Mercaptan recombination in naphtha hydrotreating units: A startup challenge

Ahmed Z. Alsadah, Ahmed Z is a Process Engineer at Saudi Aramco, specializing in naphtha hydroprocessing, reforming, isomerization and processing units. He is a chemical engineer with 7 years of industrial experience in refining and petrochemicals facilities. He earned a Bch degree in chemical engineering and a concentration in polymer science and engineering from Michigan State University, East Lansing, U.S.

Albaraa E. Halawani is a Process Engineer at Saudi Aramco, specializing in naphtha hydroprocessing and reforming processing units. He is a chemical engineer, with 13 years of industrial experience in refining and petrochemicals facilities. He graduated with a Bch degree in chemical engineering science from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.

Khalid A. Alahmadi is a Process Engineer at Saudi Aramco, specializing in naphtha and diesel hydroprocessing, reforming and isomerization processing units. He is a chemical engineer with 6 years of industrial experience in the refining industry. He graduated with a Bch degree in chemical engineering and analytical science from the University of Manchester, UK.

Abdulelah S. Ghadeer is a Process Engineer at Saudi Aramco, specializing in naphtha hydroprocessing, reforming, aromatics extraction and other processing units. He is a chemical engineer with 11 years of industrial experience in refining and petrochemicals facilities. He earned an MS degree refining and petrochemicals from IFP School, Rueil Malmaison, France, and a Bch degree in chemical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Zaki Al Madharim is a Lead Process Engineer with over a decade of experience at SATORP, where he specializes in distillation, conversion units and utilities across both operations and process engineering. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from Oregon State University.