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which has enabled us to consolidate nearly all our salaried staff from 11 buildings into two offices to foster greater collaboration between teams .
“ The crude distillation unit has been modified over the years to combine individual processing units into one crude distillation complex . The existing charge heaters were operating at high heat flux rates when the refinery was maximizing crude throughput , which resulted in accelerated fouling of the heater tubes , necessitating unit slowdowns every six months to clean the heater tubes .
“ To mitigate this recurring issue , we replaced the three existing fired heaters with two new heaters designed to minimize fouling . These new heaters enable a higher outlet temperature , which increases distillate yield in the atmospheric tower , as well as a higher total crude throughput while being more energy efficient and resulting in lower total emissions .
Meeting consumer demand
“ The increased distillate yield recovery in the atmospheric tower lowers utilization in downstream units such as the vacuum distillation unit , coker , and gasoil hydrotreater , which is exploited by increasing total crude rate through the facility ,” he elaborates . “ The expanded GOHDS charge heaters enable the unit to adjust reactor temperature profiles to improve product yield and quickly adjust to operating changes , all while lowering emissions through the installation of ultralow NOx burners .”
As the industry continues to evolve in line with market demand for sustainable solutions , the Borger Refinery must make investments to improve production credentials . “ We are continuously adapting
We ’ re also entering new markets with other ‘ boutique ’ specifications and continuing to develop and implement projects to adjust our product yields
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