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Petroleum Coke: A Viable Fuel for Cogeneration
Abstract
Petroleum coke is a by-product of the coking process
which upgrades (converts) low-valued residual oils into
higher-valued transportation, heating and industrial fuels.
Pace forecasts that by the year 2000 petroleum coke
production will increase from 36 million to 47 million
short tons/year. Because the crude pool will continue to
become more sour and refiners treat the coker as the
"garbage can" the quality of the petroleum cokes will
generally degrade- contain higher sulfur and trace metal
levels.
The U.S. produces nearly 70% of the total and is
expected to maintain this share. Domestic markets
consumed less than half of the U.S. production; 80% of
the high sulfur fuel grade production from the Gulf coast
is exported to Japan or Europe. Increasing environmental
concerns could disrupt historic markets and threaten
coker operations. This would create opportunities for
alternate end-uses such as cogeneration projects.
The Pace Consultants Inc. continuously monitors and
reports on the petroleum coke industry-production and
markets-in its multi-client publication The Pace
Petroleum Coke Ouarterly. The information presented
in this paper is based on this involvement and Pace's
experience in single and multi client consulting activities
related to the petroleum refining and petroleum coke
industries. The purpose is to provide a review of the
existing world petroleum coke industry with particular
emphasis on the U.S. production and markets. Forecasted
production levels and critical factors which could alter
the historic market disposition of petroleum coke are
addressed.
Subject
Petroleum Coke IndustryCollections
Citation
Dymond, R. E. (1992). Petroleum Coke: A Viable Fuel for Cogeneration. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /92202.