More Feedstock Options

Petrochemicals from Coal and other cost-advantaged feedstocks

MTO Process Flow Scheme

UOP’s Methanol to Olefins (MTO) process is an efficient producer of ethylene and propylene from natural gas, coal, or other synthesis gas/methanol source.  Where conventional petrochemical feedstocks are unavailable, coal or other residues can be a stable-supply, low-cost feed for economic light olefin production.  MTO can also be an attractive solution for “monetizing” remote or stranded natural gas as an alternative to LNG.  Associated polymerization facilities allow the production of highest value, easily transportable polymer products.

High-Quality Fuels from Heavy Oils & Tar Sands

Uniflex Flow Scheme

With production of conventional crude oils peaking in many regions, attention is turning to heavy oils and tar sands.  These alternative hydrocarbon sources provide profit opportunities relative to higher priced, lighter crudes as well as providing energy security and/or independence.  UOP’s Uniflex process provides an economic route for the upgrading of these heavier oil feedstocks consistent with the production of high value transportation fuels.  Relative to coking, the traditional processing route, Uniflex achieves much higher residue conversion, producing a much smaller byproduct stream.  In addition, Uniflex produces a superior hydrocracking or FCC feedstock for high quality diesel and/or gasoline production.

Fuels from Natural Oils & Wastes

Biofuel Flow Scheme

As the world focuses on carbon emissions, increasing attention is being paid to renewable hydrocarbon sources that can meet the growing demand for middle distillate transportation fuels.  The UOP/Eni Ecofining Process produces a superior Green Diesel product, which unlike traditional biodiesel is indistinguishable from petroleum diesel and can be blended to any proportion.   The Ecofining process upgrades natural oils and wastes using conventional hydroprocessing.  The UOP Green Jet Fuel Process upgrades second-generation feedstocks into a synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK), fully compatible and blendable as Jet A-1 and JP-8 fuels.  Honeywell Green Jet Fuel has been successfully produced on a semi-commercial scale and tested in both commercial and military applications.

In search of renewable sources for electricity and process heat applications, UOP joint venture business, Envergent Technologies offers RTP technology converts residual biomass from the forestry and agricultural sectors and post-consumer materials such as construction and demolition wastes into a liqid pyrolysis oil.  Relative to direct combustion, the pyrolysis oil allows improvements in power generation efficiency while allowing storage and transportation of this key energy source.