• Login
    • Join
  • FOLLOW:
  • Subscribe Free
    • Magazine
    • eNewsletter
    Checkout
    • Magazine
    • News
    • Research
    • Markets & Technologies
    • Raw Materials
    • Top Companies
    • Directories
    • Jobs
    • Events
    • Microsites
    • More
  • Magazine
  • News
  • Research
  • Markets & Technologies
  • Raw Materials
  • Top Companies
  • Directories
  • Jobs
  • Events
  • Microsites
  • Current / Back Issues
    Features
    Business Corner
    Editorial
    Digital Edition
    eNewsletter Archive
    Our Team
    Editorial Guidelines
    Subscribe Now
    Advertise Now
    World Reports
    eBook
    Top Features
    Pigments Market

    The Architectural Paint Market Enjoys a Strong 2022

    The Buyers’ Guide

    Auto Refinish Market

    The 2022 Protective Additives Directory
    Breaking News
    Online Exclusives
    Distributor News
    Financial News
    Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
    People In the News
    Price Increases
    Product News
    Raw Materials & Equipment
    Video Bites
    Suppliers News
    Live From Shows
    Top News
    PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project in Denmark

    10 Partners of the Automotive Industry Form JV, Cofinity-X

    BASF Recognized as Top Company for Supplier Diversity

    Eastman Acquires Dalian Ai-Red Technology

    SAFIC-ALCAN to Distribute Scott Bader Acrylics & Rheology Modifiers in France
    Top Companies report
    Market Research
    White Papers / Tech Papers
    Technical Papers
    Product Spec Sheets
    World Reports
    Adhesives and Sealants
    Aerospace Coatings
    Architectural Coatings
    Automotive Coatings
    Automotive Refinish
    Business Operation
    Color Trends & Forecast
    Construction Chemicals
    Corrosion Control
    Industrial Coatings
    Laboratory Equipment
    Marine Coatings
    Market Trends & Forecast
    Powder Coatings
    Production Equipment
    Radcure Coatings
    Special Purpose Coatings
    Wood Coatings
    "Green" Coatings

    PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project in Denmark

    PPG’s SEM Products Business Launches VCS Hybrid Cup System for the Refinish Market

    Mankiewicz Selects ‘Feel Good’ Hues for 2023 Colors of the Year

    ROSS Offers Heavy-Duty Three Roll Mills for High Viscosity Dispersions

    PPG Achieves ISO 14001 Certification of Environmental Management System
    Additives
    Binders
    Pigments
    Solvents

    SAFIC-ALCAN to Distribute Scott Bader Acrylics & Rheology Modifiers in France

    EPS Launches New Acrylic DIrect-to-Metal Polymer

    Evonik, Partners Launch PlasCO₂ Project for C4 Chemicals Production

    Dr. Ranjini Murthy to Join Azelis Americas as SVP of Commercial and Digital Excellence

    Univar Solutions Announces New Distribution Relationship
    Company Capabilities
    Buyers Guide
    Distributor Guide
    Add New Company
    International Buyers Guide Companies
    W. R. Grace & Co.

    Shepherd Color Company, The

    Siltech Corporation

    Arkema

    EPS
    Industry Events
    Webinars
    Live From Show Event
    Top Events
    Saudi Arabia Coatings Show

    Southern Society for Coatings Technology Annual Meeting and Technology Conference

    Eastern Coatings Show

    CPCA Annual Conference

    66th Annual Sink or Swim
    Companies
    White Papers/Tech Papers
    Product Spec Sheets
    Equipment
    Literature/Brochures
    Videos
    International Buyers Guide Companies
    W. R. Grace & Co.

