Current Assessment of Energy Management Technologies in the Oil and Gas Industry

Table of Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Scope and Methodology
  • 1. Scope
  • 2. Methodology
• Key Research Findings
  • 1. Overview of Refining Sector
  • 2. Research Highlights

2. PETROLEUM REFINING SECTOR TECHNOLOGIES

• Refining Technologies
  • 1. Process Description
  • 2. Common Process Units
• Petrochemical Products from Refineries
  • 1. Energy Sources
  • 2. Petrochemicals
• Benchmarking of the Refineries Performance
  • 1. Benchmarking the Refineries
  • 2. Understanding of the Refinery Competitiveness and Efficiency

3. ENERGY MANAGEMENT POTENTIAL

• Energy Management
  • 1. Energy Efficiency Concept for the Refineries
  • 2. Energy Efficiency Opportunities
• Monitoring and Process Control Systems
  • 1. Application of Process Control Systems
  • 2. Units Optimization
• Energy Recovery Methods
  • 1. Flare Gas Recovery
  • 2. Power Recovery
  • 3. Hydrogen Recovery

4. CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS REDUCTION

• Sources of CO2 Emissions
  • 1. CO2 Emissions and Final Products of the Refineries
  • 2. Impact of Feedstock on CO2 Emissions
• Role of Gasification and Solutions for CO2 Mitigation
  • 1. Hydrogen Need
  • 2. Potential Benefits of Gasification
  • 3. Overview of CO2 Mitigation Techniques

5. ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS

• Hydroprocessing
  • 1. Hydroprocessing
  • 2. Solutions for Diesel Fuels
  • 3. HBIO Process for Diesel Oil Production
  • 4. New Catalyst for Less NOx in Diesels
  • 5. New Hydrocracking for Heavy Feedstock
• Gas to Liquids Technologies and Desulfurization Technology Developments
  • 1. Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis with Slurry Bubble Column Reactor
  • 2. Gasoline Desulfurization by Catalytic Alkylation over Silica-Supported Heteropolyacids

6. PATENTS AND DATABASE OF KEY INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS

• Patents
  • 1. US Patents
  • 2. Other Patents
• Database of Key Participants
  • 1. Corporations
  • 2. Research Centers and Agencies

7. DECISION SUPPORT DATABASE

• Database Tables
  • 1. Global Thermal Plants Installed Capacity
  • 2. Global Installed Electricity Generation Capacity from Other Sources
  • 3. Total Electricity Generation Installed Capacity