Linking performance benchmarking of refinery process chemicals to refinery key performance indicators
- Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals, L.P., Sugar Land, TX (United States)
- Solomon Associates, Inc., Dallas, TX (United States)
In 1977 Solomon Associates, Inc. issued its first study of refining in the US entitled, Comparative Performance Analysis for Fuel Product Refineries, most commonly referred to as the Solomon Study, or the Fuels Study. In late 1993, both the Water and Waste Water Management, and Petroleum Divisions of Nalco Chemical Company came to the same conclusion; that they must have a better understanding of the Solomon Study process, and have some input to this system of measurement. The authors first approached Solomon Associates with the idea that a specific study should be done of specialty chemicals used in the refinery. They felt that this would result in two studies, one for water treatment applications, and one for process. The water treatment study came first, and was completed in 1993 with the United States Petroleum Refineries Water Treatment Performance Analysis for Operating Year 1993. The process study, entitled United States Petroleum Refinery Process Treatment Performance Analysis for Operating Years 1994--95 will be issued in the 2nd quarter of this year by Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals, L.P, which includes the combined resources of the former Petroleum Division of Nalco Chemical Company (including the petroleum related portions of most of its overseas companies), and the petroleum related specialty chemical operations of Exxon Chemical on a global basis. What follows is a recap of the process study focus, some examples of output, and comment on both the linkage to key refinery operating indicators, as well as the perception of the effect of such measurement on the supplier relationship of the future.
- OSTI ID:
- 403477
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960356-; TRN: IM9651%%512
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1996 National Petroleum Refiners Association annual meeting, San Antonio, TX (United States), 17-19 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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