UOP LLC, a Honeywell company has selected UOP technology for eight process units for the expansion of its La Rabida Refinery in Huelva, Spain by CEPSA, a leading European petroleum and petrochemical company.
The new complex will include the following UOP process units and expected volumes:
· 90.0 kbpsd (thousand barrels per stream day) crude distillation unit
· 25.0 kbpsd vacuum distillation unit
· 32.0 kbpsd gas concentration unit
· 4.2 kbpsd LPG Merox (TM) unit
· 27.0 kbpsd naphtha Merox unit
· 31.5 kbpsd distillate Unionfining (TM) unit
· 41.2 kbpsd atmospheric and vacuum gas oils Unicracking(TM) unit
· Amine regeneration and sour water stripper units
The Merox process removes mercaptans sulfur compounds from liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as well as from naphtha and gasoline. The Unionfining process is a highly efficient catalytic process for the desulfurization of cracked and straight-run distillate materials. The Unicracking process is the world's most widely used hydrocracking process for the production of very-high-quality, naphtha and distillate materials out of heavy crude oil fractions.
29-Mar-06 
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