AMOC shall renewed in July 2009 by SGS the certificates of compliance.
AMOC shall renewed in July 2009 by SGS the certificates of compliance with the following standards:-
- Quality management system ISO 9001:2008.
- Environmental management system ISO 14001:2004.
- Occupational Health of safety OHSAS 18001:2007.
The company is situated
in the Salina area, to the south-western adjacency of Alex.
Petroleum Company on an area of about 500,000 m2, consisting of
two complexes:
Through the general contractor, Foster Wheeler
France, AMOC Project was designed on the basis of the conventional
solvent refining, which is the dearomatization of waxy distillates
using N-Methyl Pyrrolidone (NMP), followed by super-dewaxing process
using MEK/TOLUENE as solvents and Propylene as refrigerant, finally
Lube Oils Hydro-Treating and Paraffin Waxes Hydro-Finishing. The
latest world licensed technologies in the field are implemented to
satisfy the required goals. The complex is provided with the
necessary off-site facilities and utilities.
The target is to produce the following main products:
Neutral Oils .
T.O.
ATF.
Paraffin waxes .
Along with the following side products:
Soft/Slack Waxes .
Aromatic .
Process Flow Diagram of Lube Oil Complex
Project
The project consists of the following process units:
1. Aromatics Extraction Unit Using NMP
The basic designs of the unit had been performed
on basis of "Bechtel License". With a design capacity of 259.000
MT/Y.
2. MEK/Toluene Dewaxing Unit:
The technology applied for the unit is
of "Bechtel" which is mastery in the field of dewaxing and
operability at low pressure and the ease of start-up and shut-down
without release of pollutant gases into open air.
3. Lube Oils Hydro-treating Unit:
The capacity of the unit is 112.000 MT/Y . It
produces T.O , ATF and base neutral oils . Safety and ease of
operation as well as stable conditions under different loads were
considered while the unit designing.
The basic design of the unit was made under the license of Axens,
which is implemented in more than 1000 units throughout the world.
Such technology is privileged with the highest production rate for
Lube Oils, and utmost minimization of losses as well as the
production of Oils meeting current and future standard international
specifications as well as environmental protection regulations
requirements.
4. Waxes Hydro-Finishing Unit:
The basic design of the unit was made under the
license of "EXXON-MOBIL" The Unit achieves standard international
specifications, environmental protection regulations, and
compatibility with the FDA specifications.
5. Hydrogen production Unit:
The complex is provided with a unit for Hydrogen
production of (99.9%) purity which is used as a feed for both Oils &
Waxes hydro-treating units. The design capacity of the unit is about
1500 M3/Hr.
The unit was designed under the license of Haldor Topsoe (Denmark).
In addition to the above process unit, the complex
includes also blending, filling and packaging facilities through the
following units:
1. Paraffin Waxes Moulding & pactaging unit:
In the unit, Paraffin Waxes are automatically
moulded in slabs of 5Kg. and packaged in palletes for the ease of
transportation and exportation market.
The waxes produced are compliant to the standard specifications of
FDA, a fact that is behind the increasing demand for AMOC Waxes by
the international market. The design capacity of the unit is of
about 27.000MT/Y.
2. Oils blending unit:
The Hydro-treated unit is fed to the blending
packages supplied by CELIER (France). This unit is divided into two
sections:
First: Additive Blending Facilities (Automatic Batch Blending ABB)
Additives blending facilities are for the production of Special
Oils, Transformer Oil (TO) Automatic transmission fluid (ATF). The
unit is designed to accommodate all additive types, according to the
type of product required.
Second: Base Oil Blending Facilities (In Line Blending ILB)
Blending facilities in this section are for blending the medium and
heavy streams for production of Neutral Oils of types: SN 150,
300/320 and SN 400/500.
3. Special Oil Filing & Packaging Unit:
This unit is supplied by SASIB-COMACO (ITALY) for
the filling and packaging of both TO&ATF .
* Products Transportation facilities:
There is a possibility to transfer all the products of oil either by
truck loading or by direct pipe-lines to the local marketing
companies.
The complex includes a no. of units such as,
Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU), middle Distillates Dewaxing Unit (MDDU),
and Sulfur recovery Unit (Thiopaq) in addition to a unit for
Hydrogen purification (PSA).
The project targets are:
Maximization of gas oil.
Production of Naphtha and LPG for local consumption.
Production of waxy distillates which are considered the feed of lube
oil complex.
Heavy Residue and Black Oil for blending with Exported Fuel Oil.
Biological Sulfur with a purity of 99%.
The complex was established through Technicas
Reunidas (Spain) as a general contractor.
It is been well considered the integration of both the Lube Oils and
Gas Oil Complexes.
Process Flow Diagram
of Maximization of Gas Oil Complex Project
The complex consists of the
following process units:
1. Vacuum
Distillation Unit (VDU)
The
design capacity of the unit is about 1.250.000 MT/Y of Atmospheric
Residue produced from Mixture of Western Desert Crude, The Unit is
under license of Laton Rython (France).