    Shepherd Color Company, The

    Siltech Corporation

    Arkema

    EPS
    • Magazine
      • Current / Back Issues
      • Features
      • Editorial
      • Business Corner
      • Digital Edition
      • eNewsletter Archive
      • Editorial Guidelines
      • Subscribe Now
      • Advertise Now
    • Breaking News
    • Directories
      • Buyers Guide
      • Distributor Guide
      • Corporate Capabilities
      • Trade Associations
      • Add Your Company
    • Markets & Technologies
      • Adhesives and Sealants
      • Aerospace Coatings
      • Architectural Coatings
      • Automotive Coatings
      • Automotive Refinish
      • Business Operation
      • Color Trends & Forecast
      • Construction Chemicals
      • Corrosion Control
      • Industrial Coatings
      • Laboratory Equipment
      • Marine Coatings
      • Market Trends & Forecast
      • Powder Coatings
      • Production Equipment
      • Radcure Coatings
      • Special Purpose Coatings
      • Wood Coatings
      • "Green" Coatings
    • Raw Materials
      • Additives
      • Binders
      • Pigments
      • Solvents
    • World Reports
      • Africa Report
      • China Report
      • India/Asia Pacific Report
      • Europe Report
      • Latin America Report
      • Market Research
      • Russian Report
    • Top Companies
    • Online Exclusives
    • Glossary
    • Slideshows
    • Experts Opinions
    • Blog
    • eBook
    • Infographics
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
    • Whitepapers
    • Jobs
    • Microsites
      • Companies
      • White Papers/Tech Papers
      • Product Spec Sheets
      • Equipment
      • Literature/Brochures
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Industry Events
      • Live From Show Event
      • Webinars
    • About Us
      • About Us
      • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms of Use
    Expert's Opinion

    IHS: New ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco Technologies Produce Ethylene Directly from Crude Oil

    ...

    Related Content
    • Growing Oil and Gas Industry Creating Huge Demand for Steel Pipe Coatings: Fact.MR
    • Results of Paint Contractor/U.S. Architectural Coatings Industry Research Report
    • Emulsion Polymers Market to Hit $66 Billion by 2027: Transparency Market Research
    • Coherent Market Insights: Paint And Coatings Market To Surpass $220 Billion By 2027
    • BASF Announces Wintershall Oil and Gas Production at Record Level
    07.06.16
    Two new steam-cracking processes developed by ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco, respectively, allow petrochemical producers to essentially skip the refining process in converting crude oil directly to light olefins. These new processes could potentially save refiners as much as $200-per-ton of ethylene produced, according to a comprehensive engineering analysis conducted by IHS, a leading global source of critical information and insight.

    “In 2014, ExxonMobil commissioned a world-scale facility in Singapore that produces 1 million tons per year of ethylene directly from crude oil,” said Anthony Pavone, director of engineering at IHS Chemical, and one of the authors of the IHS Chemical Process Economics Report; Steam Cracking of Crude Oil. “We at IHS Chemical believe this process nets ExxonMobil about $100 to $200 per metric ton above traditional naphtha cracking.”

    “This new crude-to-olefins process is about production cost savings, and takes advantage of the premium that naphtha commands over crude oil in Southeast Asia. It is this ‘feedstock spread’ that contributes most of the cost-savings advantage,” Pavone said.

    The ExxonMobil process completely bypasses the traditional naphtha cracking process. Saudi Aramco has its own process for crude oil to olefins, and in June 2016, Aramco announced a joint venture with SABIC to study building a ‘crude oil-to-chemicals’ complex in Saudi Arabia. Though the exact process configuration for the potential joint-venture was not disclosed, it is possible this complex will employ the Aramco process, at least in part.

    According to the IHS report, the ExxonMobil process completely bypasses the refinery and feeds crude oil to the cracking furnaces. These have each been modified to include a flash pot between the convective and radiant sections of the furnaces. Next, the crude oil is pre-heated and then flashed, IHS said, essentially ‘topping’ the lighter components from the crude.

    This extracted vapor, the IHS report said, is then fed back into the furnace’s radiant coils and cracked in the usual fashion. The heavier liquid that collects at the bottom of the flash pot is either transferred to the adjacent ExxonMobil refinery, or sold into the merchant market.

    “This analysis was conducted at a $50 per barrel cost for crude oil,” Pavone said. “As you might expect for Singapore, this process requires the local availability of light, sweet crude.”

    The Aramco process, IHS said, works along an entirely different concept from that of the ExxonMobil crude-to-olefins process. As of yet, IHS cautioned, the Aramco process is still only a proposed project; no facility actually has been built to test the process.

    The IHS report said the Aramco process begins by feeding the whole barrel of crude to a hydrocracking unit, which removes sulfur and shifts the boiling point curve significantly toward lighter compounds. The gas-oil and lighter products are sent to a traditional steam cracker, while the heavier products are sent to a proprietary, Aramco-developed deep-fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC) that maximizes olefin output.

