据1月15日Gas processing报道，埃克森美孚已经宣布，埃克森美孚催化剂及技术许可有限公司与法国埃克森斯(Axens)签署了许可联盟协议，允许Axens提供埃克森美孚的FLEXICOKINGTM灵活焦化技术和渣油转换解决方案。
根据该协议，Axens被授予在全球范围内销售、许可和提供工程工作和技术支持的权利，以设计、建造和启动新的焦化装置。该技术将以Axens提供的单一许可证和工程协议的形式提供。这个新的联盟利用双方的专业知识来满足客户的需求，通过提供渣油转换解决方案，最大限度地提高液体产量以及尽可能地减少焦炭生成。
灵活焦化技术是一种经过商业验证、经济高效的流化床工艺，可将重油转化为轻质油品和flexigas清洁燃料气。FLEXICOKING技术与Axens H-Oil技术相结合，为渣油升级提供了更大的灵活性。它提供的智能化解决方案，可以将低价值焦炭气化，生成高价值的清洁液体产品，并可作为燃料替代品或者用于发电，是满足IMO 2020燃料标准的理想选择。
埃克森美孚催化剂及技术许可有限公司总裁丹·摩尔（Dan Moore）表示：“我们很高兴能与Axens加深合作关系，并向业界提供这项经过验证的技术。与安装延迟焦化装置和独立的气化炉综合体用于发电或燃气生产相比，FLEXICOKING提供了一种强大的、低成本的、节能的工艺。结合我们运营商经验和Axens强大的工程专业知识，我们能够提供先进的技术，满足炼油厂和化工厂的需求。”
王佳晶 摘译自 Gas processing
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ExxonMobil and Axens sign alliance agreement
ExxonMobil has announced that ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and Axens have signed a licensing alliance agreement to allow Axens to provide ExxonMobil’s FLEXICOKINGTM technology and integrated resid conversion solutions.
Under the agreement, Axens is granted a worldwide right to market, license and provide engineering work and technical support for the design, construction and start-up of new FLEXICOKING units. The technology will be offered under a single licence and engineering agreement to be provided by Axens. This new alliance leverages collective expertise to meet customer needs by providing a resid conversion solution that maximises liquid yields and minimises pet-coke production.
FLEXICOKING technology is a commercially proven, cost-effective, continuous fluidised bed process that thermally converts heavy feeds to lighter products and flexigas. FLEXICOKING technology, when integrated with Axens H-Oil technology, offers flexibility when upgrading residuum. It provides smart solutions that enhance high-value liquid products as well as clean flexigas that can be used as fuel substitute or for power generation, making it an ideal option to meet IMO 2020 fuel standards.
“We are excited to expand our partnership with Axens and provide this proven technology to the industry. In particular, FLEXICOKING offers a robust, capital and energy efficient process compared to installing a delayed coker unit and an independent gasifier complex for power or fuel gas production,” said Dan Moore, President of ExxonMobil Catalyst and Licensing. “By combining our owner-operator experience with Axens’ strong licensing and engineering expertise, we are able to provide advanced technologies to help meet refinery and crude to chemical-complex customer needs.”?
