PJSC UkrGasVydobuvannya (UGV) has let a contract to Honeywell UOP LLC to provide hydrotreating catalyst for production of ultralow-sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel at its Shebelynka gas, condensate, and oil processing department’s 500,000 tonne/year processing plant at Andreyevka in eastern Ukraine’s Kharkov region.
The processing plant is now using Honeywell UOP’s proprietary HYT-4118 catalyst to produce diesel that complies with the Euro 5 emissions standard, which specifies a sulfur content of less than 10 ppm for transportation fuels, the service company said.
Tailored to remove sulfur from petroleum feeds for making distillate, the HYT-4118 catalyst is designed for use in low to medium-pressure ULSD hydrotreating units, providing high activity and stability for longer cycle lengths with low-hydrogen consumption.
The catalyst is equipped to treat a range of feedstock, including straight-run diesel, light-cycle oils, light coker gas oils, and other cracked feedstocks, Honeywell UOP said.
UGV’s main processing asset, the Shebelynka plant in 2017 processed 510,250 tpy of raw materials to produce 133,820 tpy of gasoline and 97,380 tpy of diesel, according to the operator’s web site.
The largest natural gas producer in Central and Eastern Europe, UGV accounts for 75% of Ukrainian natural gas production.
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