Refinery Petrochemical Integration

Alternate Routes to Produce

Paraxylene
Jacques Rault

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Paraxylene Market

Slowly recovering
Economy of scale
Production cost reduction

Technology
Reduce Investments
Lower feedstock costs

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Typical ParamaX Configuration

Raffinate
Benzene

Aromatics
purif.

Toluene
Morphylane

H2

C 7-

TransPlus
Aromizing

Paraxylene

NHDT

C 8+

Eluxyl

Xylenes
C8Isom.
+

C8
C9+C10
Orthoxylene

Naphtha
C 9+

C8A
sources

Xylenes
loop

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Heavy
Aromatics

ParamaX Blocks Function

Ring generation

Aromizing

Aromatics purification

Morphylane

Ring rearrangement

TransPlus

PX separation

Eluxyl

Ring rearrangement

Oparis / Xymax

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Base Case - Aromatics Survey

C9+
OX
MX
PX
EB
TOL
BZ

Aromizing

TransPlus

Xylenes Loop

TransPlus yields 50% of C8A

to the Xylenes Loop
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TransPlus
Methyl group rearrangement, long radicals dealkylation
C8A, wt %on conv.

Jointly developed

75%

between ExxonMobil
and CPC (Tawan)

Tol-C9-C10 feed
70%

Processes C10-C11

65%

Aros: superior yields

Tol-C9 feed

60%

High WHSV, low H2/HC

First reference started

55%

50%
0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

C9+ in Fresh feed, wt %

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100%

in June 1997, 6 years

first cycle
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Base Case Capex And Opex Contributions

Xylenes
Loop

Xylenes
Loop

Aromatics ring generation has

an important contribution

TranPlus

TranPlus
Morphylane
& BTX fract

Morphylane
& BTX fract.

Prefrac.,
NHDT &
Aromizing

Prefrac.,
NHDT &
Aromizing

CAPEX

OPEX

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Use existing reformate

aromatics resources
Combine with other sources
(PyGas)
Combine Aromizing
investment with Gasoline
blend objectives

Option 1: Use Reformate C8A

C7- cut to gasoline

PX

Maximize PX/C8A
Minimize Hydraulics

Eluxyl
H2
High Sev.
Reformate

C8A
Isom.

FG

Minimize C8A losses

BT cut

Maximize PX/C8A in

C8+
C9+ to gasoline

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isom
- PX ATE
- EB conversion / ATE

XyMax
Xylenes Isomerization, EB dealkylation to benzene
+6

Four units in operation

(17 overall)

EB conversion from 60% to 85%

High selectivity

PX/Xyl

+4

Advanced
MHAI

+2

XyMax

Base
-2

Conventional
MHAI

-4
-6
-8
40

45

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

PX / X ~ Thermodynamic
equilibrium at reactor outlet

High WHSV low H2/HC

90

EB conv.
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Oparis
EB and Xylenes Isomerization
95

Oparis

Two units in operation

PX / C8A

90

25% more active

85

PX ATE ~ 97%

Former
generation

80

EB ATE from 40% to 60%

75
50

60

70

80

90 100

PX separation recovery rate (%)

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Option 1 - Yield Summary

Total reformate, kTPA

C8A in reformate, kTPA
Mixed C8A import, kTPA
Paraxylene, kTPA
Crude Benzene, kTPA

Oparis
Option

XyMax
Option

1400
432

925
152
340

400
-

Reformate C8A fraction to

PX block, %
~100
RON clear penalty
- 3.8
MON clear penalty
- 2.6
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Oparis option yields

~92% PX from C8A

XyMax option yields

~97% PX from
Xylenes

Octane penalty has

a linear pattern

400
60

~55
- 1.8
- 1.4

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Option 1 - Capex and Opex Summary

XyMax option features 15% Capex, 20% Opex

advantage

high EB conversion
benzene co-product

Oparis option offers maximum PX / C8A yield

equilibrium limited EB conversion

no benzene co-production

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Option 2 - Reformate & Pygas

Raffinate
Benzene
Pygas

Sulfolane

Pygas
HDT

Toluene

Pygas C10+

C7Reformate

Paraxylene
Eluxyl

TransPlus

C8 A

Heavy
Reformate

Oparis

C9& C10

C 9+
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Heavy
Aromatics

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Option 2 - Feedstock Contributions

C9+
OX
MX
PX
EB
T
B

Light
Reformate

Hydrotreated
PyGas

C8+ Reformate

Low C8A content in net feeds

High EB content in C8A

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Option 2 - Aromatics Survey

C9+
OX
MX
PX
EB
T
B

Net Feeds

TransPlus

Xylenes Loop

TransPlus yields 75% of C8A to the Xylenes Loop

TransPlus and HPG C8A mix into Reformate C8A
distribution

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Relative CAPEX Analysis

$ per ton PX

Base Case

Option 1
XyMax

Option 1
Oparis

Option 2

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Significant advantage
for Option 1

Option 2 - favorable
shift from Ring
generation to
aromatics purification

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Opex Analysis

$ per ton PX

Base Case

Option 1
XyMax

Option 1
Oparis

Option 2

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Opex directionally
identical to CAPEX

Wider gap between

Option 1 XyMax vs
Oparis

Option 2: Wider
relative gain to Base
Case
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Conclusions

Opportunities to produce lower cost PX exist

Concerns:
- Think large scale: aromatics processing hub
- Fair HPG pricing

Each case is specific: Axens ParamaX suite of

technologies answers all scenarios with single
source solutions

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Refinery Petrochemical Integration

Alternate Routes to Produce
Paraxylene

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