Norton Engineering

Alkylation

• Sulfuric acid systems: planning studies, process design, troubleshooting, debottlenecking, EPC follow-up, start-up
• HF: planning, process design troubleshooting and debottlenecking
• Safety and environmental control facilities

Amine Units

• Screening Studies for Amine unit expansions and reconfigurations
• Process designs for grass roots and revamped Amine units
• Troubleshooting – system optimization, amine changes, amine degradation and heat stable salt control

Atmospheric Distillation

• Screening Studies for APS expansions and crude run changes
• Process designs for grass roots and revamped APS units
• APS trouble shooting and start-up
• Improved heater operation for run length extension

Coke Calcining

• Coke handling facilities, combustion systems, incinerators
• Environmental Control Facilities: SOx, NOx and PM
• System design (grass roots, expansions and revamps), start-up and, troubleshooting

Deasphalting

• Deasphalter Expansion: screening study including project economics, on-sites and off-sites impact

Delayed Coking

• Fired heater tube failure troubleshooting, decoking operations consulting
• Coke cutting cycle time optimization/improvement
• Tower bottoms fouling assessment and mitigation
• Screening Study for Delayed Coker expansion

Dewaxing

• Dewaxer Expansion: screening study including project economics, on-sites and off-sites impacts

Fluid Catalytic Cracking

• Wet scrubbing systems: technology development, process design, performance assessment, project engineering, detailed design, equipment specification and purchase, troubleshooting, operations and start-up
• FCCU: technology improvements (cyclones, feed zones, riser terminations), cold flow modeling, process design, operating guides, troubleshooting (high catalyst losses, poor circulation), downtime studies, start-up (10) and turnaround support
• FCCU main fractionator: tray/packing design and rating, coke mitigation in desuperheating section. Process design, troubleshooting, start-up, operations
• Screening Studies for FCC expansions
• Process designs and detailed engineering follow-up for revamped FCC units
• FCC trouble shooting and start-up
• Electrostatic Precipitators: process design, performance assessment, troubleshooting, operations and start-up
• Cyclones (intern & external): process design, performance assessment, troubleshooting, operations and start-up

Fluid Coking

• Electrostatic Precipitators: process design, performance assessment, troubleshooting, operations and start-up
• Cyclones (intern & external): process design, performance assessment, troubleshooting, operations and start-up

Gasification Petroleum Coke / Coal

• LBG utilization: cogeneration applications, fired heaters, boilers, gas turbines. Planning studies, process design, existing equipment evaluations, start-up, troubleshooting
• Gas Clean-up: particulate & sulfur removal. Planning studies, technology evaluations, process design, vendor qualification, start-up, troubleshooting

Hydrocracking

• Rebuild of hydrocracker heater after unit was destroyed by explosion on start-up. Root cause analysis, detailed design, project engineering, start-up and operations
• Design Basis, process design, detailed engineering follow-up and startup of grass roots hydrocracker

Hydrotreating

• FCCU Feed Hydrosulfurization, Naptha Hydrofiner, Vacuum Gasoil Hydrotreater
• Fixed Bed reactor designs (high and low pressure units), recycle gas compression systems, absorbers, amine regeneration systems
• Planning studies, Process design, troubleshooting and start-up
• Grass roots and revamped hydrotreaters

Isomerization

• Butylene isomerization (IFP): Planning, process design leader, EPC follow-up and start-up

Light Ends Systems

• Screening Studies for APS, FCC and Reformer light ends expansions
• Process designs for grass roots and revamped for APS, FCC and Reformer light ends units
• Light ends trouble shooting and startup

Lubes Manufacture

• White Oils catalyst deactivation
• Additives manufacturing
• Lube oil blending, batch and JIT systems design and operations
• Lubes processing design, troubleshooting, debottlenecking, quality improvement

Reforming

• Design of proprietary high temperature catalytic reforming heaters (3)
• Revamp designs for proprietary high temperature catalytic reforming heaters (2)
• Revamp design for terrace wall catalytic reforming heater (1).
• Process designs of grassroots Naphtha reformers
• Screening Studies for Naphtha Reforming expansions

Sulfur Plant

• Tail gas clean-up unit. Process development and design
• Process design of tail gas cleanup unit revamp

Sour Water Stripper

• Screening Studies for SWS expansions
• Process designs for grass roots and revamped SWS units

Vac. Distillation

• Screening Studies for VPS expansions
• Process designs for grass roots and revamped VPS units
• VPS trouble shooting and start-up

Visbreaking

• Fired heater optimization studies to optimize yield / unit run length
• Furnace decoking operations consulting
• Start-up (2)
• Fired heater coking predictive tools development
• Process design of grassroots Visbreaker
• Screening Studies for Visbreaker expansions