    “We at IHS Chemical estimate the cash-cost for this Aramco crude-to-olefins process would be $200-per-ton cheaper than for a naphtha cracker,” Pavone said. “The hydrocracker and deep-fluid catalytic cracker add significant capital costs, though, so at 15 percent pre-tax return on investment (ROI), we estimate the Aramco process would pencil in at roughly equivalent costs to naphtha cracking in Saudi Arabia.”

    The IHS report is based upon a “bottoms-up” Class-3 process design and proprietary steam cracking kinetic reaction software simulation of both the ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco crude-to-olefins processes. “To the best of our knowledge,” Pavone said, “our IHS Chemical analysis is the first in-depth independent analysis of these new crude-to-olefins technologies.”
    Related Searches
    • chemical
    Suggested For You
    Growing Oil and Gas Industry Creating Huge Demand for Steel Pipe Coatings: Fact.MR Growing Oil and Gas Industry Creating Huge Demand for Steel Pipe Coatings: Fact.MR
    Results of Paint Contractor/U.S. Architectural Coatings Industry Research Report Results of Paint Contractor/U.S. Architectural Coatings Industry Research Report
    Emulsion Polymers Market to Hit $66 Billion by 2027: Transparency Market Research Emulsion Polymers Market to Hit $66 Billion by 2027: Transparency Market Research
    Coherent Market Insights: Paint And Coatings Market To Surpass $220 Billion By 2027 Coherent Market Insights: Paint And Coatings Market To Surpass $220 Billion By 2027
    BASF Announces Wintershall Oil and Gas Production at Record Level BASF Announces Wintershall Oil and Gas Production at Record Level
    Europe-based Coatings Companies Look to the Middle East for Growth Europe-based Coatings Companies Look to the Middle East for Growth
    AMI Releases Study on Steel Pipe Coating – the Global Market AMI Releases Study on Steel Pipe Coating – the Global Market
    US Demand for Solvents to Reach 9.6 Billion Pounds US Demand for Solvents to Reach 9.6 Billion Pounds
    US Demand for Solvents to Reach 9.6 Billion Pounds US Demand for Solvents to Reach 9.6 Billion Pounds
    Growing Infant & Aging Populations Drive Demand for Super Absorbent Polymers Growing Infant & Aging Populations Drive Demand for Super Absorbent Polymers
    Growing Latin American Demand for Polyethylene Far Outstrips its Production and Planned Additions Growing Latin American Demand for Polyethylene Far Outstrips its Production and Planned Additions
    Uncertainty Now Could Tighten Chemical Markets Later Uncertainty Now Could Tighten Chemical Markets Later
    Oil Collapse, China Heighten Long-term Structural Change in Chemical Industry Oil Collapse, China Heighten Long-term Structural Change in Chemical Industry
    Radiation-Curing Technologies Radiation-Curing Technologies
    LANXESS and Saudi Aramco Complete Joint Venture LANXESS and Saudi Aramco Complete Joint Venture

    Related Breaking News

    • Breaking News | Market Reports
      Growing Oil and Gas Industry Creating Huge Demand for Steel Pipe Coatings: Fact.MR

      Growing Oil and Gas Industry Creating Huge Demand for Steel Pipe Coatings: Fact.MR

      The global steel pipe coatings market exceeds a valuation of US$ 8.1 billion.
      08.06.21

    • Market Reports
      Results of Paint Contractor/U.S. Architectural Coatings Industry Research Report

      Results of Paint Contractor/U.S. Architectural Coatings Industry Research Report

      Report looks at business trends in 4Q20 vs. 4Q19.
      Northcoast Research 03.01.21

    • Additives | Market Reports
      Emulsion Polymers Market to Hit $66 Billion by 2027: Transparency Market Research

      Emulsion Polymers Market to Hit $66 Billion by 2027: Transparency Market Research

      ...
      Transparency Market Research 01.14.21


    • Breaking News | Market Reports
      Coherent Market Insights: Paint And Coatings Market To Surpass $220 Billion By 2027

      Coherent Market Insights: Paint And Coatings Market To Surpass $220 Billion By 2027

