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Olgonesm provides economical, easy-to-implement alternative to clay
treatment
HOUSTON (October 9, 2006) – ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing LLC today
announced the commercialization of its new Olgone technology for more
effective and environmentally sound removal of olefins from aromatics streams.
Olgone is a catalyst-driven technology that provides aromatics plant operators
with an alternative to the clay treaters currently used to reduce olefin
content. Olgone is more effective than clay treaters in removing olefinic
materials that can interfere with downstream equipment, adsorbents, sieves and
catalysts.
The new technology can offer significant benefits in terms of operating and
capital costs, solid waste reduction, downstream protection, and operations
improvement. It is easily retrofitted into existing clay treaters and operates
at the same process conditions, making transition to this technology simple
and trouble-free.
Olgone employs the same basic chemistry as conventional clay systems to remove
olefins, but its processing capacity is 4 to 6 times that of clay, thanks to a
proprietary catalyst system specifically engineered for low-temperature
alkylation reactions. The Olgone catalyst offers improved environmental
performance as it is regenerable, unlike the clay that it replaces.
“We’ve been using the process in our own aromatics plants for a number of
years and are extremely pleased with its superior performance,” says David
Starkey, Global Xylenes Licensing Manager, ExxonMobil Chemical Technology
Licensing. “It is going to be especially welcome news for plant operators who
are now struggling with very short clay treater cycles or wish to expand
throughput. Olgone provides a way to debottleneck without the large capital
investment of adding new clay treater vessels.”
ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing, LLC is a globally recognized
licensor of proprietary technologies, either directly or through arrangements
with other licensing companies. The technology offerings span petrochemical
and polymer sectors including manufacturing technologies for tubular /
autoclave LDPE, polypropylene, xylene, paraxylene, benzene, mixed xylenes,
ethylbenzene, cumene, propylene and ethylene with supporting proprietary
catalyst offerings in the aromatics process technology areas. For additional
information see the ExxonMobil Chemical web site at www.ExxonMobilChemical.com
and click on the "Technology" menu.
ExxonMobil Chemical is a global leader in technology, product quality and
customer service with petrochemical manufacturing and/or marketing operations
in more than 150 countries around the world. Its products include olefins,
aromatics, fluids, synthetic rubber, polyethylene, polypropylene, oriented
polypropylene packaging films, plasticizers, synthetic lubricant basestocks
and additives for fuels and lubricants.
Editor’s notes:
1) ExxonMobil, the ExxonMobil logo, the
interlocking X and Olgone are trademarks or service marks of Exxon Mobil
Corporation.
2) The terms "ExxonMobil", "ExxonMobil Chemical", and "ExxonMobil Chemical
Technology Licensing LLC" refer collectively to some or all of the companies
affiliated with Exxon Mobil Corporation which have chemical manufacturing
and/or marketing operations around the world.
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