Opportunities and

Developments
p in p
para--Xylene
para y
Production
Guangdong Qu

2014 China PX Development Forum

April 10-11, 2014
Beijing China
Beijing,

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Aromatics Technology Innovation

 BTX market update and regional trends

 Latest UOP technologies enable the lowest
cost of production of aromatics

UOP 6044P-2
Polyester chain drivers continue to
be strong

ACT FRCST

Key demand factors:

• Global economy
• Regional Middle Class Growth
• Substitution (container applications)
• Recycle & Renewable Raws
PCI

Fundamentals remain good

Global pX demand will increase by
75% in 10 years

Current View – Q1 2014

Demand CAGR = ~6%
6% 2014
2014-2024
2024

~30 M
~30
30 units

Source: UOP (SBA-CCI & PCI)

New pX capacity needed to match demand growth

 China’s growing economy
drives global pX demand
para-Xylene Demand Growth
40 M
China
35 M Other Asia Pacific
India
N America
30 M ME
Europe 19 M
25 M Lat America
etric Tons

20 M
Me

15 M

10 M

5M

M
2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

Almost 20 million tons of p-X demand growth in china alone

China will not be able to meet its
para-Xylene demand alone
c Tons
Metric

Deficit in China met via imports from Middle East and

Asia Pacific regions
Para-Xylene margins have been at
attractive levels

• PX – naphtha margins
have begun to decline &
expected
t d to
t continue
ti in
i
2014 – 2015

• 2011-2013
0 0 3 sp
spreads
eads have
a e
exceeded most every prior
year average

• 2013 was a good

d year ffor
naphtha based producers;
mixed xylenes based
producers have been
p
squeezed by MX suppliers

Naphtha based
complexes hold the
advantage
 p-Xylene Cost of Production impacted by
regional utility costs
1,200
$1,065 $1,044 $1,041
$1,000 $988
1,000
Capital Charges
Fixed COP
800 $888 $870 $896 $859 Cat & Chems
$803
T PX

Utilities
$/MT

600 Net Feedstock

NCOP
CCOP
400

200

0
Asia Pac USGC China India Middle
East
Basis Assumed:
Energy Values, /mm btu: AP = $5.50 USGC = $3.9 China = $6.00 India = $4.20 ME = $1.25
Location Factors: AP = 1.02 USGC = 1.00 China = 0.80 India = 0.77 ME = 1.08

Reducing COP drives profitability

UOP 6044P-8
Latest technology advances drive COP
reduction

Advanced Catalysts Efficient Designs,

COP Contributors and Adsorbents World Class Service
Maximizing product
Reduced byproduct formation,
Feedstock enhanced recoveries
recoveries drives feedstock
utilization

High activity for reduced energy

Advanced process
input; High recoveries and
Utilities maximum yields for reduced
integration maximizes
energy efficiency
recycles

High activities and capacity for Designs optimized for minimal

Capital smaller equipment capital overall

Reliability/ Designs reduce maintenance

High activity and capacity extend
Operations needs; high on-stream
intervals between turnarounds
(Contributes to Fixed Costs) availability

UOP technology minimizes COP

UOP 6044P-9
 Latest Generation UOP Aromatics
Technologies Product Portfolio

ED Raffinate
Sulfolane™ Benzene
Unit
CCR
Platforming™ Reformate TA-32
Unit Splitter B T Heavy
Aromatics
Tatoray™
Tatoray Column
NHT Unit
ADS-47 I-500 A10+

p-Xylene
Naphtha
Parex™ Isomar™ Light Ends
Unit Unit

Xylene
Column Deheptanizer
Column

UOP’s innovation delivers new products for key processes!

 Continuous innovation at UOP drives
technical leadership in aromatics
UOP II-500
500 Isomar™ EB Dealk Catal
Catalyst
st Upcoming Product Launches
• Low xylenes losses • Next Gen Aromatics Complex Design
• 3 operating units • ImpX Rx System for Platforming™ Unit
UOP Tatoray PTD Process UOP R-284 Platforming™ Catalyst • UOP I-600 Isomar™ EB Isom Catalyst
• Low xylenes losses • Improved aromatics yields
• Fi t unit
First it s/u
/ in
i 2014 • Fi t unit
First it s/u
/ in
i 2014 Recently Commercialized
• UOP R-334 PlatformingTM Catalyst
UOP ADS-47 Parex™ Adsorbent − Maximizes aromatics yields
• Over 25% extra throughput • UOP TA-32 Tatoray™ Catalyst
• 7 operating units − Improved activity & yields

Energy Efficient Aromatics Complex

• First unit s/u in 2014

UOP TA-30 Tatoray™ Catalyst

• Max conversion of heavy aromatics
• 3 operating units

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014+

Base ROI +15% ROI +22% ROI +30% ROI +45% ROI
Net Energy Required Additional 14%+ CAPEX and OPEX
Reduced by 1/3 vs. Energy Reductions vs.
Best 2009 Designs Reduction vs. Best 2012 Design
Best
B t 2010 Design
D i

