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Capture Value by Processing Resid in the FCC

Long-term market forces have opened opportunities for upgrading resid to high-margins
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Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) conversion technology is scaling up, providing more options for competing against a confluence of market and regulatory forces. Many of the options under consideration involve increasing resid conversion through the FCC unit. Historic demand destruction in 2020 has lowered FCC unit operating rates. These turndowns change the traditional constraints on the FCC, especially unit heat balance, that can be restored by processing resid.

Against this backdrop, high-margin opportunities are emerging in the petrochemical feedstock market. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated market expansion of chemical building blocks such as propylene. This suggests opportunities for upgrading resid to petrochemicals and marketable fuel components such as high octane alkylate. Learn more about how to capture this value in the FCC with our whitepaper. 

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