Downstream
Energy companies strive for increased resiliency in a complex environment. Our solutions maximize operational and safety performance across the refinery lifecycle.
One of Saudi Aramco's semi-conversion refineries was producing excessive fuel oil, limiting the facility’s margin to a level lower than comparably-sized refineries, so they decided to revamp the refinery to upgrade the bottom of the barrel products to create more value.
Learn how Saudi Aramco used Aspen HYSYS® to analyze feasibility of refinery reconfiguration plans by developing plant digital twins of multiple units, increasing processing capacity with a substantial reduction in fuel oil production and a significant boost in diesel production capacity.
Navigate Shifting Energy Demand
- Ensure resiliency when adapting to the energy trilemma and volatile market conditions
- Improve yields and optimize for high-margin petroleum and chemical products
- Accelerate renewable feedstock integration and sustainable fuel production
Decarbonize Downstream Operations
- Reduce sitewide emissions, improve energy efficiency
- Design and scale-up carbon capture technologies
- Fast-track new projects to cut scope 1 emissions
Improve Operational and Safety Performance
- Maximize plantwide performance and enhance process safety
- Reduce maintenance costs and turnaround times
- Expand workforce skillsets rapidly with tailored competency development
Optimize On-Site Generation and Storage
- Enhance power reliability
- Balance net-zero and operating cost goals
- Strengthen cybersecurity
Next Generation Technology for Sustainability and Agility
- Improve margins $1-5/barrel of crude or $20-40/ton of ethylene
- Reduce specific emissions up to 10%
- Improve energy efficiency 5-25%
Achieve Optimal Design and Operations across the Engineering Lifecycle
- Reduce CAPEX and OPEX
- Make progress toward sustainability goals
- Improve performance, process safety and time-to-market
Enable Your Workforce with Consistent Emissions Data and Models
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions up to 25%
- Report transparently for financial and regulatory purposes
- Use the same models and information for all sustainability decisions
Predict and Minimize the Impact of Equipment Downtime
- Reduce maintenance costs 20-30% per year
- Empower your reliability and maintenance teams
- Increase throughput 1-5%
Address Challenges to Drive Low-Risk CCUS Solutions at Scale
- Reduce 5-20% CAPEX and 15-30% OPEX
- Shorten project time by 20%
- Support permit applications and cut permitting time by 50%
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