Substantial CAPEX/OPEX reductions over last 4 years

ADS-47 Adsorbent Development
and Commercialization
ADS 47 Adsorbent Benefits
ADS-47
ADS-47 Adsorbent is the
ADS-  Drop-in replacement for existing
result of improving mass adsorbent resulting in low capital costs
transfer and capacity p y additions
for capacity
properties applied to the
same proven chemistry  Up to 50% capacity increase in existing
units
 5-20%
5 20% improved energy efficiency
2011 – ADS-47
ADS 47 (~ $2-5 / ton of pX benefit over ADS-37)
 Significantly lower capital per ton of pX
2004 – ADS
ADS-37
37 ((less adsorbent, smaller chambers))
 Fast revamp execution; implement
1990 – ADS-27 across a standard turnaround
 Seven commercial units successfully
1980 – ADS-7 loaded with ADS-47 Adsorbent since
2011
1971 – ADS-3  Five new unit designs have been based
on ADS-47 Adsorbent
UOP’s Parex technology leads innovation and value
 UOP TA-32 Tatoray catalyst sets
new standard for activity & stability
TA-32 Benefits
Novel & proprietary
zeolite structure at
• Twice the catalyst life
the heart of TA-
TA-32 – Higher activity by 30
30°C
C
– Lower heater firing: $1/MT pX
– IRR Improvement by +1 to 3%

TA-20HP • Higher
g xylenes
y yield
y
– More than 1% higher xylene selectivity
perature, °C

– Value improved by > $3/MT pX

• Lower feed requirement
More Active – Up to 50% lower ring loss
Temp

• Broad range of operating parameters

More Stable – Designs optimized to maximize value
TA-32
3
• Commercially Proven
Catalyst Life – Nearing two year of stable performance

Improved profitability through selectivity and catalyst life

 UOP I-500 Isomar catalyst sets new
standard for isomerization

• Improved Xylene Selectivity ~0.5 % better Xylene Retention

• High Paraxylene Selectivity ~24% pX/X at high WHSV

• Higher EB Conversion Activity 8 – 10°C better than I-300

• High Benzene Selectivity > 98% compared to 90% Bz Sel

• High Benzene Purity > 99.8% Benzene Purity

I-500 catalyst improves COP by ~ $3-9 / ton pX

UOP 5892B-14
Latest products improve yields and
capital investment effectiveness
For new aromatics complex designed with the latest products:
Base Latest COP Reduction
Unit Product Product Excluding Energy
CCR Platforming R-264 R-284 $3+ /MT pX
Isomar I-300/350 I-500 $1-8* / MT pX
Tatoray TA 20HP
TA-20HP TA-32 $3+ / MT pX
Parex ADS-37 ADS-47 $3 / MT pX
Total COP Reduction Over $10 / MT pX

* For complexes without transalkylation

Production Costs
Reduceed
Latest products substantially
reduce production costs

UOP 6044P-15
 Integrated process design reduces energy
costs by over 53%
Total Energy Energy Savings
Requirement Energy Savings @ $6 / mm Btu
(MMBtu/hr) (MMBtu/hr) (MM$/year)*
UOP Design
g – 2009 1150 Base Base

UOP Design – 2011 455 (40%) $22.9

Energy Benefit / MT pX 4.2 MMBtu / MT pX $26/ MT pX

ADS-47 Energy Benefit /MT pX $5 / MT pX

TA-32 Energy Benefit / MT pX $1 / MT pX
I-500 Energy Benefit / MT pX $3 / MT pX
Additional Energy Benefit
1.2+ MMBtu / MT pX $9 / MT pX
from Upgraded Products

Total Energy Benefit / MT pX 5.6+ MMBTU / MT pX $35 / MT pX

*Aromatics Complex pX Capacity = 900,000 tonne pX / year

Latest products and integrated design substantially improve

energy efficiency UOP 5625E-16
UOP technology advances enable
larger scale plants
Parex Adsorbent Train Size Increases Over Time

1800
1600
1400
KMTA

1200
1000
p-Xylene,

800
600
p

400
200
0
70

75

80

85

90

95

00

05

10

15

20
19

19

19

19

19

19

20

20

20

20

20
Commissioned In Design / Construction
Source: UOP licensed unit data

UOP continues to lead the market in all size pX complexes

Summary

 Since 2009, UOP has achieved $45+ per ton reduction

in COP of pX
 C
Catalyst and adsorbent advancements have improved yields
and selectivities, but also improve energy efficiency
 Latest technology
gy developments
p have enabled single
g train
complex designs in excess of 1.5 MM TPA pX
 Our development pipeline is loaded with projects that
leverage recent improvements to gain additional value
 UOP’s Parex/Isomar/Tatoray portfolio is the clear
leader in highest margin pX in the market

ROFITABILITY
Y
Track record of innovation

PR
to address diverse challenges
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