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Fuels and chemicals: Finding the right refinery configuration for a less predictable world
Fuels and chemicals: Finding the right refinery configuration for a less predictable world
The refining industry links the upstream production of crude oil with the end markets for fuel products, as well as for the petrochemical/chemical industry.
FIG. 1. Thought diagram showing that future projections of consumer chemicals demand are stronger than projections of fuels demand.
The refining industry links the upstream production of crude oil with the end markets for fuel products, as well as for the petrochemical/chemical industry. Refineries have been investing in complex facilities to improve conversion and to better alter the final product composition and quality to adhere to changing market and regulatory requirements. For example, by using a combination of or stand-alone fluidized catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) and hydrocracking capacities, refineries can orient output to adhere to a w