Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) announced the signature of several technology licensing agreements with PT Pertamina (Jakarta, Indonesia; www.pertamna.com) for its major expansion project to upgrade residue into gasoline in Balikpapan and for a new middle distillate hydrotreater in Cilacap to comply with new regulations.
The Balikpapan project consists in a grassroots Resid FCC unit (R2R) with a design capacity of 90,000 arrels per sream day (BPSD), a LPG sulfur removal unit (Sulfrex), a Propylene Recovery Unit (PRU) as well a new 80,000 BPSD middle distillate hydrotreater (Prime-DTM). The gasoline produced by the Resid FCC unit will be selectively hydrodesulfurized in a Prime-G+ unit with a design capacity of 48,000 BPSD to produce ultra-clean gasoline.
The Cilacap project consists in a 36,000 BPSD grassroots Prime-D (Distillate Hydrotreater) unit allowing the production of ultra-low sulfur diesel.