2. Middle Distillates Dewaxing Unit (MDDU)
The design capacity of the unit is
600.000 MT/Y and the technology applied from ALBEMARLE (Licensor).
The feed is a blend of Vacuum Gas Oil, Spindle Oil and Light Waxy
Distillates.
The products of MDDU are:
Gas Oil with 150 PPM sulphur and decreased pour point (0o C).
Treated Naphtha.
Sweet Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
3. Sulfur recovery unit (THIOPAQ )
THIOPAQ is a modern unit to remove H2S gaseous
streams (Acid and sour gases ) by absorption in a mild alkaline
solutions and the oxidation of the absorbed sulfide to eliminated
sulfur by naturally occurring micro-organisms The unit protect the
environment from acid gas pollution and produce biological sulfur
which is used in agricultural purposes . The unit is under license
of UOP.
The two complexes of the
company are provided with a number of integrated utility units for
the operation of the main units production:
Steam production units (Boilers)
Boiler feed water treating units.
Nitrogen production unit.
Plant & Instrument air compressors.
Cooling towers.
Cooling by tempered water system.
Heating oil belt.
Gas and liquid fuel systems.
Flare.
Power stations.
Diesel generators.
AMOC has about 120 complete and integrated
storage tanks, They handle feed, intermediate and final products
with different capacities and according to the international
standards. The total storage capacity of all tanks is 200,000
MT. All the tanks are provided with a complete automatic fire
fighting system and an international automatic system ENRAF for
data recording during operation such as volume, temperature …
etc. of the petroleum products inside this tanks.
Most of storage tanks are insulated for energy conservation and
some are provided with Nitrogen blanket to avoid any changes of
solvents or petroleum products specifications inside these
tanks. All the storage tanks are provided with dikes to control
any leakages from these tanks. For more flexibility in operation
all tanks are connected by each others through complete
pipe-lines net.
Chemical laboratories are based on the most
advanced international systems in such aspect all chemical
analysis in the laboratories are performed by modern instruments
such as, atomic absorption, gas & Liquid Chromatographs,
Ultra-Violet X-ray, ... etc.
Laboratories in AMOC include four main labs:
Oil & Gas Oil analysis lab. Storage tanks analysis lab. Gases & Water analysis lab. Research & Environment lab.
All process operations are highly automated
where TDC-3000 digital system of honey well Company is applied.
There are: Two main control rooms for the complexes. Side control rooms for running utilities and off-site
facilities.
The company is provided with adequate number of
personal computers connected through a network for data availability
helping decision makers to take right decisions during units
operation.
Safety, health and Environment (SHE) are the
maxims of Egyptian Petroleum Sector. AMOC has taken into
considerations all the safety precautions during all project
phases; basic engineering, pre-commissioning, commissioning and
start-up according to the internationally recognized systems EIA
and NFPA.
The following systems has been provided:
Fixed fire fighting system provided with pre-
alarms, followed by simultaneous extinguishing through fixed
tanks of foam.
Mobile fire fighting system which includes an adequate number of
powder pumps, Halon-gas system, foam and Carbon Dioxide for all
production units, administration buildings, control rooms and power
stations.
Pre-alarm system, equipped with a large number of poisonous gases,
smokes and flame detectors for all production units, administration
buildings, control rooms and power stations.
Central fire fighting station inside the company includes five heavy
duty fire fighting trucks according to international standard
specifications in addition to mobile extinguishing machines.
Special fire fighting station outside the company next to Khandak-Lack
for pumping water to the plant.
AMOC provides all the needed safety
materials which are tested according to NFPA standards for all
engineers, chemists, and operators. AMOC staff has been trained
theoretically and practically to deal with all the fire fighting
aids. AMOC spreads the safety assurance awareness among all workers
of the company through training and cultural development courses.
1. Energy Conservation
In principle, the objective of establishing
AMOC is to minimize energy consumption by converting the
lower economical value material such as Fuel Oil which was used
before as a combustion fuel into high economical value petroleum
products such as Gas Oil and others in addition to re-processing the
side products by it as a Lube Oils complex feed stock.
The role played by AMOC
in energy conservation during operation could be summarized in the
following:
Condensate recovery system.
Thermal insulation for all pipelines and equipment for accommodating
high temperature products.
Following-up and immediate controlling of any leakage from the
equipment and pipelines.
Utilization of Natural Gas as a clean fuel instead of Fuel Oil in
the furnaces and boilers.
Utilization of closed system for cooling.
2. Environmental protection
The preliminary technical studies of the project
depended on the utilization of highest technologies that take cares
the environmental protection through:
Sewer-water
treatment for water resulting from the refining processes through
DAF units by using compressed air and chemicals injection system.
Installation
of a high technology biological treatment unit for sanitary water.
Installation
of a sulfur recovery unit (THIOPAQ) for acid and sour – off gases
treatment.
A joint venture company was established with
Sassol Company for marketing all the Waxes produced from AMOC, where
all the facilities of blending and packaging were installed inside
AMOC.
A number of local and international agreements were concluded for
marketing the company's Base Oil and fuel Oil while LPG and Gas Oil
is directed to the Local market for the purpose of overcoming the
deficiency in the balance of payments resulting from importation.
