Refinery expansion and upgrading: Trends and needs

Conference · Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:121218

Sloan, D E ^[1]

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1. M.W. Kellogg Company, Houston, TX (United States)

Much of the world`s reserves of heavy, high sulfur crude oil are located in the western hemisphere. One may look from north to south and find these types of crudes. in Canada, there are the vast deposits of tar sands and other heavy oils. In the United States we find heavy, high sulfur crude in California`s San joaquin Valley, the Rockies` shale oil deposits and in other areas. Moving south, Mexico`s Maya crude is well known to refiners, as are the heavy crudes of Venezuela`s Orinoco Belt. On the other hand, many refineries outside the United States are limited in their ability to handle heavy, high sulfur crudes either because of metallurgy or processing configurations.

• Research Organization: East-West Center, Honolulu, HI (United States). Program on Resources: Energy and Minerals
• OSTI ID: 121218
• Report Number(s): CONF-9309209-; ON: DE95014708; TRN: 95:023949
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. Interamerican petroleum and gas conference, Dallas, TX (United States), 27 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 1993 InterAmerican Petroleum and Gas Conference; PB: 459 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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