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New jet engine lubricant offers high performance
Aviation industry chemists have long
struggled with the problem of balancing
coking reduction against elastomer
compatibility for high-performancecapability
turbine oils. For many years, the
industry has worked to find ways to improve
the performance of the oils.
To combat these issues, Shell Aviation
has launched a high-performance-category
turbine engine oil that aims to address the
exacting demands of aviation customers:
low coking propensity; high resistance to
oxidation and thermal degradation; and
excellent elastomer compatibility.
AeroShell ‡ Ascender ‡ turbine oil was
demonstrated to leading manufacturers and
operators from the world of aviation at the
Dubai Airshow in November.
The aviation lubricants team at Shell
Global Solutions has spent more than five
years developing AeroShell Ascender oil and
building on the excellent features of Shell’s
existing high-thermal-stability oil, AeroShell
Turbine Oil 560.
Sjoerd Post, Vice President, Shell
Aviation, comments, “The industry trend
is for aviation engines to get bigger and
run hotter than the previous generation;
this helps to make them more efficient. A
consequence of this is that the lubricants
have to work much harder, especially with
the increasing time between overhauls.
“We have been working to create a
high-performance oil that could deliver the
optimal balance between low coking and
seal integrity. Effectively, we have gone right
back to basics to alter the oil’s ‘DNA’.”
• Contact: Adele Cross
Email: adele.cross@shell.com
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AeroShell and Ascender are Shell trademarks.
Dramatic race to Formula One success
Scuderia Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen
concluded an exciting 2007 Formula One
season when he secured his first-ever
Drivers’ World Championship title.
Räikkönen won the final race of the season,
the Brazilian Grand Prix, to secure the
championship with 110 points. In the most
dramatic of championship fights, Vodafone
McLaren Mercedes’ drivers Fernando Alonso
and Lewis Hamilton both finished just one point
behind him. With six victories, Räikkönen won
more races than anyone else in 2007 and also
claimed a further six podium places.
Felipe Massa, Räikkönen’s teammate,
ended an impressive season in fourth place
with 94 points and three victories.
Ferrari also won the 2007 Formula One
Constructors’ World Championship title. This
takes the total number of titles collected by
Ferrari, with support from Shell, to 12 drivers’
and nine constructors’ championships. The
result was a fitting achievement for a year
that marked over 60 years of shared passion
for performance between the two companies.
Following the victory, Räikkönen
expressed his thanks to Shell, saying,
“The team is very close. Shell has been
doing a great job for us, improving the
fuel – everything to help us with all the new
regulations.”
Lisa Lilley, Formula One Technology
Manager for Ferrari, Shell Global Solutions
(UK), added that Shell maintained a
comprehensive R&D programme throughout
the season to provide Ferrari with the
latest developments in fuel and lubricant
technologies. “The highly advanced Shell
V-Power ‡ race fuel is designed to enhance
driving power while protecting critical parts
of the engine,” she says. “We also made a
series of power-enhancing improvements to
Shell Helix ‡ engine oil, and modified Shell
Spirax ‡ lubricant for the gearbox.”
• Contact: Lisa Lilley
Email: lisa.lilley@shell.com
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Shell Helix, Shell Spirax and Shell V-Power are Shell trademarks.
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Improved polymer from Degussa for offshore flexible pipes
Transporting oil and gas from subsea
fields using flexible pipes is expected to
become more cost-effective, thanks to the
development of a new material that offers
better long-term chemical stability in the
carbon-dioxide-rich offshore conditions.
A new grade of polyamide, PA-12, which
outperformed the currently used PA-11 in
disciplined testing, has been developed
by Degussa (a German-based speciality
chemical corporation) and targeted for use
in flexible pipes offshore.
Research carried out by Shell Global
Solutions generated data that showed PA-12
performed better than PA-11 in tests to look at
how both polymers degraded in oxygen-free
and in acidic water. The Shell Global Solutions
non-metallic materials team worked on the
complex-ageing-behaviour study to generate
key data that enabled Degussa to obtain the
essential API and ISO specifications necessary
for Lloyd’s Register approval.
Christian Baron, Vice President, Strategic
Projects, Degussa AG, says, “Shell Global
Solutions’ expertise played a vital role in API
and ISO qualification of our new polymer.”
Compared with its predecessor, the new
material can be used for longer periods
and at higher temperatures before it begins
to degrade. It should also introduce more
competition into the market to the benefit of
all end-users.
• Contact: Frans Janssen
Email: frans.janssen@shell.com
Russian refinery set to expand with investment programme
The quest to increase production, generate more value-added products
and meet stricter European Union specifications has led to a major
modernisation project at a Russian refinery.
Mariisky NPZ LLC plans to upgrade and expand its refinery in Mari El
Republic, Russian Federation, with a two-phase investment programme.
