X-Bunker
High-sulphur fuel oils & refinery residue
Reduces sulphur content and increases the yield of lighter fractions. Directed at marine fuel specification and at residue streams with limited outlets.
Desulfica Technologies
Desulfica Technologies
X-Oil upgrading platform
X-Oil reduces sulphur, raises API gravity and increases distillate yield in crude oils, fuel oils and refinery residues — within operations that already exist.
The position
Fuel specifications continue to tighten while the crude slate available to refiners grows heavier and more sour. The streams that are hardest to place — high-sulphur fuel oils, heavy crudes and refinery residues — are also the lowest cost.
X-Oil is directed at the distance between the two: processing lower-cost feedstock into product that meets specification, in installations that sit alongside existing terminal, storage and refining operations rather than replacing them.
The platform
Each of the four X-Oil technologies is matched to a different class of feedstock, and each is applied to the oil itself rather than to the refinery around it. That allows deployment at terminals, storage facilities and production sites as well as within refineries.
High-sulphur fuel oils & refinery residue
Reduces sulphur content and increases the yield of lighter fractions. Directed at marine fuel specification and at residue streams with limited outlets.
Medium sulphur-bearing crude oils
Reduces sulphur content and increases distillate yield, improving the value of the crude ahead of refining.
Lighter distillate cuts
Reduces sulphur content and increases the yield of lighter cuts.
Heavy, high-paraffin crude oils
Improves flow properties for transport and increases refinery yield. Does not depend on the presence of sulphur in the feed.
Where it applies
Contact
Enquiries from refiners, terminal operators, traders and producers are welcome.