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The Refinery Upgrade

OilNational partnered with a struggling European refinery to upgrade its coking unit and desulfurization plant. By integrating AI-driven process control, we increased diesel yield by 18% and met IMO 2020 standards, transforming a loss-making asset into a top performer.

Challenge

The refinery was configured to process low-value heavy sour crude but lacked the upgrading capacity to produce high-margin diesel and jet fuel. Margins were deeply negative, and the asset faced imminent closure due to its inability to meet new, stringent environmental sulfur regulations without massive, unaffordable capital expenditure.

Solution

OilNational injected $200M in targeted capital to install a state-of-the-art delayed coker unit and advanced hydro-treating reactors. Our operations team then implemented a proprietary real-time optimization algorithm that adjusted processing parameters every 15 minutes based on fluctuating crude quality and global product prices. This dynamic approach maximized the spread between input costs and product value, turning the refinery into a flexible, high-margin hub capable of processing the cheapest crudes while producing the cleanest fuels.

Global energy investment, executed with institutional precision.

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