What are the most notable areas in the petrochemical or petroleum processing sectors at present?
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As the title suggests, what are the fields that can attract a lot of funding and research efforts? Some wise person should give some advice.
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I’m thinking about how to mix water and oil together and sell it!
Looking at the upstream sector, that is oil refining, desulfurization processes are currently given the greatest attention in China as well as around the world. To obtain sufficient amounts of light oil, research into processes for processing heavy oil is very interesting, especially in countries like China. Hydrogenation processes for heavy oil are being studied by many people; CNPC and Sinopec have invested a lot of money in this area. CNPC focuses on suspended-bed hydrocracking processes, while Sinopec uses fixed-bed hydrogenation. Currently, both companies are interested in developing boiling-bed hydrogenation processes. On the downstream side, emphasis is placed on the recycling of refinery gas, as well as the production of olefins (ethylene, propylene) and aromatics, in order to utilize these raw materials to develop new materials.
Hydrogenation technology is a key area of research and application in the refining industry, including hydrocracking, hydroprocessing, and hydrorefining.
The processing technology of heavy oil is presumably a topic of interest within the country
I think the following areas are worth focusing on: 1. As oil fields reach later stages of exploitation and imports of crude oil increase, the processing technologies for heavy oil and high-sulfur oil deserve attention. 2. As standards become more stringent and environmental protection gains greater importance, technologies for upgrading oil product quality are worth paying attention to. 3. In terms of energy conservation, emission reduction, and environmental protection, it aims to reduce resource consumption in oil processing as well as environmental pollution.
Bitumen processing: Last year (or the year before?), wasn’t it the first world conference on bitumen held under the initiative of CNPC in Beijing? Energy costs are getting higher and higher, so bitumen processing is worth paying attention to
1 Processing of heavy oil, crude oil, and low-quality oil 2 Deep desulfurization 3 Hydrogenation 4 Increased propylene production, etc
How to produce high-molecular-weight substances at low cost into organic chemical raw materials with short carbon chains and low molecular weight, such as carbon steel fibers that are widely used in making cars lighter, will be the direction of development in the petrochemical industry!
I think it’s the production of polyethylene and polypropylene
If every aspect is done well, it will become popular, a hotspot, and an opportunity to make money.
There should also be safety considerations; in recent years, **safety accidents have occurred frequently, and the oil industry, due to its substantial profits, has become a focus of public attention. Any safety accident triggers a significant response from society. Therefore, security technologies and security management will become areas of particular focus.