Gasification of Heavy Petroleum Residues

Gasification is one of the most environmentally friendly and flexible ways of processing different cheap petroleum residues, such as black oil from primary petroleum refining, tar, asphalt from de-asphalting, wastes from oil production, cracking residues, heavy gas-oil cuts from direct refining and secondary origin, all of which produce valuable products such as electrical power, hydrogen, nitrogen fertilizers, synthetic fuels, etc.

Gasification of heavy petroleum residues is energy efficient and means that refineries can:

• Increase petroleum processing depth to between 97% and 99%
• Produce hydrogen without using natural gas
• Generate less waste, be more efficient and increase output
• Convert petroleum wastes into a useful source of energy