Veolia to Expand Sulfuric Acid Regeneration Capabilities in Anticipation of Market, Customer Needs.
07 Dicembre 2017 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Veolia North America announces a meaningful investment for a
new “debottlenecking” project at its Burnside, La., sulfur
regeneration facility, which provides merchant sulfuric acid
regeneration services to refineries and produces various
sulfur-based products. The project investment will increase spent
sulfuric acid regeneration capacity by 15 percent annually and will
be completed during the plant’s Fall 2018 turnaround.
“This is an important step forward in growing our Regeneration
Services capabilities,” said Veolia North America president and CEO
William J. “Bill” DiCroce. “The debottlenecking project at Burnside
will address some of the equipment, process and system design
issues that limit our current capacity – and improve our overall
market position and reliability. It will offer a real solution for
refiners’ additional spent acid regeneration requirements, and
demonstrates our lasting commitment to their business.”
Refiners today are pushing the current acid regeneration circuit
to nearly 100% capacity, because of spiking demand for alkylate.
Alkylate is the refining industry’s preferred gasoline additive,
used to help achieve the fuel efficiency standards and low emission
ratings demanded by regulators and consumers. By adding capacity
through this expansion project, Veolia is taking the lead in
supporting its customers’ growth requirements as well as
positioning itself for further growth.
In the United States, there are approximately 100 refineries
with alkylation units, which use either sulfuric acid or
hydrofluoric acid as the production catalyst. Veolia offers
regenerative solutions for both alkylation types, specifically
potassium hydroxide (KOH) processing and sulfuric acid regeneration
capabilities.
In addition to the expansion, the Burnside facility will
celebrate its 50th anniversary with an event on December 7. “This
major milestone is a testament to the dedication of management and
staff that have safely provided high quality merchant sulfuric acid
regeneration services, advanced improvements to the facility and
supported the local community over the last half century,” said
Steve Hopper, president and COO, Industrial Water and Regeneration
Services for Veolia North America. Veolia’s largest "hybrid"
sulfuric acid regeneration and sulfur burning facility, capable of
handling both fuming and non-fuming acids, the Burnside facility
has been continuously upgraded since its construction in 1967 and
has been recognized repeatedly by the local community and by the
state of Louisiana for its strong safety and environmental
compliance records.
Veolia group is the global leader in optimized resource
management. With over 163,000 employees worldwide, the Group
designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions
that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and
industries. Through its three complementary business activities,
Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available
resources, and to replenish them. In 2016, the Veolia group
supplied 100 million people with drinking water and 61 million
people with wastewater service, produced 54 million megawatt hours
of energy and converted 30 million metric tons of waste into new
materials and energy. Veolia Environnement (listed on Paris
Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated revenue of €24.39 billion
($25.7 billion) in 2016. www.veolia.com
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