities. We analyzed pre-treating versus post-treating options, looking at:
The project generated millions of dollars of savings for the customer and reduced the country’s reliance on importation of finished products.
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