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Texaco Refinery Modernization
Client: Texaco, Inc.
Location: Convent, LA, U.S.
Business Segment: Energy Solutions
Industry: Fuels
Executive Summary
Fluor provided engineering and procurement for a modernization of Texaco's Convent, Louisiana, refinery.
The modernization project combined an H-Oil® unit with a hydrogen generating unit and utilized the Texaco Synthesis Gas Generation Process, converting heavy fractions into more valuable products.
Client's Challenge
The H-Oil process was licensed by Hydrocarbon Research Inc. and Texaco Development Corporation, who for the first time designed the H-Oil unit for very high conversion of vacuum resid. The unconverted bottoms were processed in a partial oxidation unit to economically produce the large volumes of hydrogen required.
No coke, fuel oil or other heavy material was produced at this very high conversion rate. Cracking with hydrogen gave Texaco flexibility in choosing feedstocks.
Fluor's Solution
Elsewhere in the refinery, we performed services for the reformer and fluid catalytic cracking units, the sulfur plant and offsites. We also engineered a crude unit that was unique in its degree of heat integration and energy conservation. Its heat requirements were roughly 25% less than most other typical crude units built at the time, a fuel-saving step forward.
Conclusion
The refinery modernization project was completed in 1984. Overall, the project represented a significant advancement in refining technology.
