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Laurent Samy

Recent Technology Developments to Support Petrochemicals Demand

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Be Close to Your Needs, Our Approach

Close to

your needs

Strong scientific

background

Complete portfolio:

processes & catalysts Design

efficiency

Operators

training

Start-up

assistance

Follow-up

Tech Services

Advanced

services

• APC

• Simulator

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Your

Plant /

Project

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Basically all countries …

• Argentina

• Brazil

• Chili

• Mexico

• Uruguay

• Venezuela

Providing Technologies for Petrochemicals South & Latin America

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… and all technologies

• AlphaButol co-monomer grade 1-butene

alpha olefin

• Selective hydrogenations (C3, C4, pygas)

• Etherifications

• Octenes via Dimersol-X dimerization

• Benzene saturation

• Prime-G+

• Reforming

• Isomerization

• …

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Recent Developments in Line with Market Evolution

• Alpha Olefins

• Renewables

Optimization of Existing Technologies

• Energy Efficiency and Water Footprint Reduction

Agenda

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Recent Developments in Line with Market Evolution

• Alpha Olefins

• Renewables

Optimization of Existing Technologies

• Energy Efficiency and Water Footprint Reduction

Agenda

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The Ethylene Plant Example Large Portfolio downstream Steam Cracking

MAPD selective

hydrogenation

C4 acetylenes

selective

hydrogenation

Purification

Multibed

Dimerization

AlphaButol

Trimerization

AlphaHexol

Butadiene

BD rich

selective

hydrogenation

Butadiene

Extraction

C4

etherification

Catacol

Skeletal

isomerization

Iso-5

C4/C5 olefins

hydrogenation

C5 etherification

Catacol

Pygas 1st Stage

Hydrogenation

(GHU-1)

Pygas 2nd Stage

Hydrogenation

(GHU-2)

BD lean selective

hydro

2-butene

maximization

Isobutene

Purif

Isopure

Oligomerization

Selectopol

Polynaphtha

PolyFuel

Olefins

hydrogenation

Aromatics recovery

Sulfolane

Morphylane

Dimerization

Dimersol-X

Hydration

Dehydrogenation

Super

fractionation

BD lean selective

hydro

1-butene

maximization

Ste

am

Cra

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er

Fu

rna

ce

s &

Dis

tilla

tio

n S

ec

tio

n

Removal of

arsenic &

mercury

RAM II

1-hexene

Propylene

Butadiene

1-butene

Isobutane

Isobutene

Octenes

N-butane

MEK

MTBE, ETBE

Solvents

TAME, TAEE

Benzene

Toluene

Mixed xylenes

to car

fuels pool Condensates

Ethylene

Benzene production

(HydroDeAlkylation)

Benzene

saturation

Cyclohexane Cyclohexane

C3/C4 total

hydrogenation

C5

C6+ C6-C8

C9+

2-butenes

rich cut

Advanced Pygas

Upgrading

APU

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Powerful tool to produce co-monomers

• High quality

• On-demand

• Efficient use of raw material

• Cost effective route

Good match especially with ethane based crackers

• Low cost ethylene, lack of C4’s

• Recent south and latin Amrica context

› Last 3 ethylene plants s/u are ethane based

› Brazil: Braskem UNIB-4, Duque de Caxias

› Venezuela: Polinter, El Tablazo

› Mexico: Braskem-Idesa Etileno XXI, Coatzacoalcos

Olefins: On-Purpose Processes

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Olefins: On-Purpose Processes Success of Selectivity On-purpose Mechanism

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Selective formation of the alpha-olefin

• Not a chain growth mechanism

• Highly selective towards desired oligomer

Carbon number Carbon number

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Polymerization Alpha Olefins Production

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AlphaButol®

AlphaHexol™

Selective ethylene trimerization

Selective ethylene dimerization

Successful

Commercialization

>30 references

Recently Born Process

similar to AlphaButol®,

strongly backed up by

extensive industrial

experience in

homogeneous catalysis

1 commercial reference

Applications:

Co-monomers

HDPE &

LLDPE

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Adaptation through Technology Answer Ethane Based Crackers Specific Context

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High purity co-monomers

Highly efficient ethylene use

CAPEX effective solution

Stereospecific chemistry made licenced

technology matching market demand

AlphaButol® AlphaHexolTM

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Recent Developments in Line with Market Evolution

• Alpha Olefins

• Renewables

Optimization of Existing Technologies

• Energy Efficiency and Water Footprint Reduction

Agenda

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Tomorrow’s feedstocks ?