The project will help the refinery to meet the Euro V diesel fuel
specification and maximise the production of light, high-value products.
The first phase of modernisation will include constructing a crude
distillation unit (CDU) combined with a high vacuum unit (HVU) to
expand crude distillation capacity; a hydrocracker unit (HCU) to
maximise the production of diesel; and a solvent deasphalting unit.
Once the first phase is complete, Mariisky hopes to invest in upgrading
light-end fuels via aromatics production.
Shell Global Solutions International BV was awarded the contract
for the supply of basic design packages and licences for the refinery
process units (combined CDU/HVU and HCU) after completion of the
feasibility study .
Mariisky is currently talking to Shell Global Solutions about helping to
bring the licensed units online, and it is hoped that the design work will
be completed in September 2008.
The refinery currently produces straight-run naphtha, vacuum gas
oil, diesel fuels and kerosene, and is expected to become a fuel-oil-free
refinery manufacturing high-value products.
Alexey Mileev, Board Chairman, Mariisky NPZ LLC, says, “Our
decision to alter the refining configuration will enable us to expand
our refining processes and develop new products. Engaging in a
relationship with Shell Global Solutions offers us not only technical
advice, but also overall business consultancy, as the organisation has
vast operational industry experience.”
• Contact: Angelika Lishinskaya
Email: angelika.lishinskaya@shell.com
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Ducati takes its first-ever
MotoGP World Championship
Ducati is celebrating a MotoGP World Championship treble after
Australian rider Casey Stoner secured the rider’s title and also
helped Ducati to win the constructors’
crown and the Ducati MotoGP Team to
win the team title.
The technical regulations for 2007
reduced fuel tank capacity to 21 L, which
meant that getting the best power out of the
bike engines has been vital.
The close technical relationship between
Ducati and Shell helped Shell Global Solutions’ retail and automotive
fuels technology and lubricants technology groups in Hamburg,
Germany, to deliver high-performance race lubricants and fuels
based on Shell Advance ‡ and Shell V-Power ‡ technologies. This is
the first time that Shell has been involved in such a triple result in
motorcycle racing.
Stoner, aged 21, claimed 10 victories and a further four podium
places, thus equalling the all-time points record and becoming the
second youngest ever MotoGP title winner.
Livio Suppo, Project Manager, Ducati MotoGP, says, “The fuel you
use can greatly help in improving fuel consumption. We have done a
great job with Shell, and every little helps. To work with a company
that also works in Formula One is important.”
• Contact: Michael Knaak
Email: michael.knaak@shell.com
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Shell Advance and Shell V-Power are Shell trademarks.
Spot the margin benefits
The Alliance Refining Company Limited, Thailand, an alliance between
Star Petroleum Refining Company Limited and Rayong Refinery Public
Company Limited, undertook a feasibility study with Shell Global
Solutions (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd to establish the benefits of a real-time
optimiser at the Star Petroleum refinery in Rayong, Thailand.
The feasibility study quantified a potential increase in margins of
an estimated $780,000 per annum for the Star Petroleum refinery’s
fluidised catalytic cracking unit. After applying the proposed
optimisation tool (known as Shell plant optimisation technology, SPOT),
a post-implementation review revealed an actual benefit improvement
at the plant of $1.2 million per annum.
The SPOT tool uses a model that shows how a refinery should run when
working at optimal efficiency within the defined constraints limit. Once
the model has been run and the set points have been downloaded to the
controllers – all in real time – users can then review the unit’s performance.
As a consequence, real-time optimisation is helping to maximise
the contribution of the fluidised catalytic cracking unit to Star
Petroleum refinery’s gross margins. In addition, it is facilitating unit
reliability, process understanding, active constraint tracking and
focused debottlenecking.
Sam Parino, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Operation), Alliance
Refining Company Limited, says, “I was very impressed with the
execution and deliverables of this project. The team did an excellent
job delivering the desired benefits and executing the project on time
and within budget.”
Since deploying the SPOT tool, Star Petroleum Refining Company
Limited has signed up with Shell Global Solutions (Thailand) Limited
for model and system maintenance services.
• Contact: Kit Chan
Email: kit.chan@shell.com
Carbon management collaboration for Deer Park
Using carbon more efficiently and optimising its assets across the
carbon energy value chain are key priorities for Shell Deer Park
Refining Company. To meet these objectives, the refinery near
Houston, Texas, USA, has joined up with Airgas, Inc., one of the
largest US distributors of industrial and speciality gases, to build
an on-site 450-ton-a-day liquid carbon dioxide plant.
Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. helped in identifying the
opportunities for carbon management at the refinery.
