August 2021
Plant Design, Engineering and Construction
Oil refinery/petrochemical integration in a CO2-constrained world—Part 2
Petrochemical demand will increase with gross domestic product, while the demand for motor fuels will only show modest growth and may even decline in certain regions, given environmental/legislative pressures and the introduction of battery-powered electric vehicles.
The Authors
Fred Baars is a Senior Process Director with Fluor’s Energy and Chemicals business line. He has more than 35 yr of experience in refinery operations and processes, and in executing and managing refinery projects in all phases of execution. Mr. Baars was named a Fluor Fellow in 2005.
Srinivasa Oruganti is a Process Director with Fluor New Delhi. He has more than 28 yr of experience in process engineering. Mr. Oruganti previously worked at Uhde India Pvt. Ltd. He earned a BTech degree in chemical engineering from Andhra University and an MTech degree in industrial engineering and management (IE&M) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur, India.
Parveen Kalia is a Linear Programming Modeling Specialist with Fluor New Delhi. He has more than 15 yr of experience in process engineering design for petroleum refinery and chemical plants. Mr. Kalia worked for 5 yr with Reliance Industries Ltd. before joining Fluor. He earned a Bch degree in chemical engineering from Panjab University in India.
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