• Oil and gas: for sure, as long as available

• Other sources: likely to grow

› Renewable oils and fats

› Lignocellulosic biomass

› …

Growing contribution of alternatives sources

• Uncertain timing

• Preparation/development on its way

Preparing Tomorrow’s Petrochemicals

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Renewable

Oils & Fats

Lignocellulosic

Biomass

Oil

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Biosourced Materials Providing Environmental Performance

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Vegan™

Gasel™/BioTfueL™ Project

Futurol™ Project

Atol™

BioTCat™ Project

BioButterfly Project

Renewable

Jet & Diesel

(HVO/HEFA)

High Quality

JET & DIESEL

2G ETHANOL

BIO-ETHYLENE

BIO-AROMATICS

BIO-BUTADIENE

GREEN

POLYMERS

GREEN

FUELS

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Alternatives & Renewables

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Fuels

From Biomass,

Coal or Gas

Gasel®

Fischer-Tropsch + Hydrocracking

technology suite

High Quality 2nd generation

Bio-Naphtha & Bio-Diesel

& Bio-Jet

Gas

Bubbles

Slurry

Outlet

Offgas

Wax

Slurry

Return

Liquid

recirculation Dense phase

or slurry

Syngas inlet

1st Commercial reference:

Ajos Finland

Pilot Plant

From Biomass

Futurol™ Project Cellulosic Ethanol

Production Technology

And others…

Simple and integrated 4-step

process

1) Pretreatment

2) Biocatalysts production

3) Hydrolysis & Fermentation

4) Product recovery

Vegan™

Hydroprocessing of Oils & Fats

High Quality transportation

Bio-Diesel & Bio-Jet Fuels

1st Commercial reference:

HYDROTREATMENT

HYDROCRACKING

& ISOMERIZATION

OILS & FATS

JET & DIESEL

NAPHTHA

H2

PROPANE

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Alternatives & Renewables

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Bio-based Petrochemicals

From Biomass

Bio-ethylene from ethanol:

Atol™

Bio-butadiene from biomass:

BioButterfly™ Project

BIOMASS BIOMASS TO

ALCOHOLS

CATALYTIC

REACTIONS

& SEPARATION BUTADIENE

Technology under development:

BIOMASS BIOMASS TO

ETHANOL

ETHANOL TO

ETHYLENE ETHYLENE

Technology:

Aromatics from biomass

Bio-TCatTM Project Technology under development:

NON-FOOD

BIOMASS

CATALYTIC

FAST

PYROLYSIS

BENZENE

TOLUENE

PARAXYLENE HYDROTREATMENT

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Renewable Fuels & Chemicals Futurol™ Technology

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• Simplicity and Robustness

compact scheme

& few production steps :

- Single-train pretreatment,

- One-pot hydrolysis fermentation

• Integration and

Cost Competitiveness

in line with 1G bio-ethanol

production costs

- Energy and water management,

- On-site biocatalysts production and

propagation

• Biomass Flexibility

developed and tested on a

wide range of biomasses

- Suitable for worldwide deployment

- Possibility to take advantage of any

feedstock opportunities.