By collecting and purifying the gas vented from the refinery’s hydrogen
plant, Deer Park’s annual carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced
by more than 3% a year. Not only will this help to reduce the carbon
footprint of the refinery, it will also aid asset optimisation.
The Airgas Carbonic plant, expected online in late 2008, will purify
and liquefy the carbon dioxide before shipping it for commercial
and beverage-grade use and to produce dry ice. A new pipeline
will supply raw gas from the hydrogen plant to the two-acre Airgas
facility under a 15-year agreement with Shell Oil Company.
“By building this facility, Airgas will better serve its carbon dioxide
customers in the region and have a stronger network of plants for
liquid merchant customers and for its own dry ice production,” says
Ted Schulte, Airgas Division President of Gas Operations, which
includes Airgas Carbonic and Airgas Dry Ice.
“We are optimising operations by developing and implementing
solutions across the carbon energy value chain. This project reiterates
Shell’s collaborative approach in managing the carbon dioxide
associated with hydrogen production,” says Aamir Farid, General
Manager, Shell Deer Park Refining Company.
• Contact: Nicholas Kuzniarski
Email: n.kuzniarski@shell.com
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Creativity and dedication recognised
Three of Shell Global Solutions’ US employees have received worldclass
recognition for their contributions to innovation and technology.
Ye-Mon Chen, Catalytic Cracking Regional Manager USA/
North America, Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc., has received the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Fluidisation Process
Recognition Award. This acknowledges his contribution to the science
and technology of fluidisation and fluidised processes and leadership
in the engineering community.
For his outstanding dissertation, Mahesh Iyer, Researcher Process
Engineering and Evaluations, Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc.,
received the AIChE 2007 Best PhD Thesis in Particle Technology
Award, for which there was strong global competition.
One of Korea’s highest civilian honours, the Stone Tower National
Award, has been awarded to Dong Kim, Pressure Equipment
Integrity Adviser, Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. He is the first non-
Korean citizen to receive the accolade, which he won for introducing
new technologies and methods for safety and integrity in pressure
equipment. Facilitating the use of innovative Shell services to Korean
industries was also key to his winning the award.
Greg Lewin, President, Shell Global Solutions International BV, says,
“These world-leading achievements demonstrate that people are at the
heart of our business. It is a great honour that creativity and dedication
are recognised at such high levels.”
• Contact: Natasha Abeya
Email: natasha.abeya@shell.com
Award-winning strategies
The industry goals of efficient processes, safety and environmental
friendliness are being tackled from many angles at Shell.
Shell’s catalyst business, Criterion Catalysts & Technologies, developed
the next-generation catalyst CENTINEL Gold in response to US
Environmental Protection Agency requirements in 2006 for a reduction
in the sulphur content of on-road diesel from 500 to 15 ppm.
Together with reactor internals that were designed for deep
conversion units like the ultra-low-sulphur diesel ones, this catalyst
innovation was recognised as the Commercial Technology of the Year
in the prestigious Platts Global Energy Awards.
Shell Global Solutions’ Carbon and Energy Management
consultancy, winner of the 2007 Petroleum Economist Cleaner Energy
Initiative, assesses a client’s energy use and carbon dioxide production
and compares its current position with optimum operating practices.
Strategies for mitigation are then proposed, which may include
energy-efficiency or operational-improvement programmes.
Shell Smart Choke hardware was a finalist in the World Oil Awards
2007 Best Production Technology category. Developed by Shell Global
Solutions, the Smart Choke is designed to mitigate slugging and
minimise pressure fluctuations using a single valve at the production
platform. As a result of increased flow stability, operators have the
confidence to run closer to system limits, thereby helping to increase
production while maintaining safe operations.
Engineering excellence award for
technology collaboration
A biological gas desulphurisation technology, which integrates
gas purification with sulphur recovery in a single process unit, has
earned an award at the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ annual
celebration of outstanding contributions to safety, the environment
and sustainable development.
The Shell-Paques process, jointly developed by Shell Global
Solutions International BV and Paques BV, won the Sellafield Award
for Engineering Excellence.
Rene Bakker, Manager, Oil and Gas Business, Paques BV, says,
“Customers choose Shell-Paques technology for its ‘triple-e’ benefits –
economics, ease of operations and environmental friendliness. This
award is testament to the excellent relationship between Shell Global
Solutions and Paques, and our future journey will include innovation
focused on process efficiency improvements.”
Frans Schrauwen, Business Team Manager Gas to Liquids
Conversion, Shell Global Solutions International BV, was shortlisted
for the individual NES Novel Engineering Solutions Award for his
work in developing the high-dispersion tray – now widely used in the
production of ultra-low-sulphur diesel.
• Contact: Mergyla van Uytrecht
Email: mergyla.vanuytrecht@shell.com
• Contact: Alex Woldhuis
Email: a.woldhuis@shell.com
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