MOSCOW (MRC) -- Control technology from Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) was chosen by Lukoil to help improve efficiency and reliability at the company's gasoline blending facility in Kstovo, Russia, said Hydrocarbonprocessing.
Lukoil's Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery uses HPS’ Profit Blend Optimizer software, which is designed specifically for on-line blend reformulation and optimization, allowing for efficient production of fuels to required specifications.
“Profit Blend Optimizer, formerly known as OpenBPC, has a significant impact on quality control, improves process, and impacts on product processing costs at Lukoil's facility,” said Alexander Rodionov, head of sales in Russia for HPS. "It will help optimize the overall performance of a facility that is a key to meeting Russia’s growing need for production fuels."
Lukoil's Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez plant obtained a system for real-time blending recipe optimization, which controls the process automatically using a flow analyzer (IR spectrometer by Bruker) measuring the component and blend properties, APC virtual analyzers and laboratory data enabling production of gasoline of a preset quality at minimum costs.
"We selected Honeywell Profit Blend Optimizer technology since this solution enables obtaining an optimal gasoline blending recipe at the station, Honeywell’s blend property control technology expands the functionality of existing control solutions and allows the refinery to achieve optimal gasoline blending recipes," said Mikhail Shamanin, head of the APC implementation group at Lukoil's Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez plant.
"The advantages of the solution are its flexible implementation, best-in-class functionality and expert consultative support by Honeywell personnel," he added.
As MRC informed previously, OAO Lukoil Holdings, Russia's No. 2 oil producer, will invest USD1 billion in the oil firm Samara-Nafta to increase production. Lukoil acquired Samara-Nafta from Hess Corp. this month for USD2 billion as part of a strategy to stabilize and increase oil production. Lukoil has for years fought declining output at its main, Soviet-era fields in Western Siberia. The investment in Samara-Nafta will increase production by between 5% and 7% over the next five years from 2.5 million tonnes a year, Prime news agency cited the company as saying.
Lukoil, a Russian-based company, is one of the global leaders in the production and refining of crude oil and gas resources. The world's largest privately owned oil and gas company, measured by proven oil reserves, LUKoil has operations in over 40 countries.
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