DES PLAINES, Ill., July 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE:
HON) UOP announced that Turkey's largest oil refiner is using
Honeywell technology to boost diesel fuel production at its
facility in Izmit, Turkey.
Tüpraş, the country's largest industrial company, is using
Honeywell UOP's Unicracking enhanced two-stage processing unit
to produce 75,000 barrels per day (BPSD) of middle distillate
products, including Jet A-1 aviation fuel and Euro V diesel fuel.
The technology, which can increase diesel production by up to 7
percent, will help Tüpraş meet domestic demand for the
transportation fuel.
"Honeywell has provided refining technology and process
automation to Tüpraş refineries for several decades, helping to
build Turkey's domestic oil
industry," said Orhan Genis,
president of Honeywell in Turkey
and Central Asia. "This project is
another significant milestone in this strategic relationship
between our companies."
The Izmit facility is the largest refinery in Turkey, producing 40 percent of Turkey's domestic supply of petroleum
products. In addition to Honeywell UOP's technology, the facility
also employs automation and control technology from Honeywell
Process Solutions (HPS). HPS is upgrading controls at two other
Tüpraş refineries as part of a five-year service, maintenance and
support contract aimed at improving operations and reducing
maintenance costs.
"Turkey currently imports
diesel, and diesel consumption is growing by 2½ percent per year,"
said Mike Millard, vice president
and general manager, Process Technology and Equipment at Honeywell
UOP. "This technology is proven to enable refiners such as Tüpraş
to improve fuel production while reducing energy and hydrogen
consumption and other costs compared with competing
technologies."
Since Honeywell UOP's Unicracking process was
introduced in 1964, the
technology has advanced thanks to the development of more effective
catalysts, unit design and reactor internals. It is available in
multiple flow schemes, including single- and two-stage processes,
and is designed to produce higher yields of transportation fuels
that adhere to tighter regulations using a wider range of
feedstocks. Honeywell UOP has licensed more than 200 Unicracking
units in more than 40 countries. Including the Tüpraş unit at
Izmit, Honeywell UOP has licensed 14 enhanced two-stage Unicracking
process units. Since the start-up of the Tüpraş unit, Honeywell UOP
has started up additional enhanced two-stage units in China and in South
America.
The Unicracking unit is integrated with other Honeywell UOP
process technologies, including coker naphtha and distillate
Unionfining™ units. The system, whose feedstocks include
straight run diesel, coker gas oil and vacuum gas oils, uses a
common fractionation section to reduce capital costs and improve
Tüpraş' return on investment.
Tüpraş operates four oil refineries with a total of 28.1 million
tons annual crude oil processing capacity. The company has
additional synergies from its 80 percent stake in shipping company
DİTAŞ and 40 percent share of the petrol retailer Opet.
Honeywell UOP (www.uop.com) is a leading international supplier
and licensor of process technology, catalysts, adsorbents,
equipment, and consulting services to the petroleum refining,
petrochemical, and gas processing industries. Honeywell UOP is part
of Honeywell's Performance Materials and Technologies strategic
business group, which also includes Honeywell Process Solutions
(www.honeywellprocess.com), a pioneer in automation control,
instrumentation and services for the oil and gas, refining,
petrochemical, chemical and other industries.
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