200,000 Nm³/h of hydrogen for extra-heavy crude
The hydrogen manufacturing unit (HMU) at Petrocedeño's upgrader, supplied turnkey by Uhde in the early 2000s, is one of the largest turnkey hydrogen plants in South America. RELANSA, thyssenkrupp Uhde's representative in Venezuela, provided local technical and engineering support for coordination, inspection and commissioning.
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TRAINS OF 100,000 NM³/H OF H₂
TECHNOLOGY BY
thyssenkrupp Uhde
Oil, Gas & Refining
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THE CHALLENGE
The extra-heavy crude upgrader needs large, uninterrupted volumes of high-purity hydrogen for hydrotreating and to produce the naphtha used as diluent.
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THE SOLUTION
A turnkey (LSTK) Uhde plant with two independent trains of 100,000 Nm³/h each, steam methane reforming fed with natural gas and refinery off-gases, and pressure swing adsorption (PSA) purification by UOP.
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THE IMPACT
The HMU remains vital to the operation of Petrocedeño's upgrader: without its hydrogen there is no hydrotreating and no diluent naphtha for the Orinoco Belt's extra-heavy crude.
// TECHNOLOGY BY
thyssenkrupp Uhde
VIEW PARTNER →thyssenkrupp group technology provider that licenses the process, engineers, designs, manufactures, supplies and commissions new chemical, petrochemical and refining plants, and carries out modernization, upgrade and maintenance projects. Uhde High Pressure Technologies (Hagen) is its subsidiary. In Venezuela, RELANSA supported Petrocedeño's hydrogen unit, one of the largest turnkey hydrogen plants in South America.
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