EMRE's alkylation tech selected RPL refinery for in Jamnagar

New Delhi, June 13 (UNI) Reliance Petroleum Ltd has selected ExxonMobil Research and Engineering (EMRE) company's Sulfuric Acid Alkylation technology, for the construction of the world's largest unit at their export refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat, for upgrading the gasoline pool.

The 83 KBD unit capacity refinery, which will utilise mixed butylenes and isobutane feedstocks, will be achieved by employing several reactor trains that incorporate the highest capacity designs anywhere in the world, a release issued here said today.

Such large trains are a unique feature of the EMRE technology allowing economies of scale for reduction in capital investment and operating costs.

To form a high value alkylate, the best refinery products for gasoline blending, ExxonMobil, uses its well-proven Alkylation technology, which combines propylene, butylenes and pentylenes with isobutane to form high value alkylate that is ready for gasoline blending.

ExxonMobil's Sulfuric Acid Alkylation process has been operating in multiple units worldwide for over five decades. This vast experience has led to significant cost and reliability improvements that are incorporated in new plant designs.

EMRE is the research and engineering arm of Exxon Mobil Corporation, a leading global oil, natural gas, and petrochemicals company, whose subsidiaries have operations in nearly 200 countries and territories.

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