Tamoil's Collombey Refinery Licenses Petro-SIM From KBC Advanced Technologies.LONDON & HOUSTON -- KBC KBC Kenya Broadcasting Corporation KBC Kaun Banega Crorepati (Indian TV show) KBC Koahnic Broadcast Corporation (Anchorage, Alaska) KBC Keyboard Connector KBC Kill Before Capture Advanced Technologies plc (KBC) today announced that Tamoil's Collombey refinery signed a multi-year agreement to license Petro-SIM(TM), KBC's refinery-wide process simulation software Simulation software is based on the process of imitating a real phenomenon with a set of mathematical formulas. It is, essentially, a program that allows the user to observe an operation through simulation without actually running the program. . The agreement includes the KBC Profimatics(TM) distillation distillation, process used to separate the substances composing a mixture. It involves a change of state, as of liquid to gas, and subsequent condensation. The process was probably first used in the production of intoxicating beverages. , catalytic cracking and reforming models (DIST-SIM, FCC-SIM and REF-SIM) as well as KBC's proprietary furnace model and product blending technology. Petro-SIM allows Tamoil process engineers to model the entire refinery allowing them to optimize, analyze, and evaluate complex refinery interactions. Petro-SIM can be used to determine the impact of different feedstocks and operating targets, monitor process performance, conduct investment studies or update a Linear Program (LP) model. "KBC is delighted that Tamoil has selected Petro-SIM," says Simon Rogers Simon Rogers is a British musician and composer, notable for his chart success both as a musician and as a producer as well as for his considerable portfolio of television soundtrack work. , Vice President of Software, KBC. "This is an important validation of our recently released Petro-SIM product. We look forward to working closely with Tamoil to maximize the value they receive from our modeling technology and our extensive consulting and profit improvement experience." Mario Damigella, Tamoil's Technical Department Manager, said, "We are pleased to extend our relationship with KBC. We believe that Petro-SIM best meets the simulation needs of our refinery." About Tamoil: The Swiss Collombey refinery is located in the canton of Valais at Collombey-Muraz on the left bank of the Rhone. The refinery currently produces unleaded 95 and 98 octane oc·tane n. 1. Any of various isomeric paraffin hydrocarbons with the formula C8H18, found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent. 2. An octane number. gasoline, diesel oil, extra-light and heavy heating oil, kerosene kerosene or kerosine, colorless, thin mineral oil whose density is between 0.75 and 0.85 grams per cubic centimeter. A mixture of hydrocarbons, it is commonly obtained in the fractional distillation of petroleum as the portion boiling off and liquefied petroleum gases liquefied petroleum gas or LPG, mixture of gases, chiefly propane and butane, produced commercially from petroleum and stored under pressure to keep it in a liquid state. . In 2003 the Collombey refinery processed more than 2 million metric tons of crude oil. The refinery production accounts for approximately 41% of total oil products refined in Switzerland and therefore plays a key role in the oil sector of the country. In 2004 the construction of the refinery's total residue conversion units was completed. This project includes a catalytic cracking unit that converts residues into high value light products. About KBC: KBC Process Technology Ltd is the leading independent process engineering group delivering improved profitability through consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" and practical solutions to owners and operators of oil refineries This is a list of oil refineries. The Oil and Gas Journal also publishes a worldwide list of refineries annually in a country-by-country tabulation that includes for each refinery: location, crude oil daily processing capacity, and the size of each process unit in the refinery. and other clients in the process industries worldwide. KBC analyses plant operations and management systems, recommends changes that deliver material and measurable improvements in profitability and provides implementation services to assist clients in realizing measurable financial improvements. KBC also forecasts crude and petroleum products prices, and offers economic and pricing studies focused on the future outlook for the oil industry. KBC works with clients both to implement recommendations and monitor the resulting profit improvements on a continuing basis. In carrying out this work, our consultants make extensive use of the process simulation software tools developed by KBC. KBC's Profimatics(TM) refinery reactor models are used worldwide. Formed in 1979, KBC has principal offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Japan, Russia, and the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.kbcat.com. |
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