ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and BASF Corporation to Demonstrate the Next Generation of High Performance Selective Solvent to Decrease Sulfur Emissions
ExxonMobil
Catalysts and Licensing LLC and BASF
Corporation are conducting a full scale commercial demonstration of
a new gas treating solvent at Imperial Oil’s Sarnia Refinery. The
companies jointly developed the new amine-based solvent aimed at meeting
stringent sulfur emissions standards with greater efficiency, further
raising the bar for tail gas treating and acid gas removal processes.
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The innovative technology improves the selective removal of hydrogen
sulfide (H2S) and minimizes the co-absorption of carbon
dioxide (CO2) from gas streams. The highly selective
properties of the solvent allow refiners and gas processors to increase
capacity and lower operating costs in existing equipment. For new
treating facilities, the usage of the technology will reduce the size of
the equipment and the initial capital investments.
When used in a tail gas treating unit in conjunction with a Claus sulfur
recovery unit (SRU), the new technology has the capability to achieve
greater than 99.99% overall sulfur recovery and very low emissions to
cope with future requirements. Pilot plant testing has demonstrated
superior performance characteristics over methyldiethanolamine (MDEA)
formulations and even improvements over FLEXSORB™ SE/ SE Plus solvents.
“The new solvent technology will provide immediate benefits to
ExxonMobil facilities and to our gas treating customers,” said Dan
Moore, President of ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC. “This
commercial demonstration is to tangibly show the new level of
performance.”
“Thoroughly tested at BASF’s dedicated pilot plant in Ludwigshafen,
Germany, the solvent showed improved H2S selectivity and
lower energy consumption than other selective solvents,” said Andreas
Northemann, Vice President of BASF Gas Treatment.
FLEXSORB
SE and SE Plus are registered trademarks of ExxonMobil.
For more information on BASF Gas Treating Excellence, visit www.basf.com/oase.
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About BASF
BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the
North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has
more than 18,200 employees in North America, and had sales of $17.9
billion in 2017. For more information about BASF’s North American
operations, visit www.basf.com.
At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine
economic success with environmental protection and social
responsibility. The more than 115,000 employees in the BASF Group work
on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors
and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into
five segments: Chemicals, Performance Products, Functional Materials &
Solutions, Agricultural Solutions and Oil & Gas. BASF generated sales of
€64.5 billion in 2017. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in
Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (BAS). Further information at www.basf.com.
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