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Transesterification Hydrotreatment

Vegan™ Product: Premium Quality Biofuel

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Biodiesel

(FAME1)

H2 CH3OH

Renewable

diesel (HVO2)

Renewable

Oils & Fats

High blending value, oxygen-free product

Higher energy density

Tunable cold flow properties

Production of Biojet blend stock

Improved ignition (higher cetane number)

Better blended product stability

Reduced waste & by-products production

Higher feedstock flexibility (UCO, FFA, …)

Advantages of Renewable Diesel (HVO)

1: Fatty Acid Methyl Ester 2: Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil

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Vegan™ Renewable Iso-paraffins Route

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Hydrogenation &

Decarboxylation

Oxygen removal,

olefin saturation

HDI

High Quality

Renewable

Diesel & Jet

Hydro-isomerization

(HDI) to improve

cold flow properties

Hydrocracking

if jet is desired

Pretreated

Renewable

Oils & Fats

HDT

1 2

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40

80

120

-50

0

50

Cold Flow Properties

Vegan Products High Blending Value Biofuels

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0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Cetane Index Cetane Index

Diesel/Jet and Naphtha Yield Specific Gravity

0.7

0.8

0.9

1

Diesel Specification

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First Vegan™ Industrial Reference

Retrofit of two HDT Units into a Vegan™ Unit

200 Million Euros Overall Investment

Production of 500,000 t/y of Renewable Diesel

Fast-track project: Start-up in 2017 (basic design already

completed)

Vegan Insutrial Reference Total La Mède Biorefinery Project

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Announced by TOTAL - April 2015

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Hydrotreating of renewable oils

• Long chain paraffinic materials

• Saturated, deoxygenated

Quality feedstock for steam cracking furnaces

Expected yields

comparison

Vegan 1st Step used for Petrochemicals Change Renewable Oils & Fats into Valuable Cracker Feed

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Use Vegan™ Technology

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Major Actor for Petrochemical Intermediates

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Refinery /

Petrochemicals

synergies

32 co-monomer

grade alpha olefins

references

Major

Actor

FCC alliance Axens – Technip

– IFPEn – Total

> 60 units

Aromatics

complexes

> 20 ParamaX

> 25 Eluxyl

Others Octenes via

Dimersol-X

C4 purifications

Vegan …

>60

etherefication

units

> 600 selective

hydrogenation

references

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Recent Developments in Line with Market Evolution

• Alpha Olefins

• Renewables

Optimization of Existing Technologies

• Energy Efficiency and Water Footprint Reduction

Agenda

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Basic Engineering is a Key Step of a Project

1- Technical

Consulting

2- Basic

Engineering

Project

schedule

3- Detailed

Engineering

4- Construction

Basic

Engineering

Construction

Licensor

Selection

Detailed

Engineering

Client project

launch

The licensor

is the unit’s

Architect

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Axens Innovative Approach

P

F

D

P

I

D

Preparation of

PID, Equipment

Preparation of

lines,

instruments

Basic

Engineering

CEED

Licensor

Selection

C

E

E

D

Work together to develop a

During an Early phase of the Basic Engineering Design

Using qualitative & quantitative analysis to evaluate

alternate schemes pros & cons

Selecting the most appropriate options taking into account:

Energy and/or Water constraints

CAPEX, OPEX, flexibility/operability

To ensure your project is built on solid process

foundation and to provide the best possible return

Custom & Efficient Early Design

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CEED : Collaborative Phase & Powerful Decision-Support Tool

Number of meetings/ conf. call

before H&MB / PFD finalization

A lot of exchanges with customer in a tight schedule...

… To propose various options evaluated using several criteria

selected by the customer A powerful decision-support tool

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100

110

CAPEX ENERGY Utilities

Consumption

Options

A

C

B

Typical

With CEED Number of weeks before

H&MB / PFD finalization

100 Basis Index for Base Case (Option A)

After licensor

selection

D

Base

Case

WATER Consumption

100

CO2

Emissions

NPV (Net Present Value)

@10%, 15 years

Base

Base +3 weeks

Base

Base + 100% (x 2)

Low

Energy

Very Low

Energy

Low

Water

+ Dedicated

operability

report for

each option

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Conclusion

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Axens at the forefront of Innovation with

Advanced Solutions & Technologies

• New processes

• Schemes improvement

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Thank you! And see you on Axens’ Blog

axens.net/blog

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