Today many US refineries are leaving million dollars/year “on the table” because of: RVP, AKI giveaway, recipe giveaway (disconnection between planned and acLP, re-blending too many times, overusing the tanks and etc. We quantified all these issues and we put some numbers to give you an idea.
USA “ABC” Refinery – Summary of Blending Improvements Economics
(1)Basis of Estimates = Extrapolation from US Complex Refinery, 100 KBPD Gasoline Production
| Area of Improvement | Comments |
| Reduction of Blend AKI and RVP Giveaway | Includes conflicts betw RefLP and Blending |
| Reduction of TVL Giveaway | TVL competes against RVP |
| Reduction of VOC Giveaway | Switch to “Per Gallon” VOC spec |
| Zero risk at 100RON | |
| Reduce RVP Seasonal Rollover Giveaway | Multi-blend multi-time period schedule optimization |
| Short term logistics optimization | Best timing for producing a batch |
| Reducing tankage | 1 RBOB and 1 Cat Gas tanks |
| Improved segregation of blend components | |
| Reduced RIN exposure by increasing exports | 10% of gasoline exported to Mexico |
| Total “ABC” Refineryr Potential Benefits (M$/yr) | 5 to 15+ millions/yr depending on production capacity |
| (2)Costs to Capture Benefits | 2 to 15 millions, depending on existing blending facilities |
We do gasoline blending economic performance analysis and recommend ongoing monitoring to capture these potential improvements, potentially contribute another $5 to $15 million annually to the bottom line. More info here.
