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June 2013

Special Report: Process/Plant Optimization

Troubleshoot and optimize debutanizer columns in hydrocrackers

Saudi Aramco’s Riyadh refinery operates a series-flow, single-stage hydrocracking unit (HCU) in recycle high-conversion mode. The unit underwent a revamp in 1983 and presently processes a mixture..

Saudi Aramco: Ramaseshan, V.  |  Al-Khani, A.
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Ramaseshan, V. - Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Vinod Ramaseshan is a hydroprocessing engineering specialist for Saudi Aramco and has over 22 years of experience in the petroleum refining industry. He began his career with Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. and worked for UOP Ltd. before joining Saudi Aramco. Mr. Ramaseshan has been involved with commissioning, operating, troubleshooting and optimizing new and revamped hydrocracking and hydrotreating units in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and India regions. He holds an MS degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, and is a charted engineer in the UK.

Al-Khani, A. - Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

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