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[binzee]

HELLO!

AT our refinery we are producing around 2000BPD of NAPTHA.A little part of it is used to make gasoline through platfroming where as rest is exported.Unfortunately in our country PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY isnt very strong owing to which we have to transport this naptha to the sea port located 1700Km away for export Purposes.This scenario has adverse effects on our economics and reduces our GROSS REFINERY MARGIN drastically.WHAT ARE THE USES OF NAPTHA APART FROM MAKING GASOLINE which can make it a profitable product for us as well as stabilize the economics of refinery.

THANKS

[ADL]

It can be used to obtain different solvents and also to be blended with bitumen. Naphta can also be used in the extract of oil shell.

It can be used to obtain different solvent and also to be blended with bitumen. Naphta can also be used in the extract of oil shell.

[gvdlans]

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphtha

Naphtha is often used as a feedstock in olefins plans (=ethylene plants), where it is converted to olefins such as ethylene, propylene, butadiene as well as pyrolysis gasoline (=pygas) and benzene. These olefins are feedstocks for a whole range of plants, for example to produce polytethylene, polypropene etc.

Refineries can be combined with olefins plants. The refinery produces the feedstocks for the polyolefins plant (a.o. naphtha, but also gasoils and waxes), while the polyolefins plant produces pygas that is a blending component for the production of gasoline.

Ofcourse building an olefins plant is quite an investment and this may not be economically feasible in your case...

[Samir Gupta]

To add one more prominent use of Naptha -It is used to make Urea via ammonia route. Many of the big fertilizer plants in India use Naptha as their feedstock.
Samir