PETRO PROJECT ENGINEERING, INC.

Serving Petroleum Refineries & Petrochemical Plants Worldwide Since 1980

 

Our range of activities include design and revamps of chemical processing plants. Petro has a developed a data bank of Simsci (“PROCESS 4.04”) and Chemshare (“DESIGN II”) simulation models for a variety of processes. Here are some of the processes we have worked around:

           Petroleum Refining

 

                      Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation – desalting, waste                              heat recovery, furnace, side stripping

                      Vacuum Distillation

                      Hydro-desulfurization

                      Catalytic Reforming

                      Catalytic Isomerization

                      Fluidized Catalytic Cracking

                      Sour Water Stripping

                      Lube Oil Fractionation, solvent extraction, de-waxing

          

Petrochemical Processes

 

                      Ethylene

                      Propylene

                      Isobutylene

          

Reforming Processes

 

                      Hydrogen

                      Carbon monoxide

                      Ammonia

          

Fine Chemicals

 

                      Thiols - Methyl mercaptan, ethyl mercaptan, carbon                              disulfide, hydrogen sulfide,

                      Cumene, cyclohexane

                      Formaldehyde – Wet Gas Recycle Process

                      Iso-octyl Alcohol, Iso-octyl thio-glycolate

                      Methanol Distillation

                      Acrylonitrile, acetonitrile (SOHIO Process)

 

Utilities

 

                      Steam generation (150 psig – 900 psig), closed loop                              cooling water, chilled water, glycol chillers

                      Raw water processing, filtration, clarification, RO, pH                             Adjustment, NPDES, Aerobic Treatment,

API Separation, Activated Carbon Treatment, Dissolved Air Floatation, Wiped Film Evaporators, Furnace Revamps, Waste Heat Utilization, Process Preheating

Hydraulics, multiphase flow

          

Gas Processing

 

                      Turbo-expander, JT, De-Hy, compression

                      Flow Assurance Issues, networks

                      LNG systems

                      Amine Treating

                      Sulfolane Extraction

          

Renewable Energy

 

                      Fuel ethanol, azeotropic distillation, blending systems

                                                                 

           Exploration & Production

 

                      Gas gathering, compression, de hydration, CO2                                      rejection,

                      Flow Assurance, Network Analysis

                      Executing PIPEPHASE and PIPESIM

 

           Other Processes

 

                      Furnace Carbon Black

                      Alumina (Bayer Process)

                      Aerosol Manufacture – LPG Refining Process (US                                     Patent 5,191,149)

 

           Forensic Services

          

                      Fault Analysis

                      Engineering Opinions

PETRO—2010

 

Raj  D. Kulkarni, P. E.

Petro Project Engineering, Inc.

P. O. Box 890343

Houston, TX 77289

Tel: (281) 470-2121

E: raj.kulkarni@petroproject.com