      ...
      Coatings World staff 10.12.20

    • Breaking News

      BASF Announces Wintershall Oil and Gas Production at Record Level

      ...
      03.23.17

    Loading, Please Wait..
    Trending
    • Minwax Brand Announces Gentle Olive As Its 2022 Color Of The Year
    • PPG Recognized As ‘Most Admired Company’ By FORTUNE Magazine
    • PPG Global Leaders Transform Boys & Girls Club In Florida With COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project
    • Dutch Boy Paints Announces Rustic Greige As Its 2023 Color Of The Year
    • BASF Recognized As Top Company For Supplier Diversity
    Breaking News
    • PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project in Denmark
    • 10 Partners of the Automotive Industry Form JV, Cofinity-X
    • BASF Recognized as Top Company for Supplier Diversity
    • Eastman Acquires Dalian Ai-Red Technology
    • SAFIC-ALCAN to Distribute Scott Bader Acrylics & Rheology Modifiers in France
    View Breaking News >
    CURRENT ISSUE

    January 2023

    • Pigments Market
    • The Architectural Paint Market Enjoys a Strong 2022
    • View More >

    Cookies help us to provide you with an excellent service. By using our website, you declare yourself in agreement with our use of cookies.
    You can obtain detailed information about the use of cookies on our website by clicking on "More information”.

    • About Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms And Conditions
    • Contact Us

    follow us

    Subscribe
    Nutraceuticals World

    Latest Breaking News From Nutraceuticals World

    GOED Elects New Board Officers for 2023
    Aspire Hires Darrec Jones as VP of Business Development
    Pycnogenol Supplementation Linked to Better Hair Density in Menopausal Women
    Coatings World

    Latest Breaking News From Coatings World

    PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project in Denmark
    10 Partners of the Automotive Industry Form JV, Cofinity-X
    BASF Recognized as Top Company for Supplier Diversity
    Medical Product Outsourcing

    Latest Breaking News From Medical Product Outsourcing

    MPO's Most-Read Stories This Week—Feb. 4
    MO SCI Acquires Assets of 3M’s Advanced Materials Business
    Neurent Medical’s NEUROMARK System Becomes Commercially Available in U.S. Markets
    Contract Pharma

    Latest Breaking News From Contract Pharma

    Lilly 4Q Revenues Down 9% to $7.3B
    Bionova Expansion Project to Quadruple GMP Biologics Manufacturing Capacity
    Steriline Provides Fill-Finish Solution for Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing
    Beauty Packaging

    Latest Breaking News From Beauty Packaging

    Pacifica Introduces Glow Baby Skincare Line
    Kohl’s Names Tom Kingsbury as Chief Executive Officer
    Mielle Unveils Haircare Bundles Inspired by Amazon Original Series Harlem
    Happi

    Latest Breaking News From Happi

    ELF Cosmetics To Air Commercial During Super Bowl
    Dermatitis Journal Article Looks at Lanolin as An Allergen
    Next of Us Launches Pair of Hair Care Products
    Ink World

    Latest Breaking News From Ink World

    Weekly Recap: Pigments, Inkjet Ink Market Reports Top This Week’s Stories
    Roland DGA Announces Key Changes to Leadership Team
    Ball Reports 2022 Results
    Label & Narrow Web

    Latest Breaking News From Label & Narrow Web

    MM Packaging adds first Nilpeter press for Dublin site
    Polytag develops new UV tag reading technology
    Enterprise Print Group adds Screen Truepress Jet L350UV SAI E
    Nonwovens Industry

    Latest Breaking News From Nonwovens Industry

    Weekly Recap: K-C Requests Huggies-Related Lawsuit to be Thrown Out, WPT Makes Investment & More
    What You’re Reading on Nonwovens-Industry.com
    Kimberly-Clark Supports Period Poverty Initiative in Australia
    Orthopedic Design & Technology

    Latest Breaking News From Orthopedic Design & Technology

    ODT's Most-Read Stories This Week—Feb. 4
    Toetal Solutions Secures $1.8 Million in New Financing
    Adrian Tyndall Joins Axogen's Board of Directors
    Printed Electronics Now

    Latest Breaking News From Printed Electronics Now

    Weekly Recap: CES 2023, ams OSRAM and Celanese Top This Week’s Stories
    Zebra Provides East West Shrine Bowl with RFID Tracking Technology
    AAAS Elects Three ORNL Scientists as Fellows

    Copyright © 2023 Rodman Media. All rights reserved. Use of this constitutes acceptance of our privacy policy The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Rodman Media.

    AD BLOCKER DETECTED

    Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
    Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.


    FREE SUBSCRIPTION Already a subscriber? Login