Aggus, B.
Brant Aggus is the Senior Refining Technologist for INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT) and has worked in the refining space since 2000 as a process engineer in engineering design, operations engineering and consulting. He started working for Koch Industries’ Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi Refining Complex in 2012 and recently joined INVISTA, a Koch Company, in support of refining technology licensing and business development.
Taking back what’s yours: Extractive desulfurization minimizes octane loss in FCC naphtha hydrotreating
Generating octane barrels has always been a tough road for refiners. In 2020, this road got a lot tougher with olefin saturation and octane destruction being collateral damage as refiners strive to achieve the sulfur limit in the gasoline pool.
Octane upgrading technology to boost value of light paraffinic feeds
In November 2017, US crude oil production eclipsed the 10-MMbpd mark, setting the highest production record in history.
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