Engineering, Procurement & Construction
Maximize profitability and energy security while advancing sustainability goals with end-to-end digitalization solutions spanning the entire lifecycle of a refinery.
Learn how Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) revolutionized its refinery management by implementing Aspen Petroleum Scheduler™. MPC established a unified barrel tracking system from inception to delivery, allowing them to set more accurate operational targets and significantly reduce changes, leading to more consistent and stable refinery operations.
Energy Transition and Decarbonization
- Optimize carbon capture and utilization to meet sustainability goals
- Advance a hydrogen economy and refinery electrification
- Support a circular economy through co-processing of pyrolysis oils
Reduce Energy Use and Emissions
- Monitor and reduce CO2 emissions using digital twins
- Minimize frequency of unit shutdowns and increases in GHG emissions with prescriptive maintenance
- Decrease energy demand by optimizing feed flexibility
Operational Excellence and Asset Integrity
- Optimize plant and asset performance by leveraging predictive maintenance and digital twins
- Maximize safety, throughput and profits by vertically integrating planning, scheduling and advanced process control in a closed loop
- Expand workforce skillsets rapidly with tailored competency development solutions
Refinery Flexibility and Integration
- Boost production agility and responsiveness with a single planning and scheduling environment
- Evaluate product alternatives rapidly with advanced economic modeling, digital twins and risk analysis while debottlenecking and revamping
- Optimize operations and economic gains by integrating refinery and petrochemical plants
Enable Your Workforce with Consistent Emissions Data and Models
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions up to 25%. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam interdum lacus eget lacinia vehicula. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam interdum lacus eget lacinia vehicula.
- Report transparently for financial and regulatory purposes
- Use the same models and information for all sustainability decisions
Next Generation Technology for Sustainability and Agility
- Improve margins $1-5/barrel of crude or $20-40/ton of ethylene
- Reduce specific emissions up to 10%
- Improve energy efficiency 5-25%
Address Challenges to Drive Low-Risk CCUS Solutions at Scale
- Reduce 5-20% CAPEX and 15-30% OPEX
- Shorten project time by 20%
- Support permit applications and cut permitting time by 50%
Innovate to Improve Economics of Low-Carbon Hydrogen
- Develop new technologies faster by reducing costs and time-to-market
- Justify investment and financial decisions by evaluating risks and costs across lifecycle
- Reduce project risks by optimizing designs and accelerating delivery and execution
Predict and Minimize the Impact of Equipment Downtime
- Reduce maintenance costs 20-30% per year
- Empower your reliability and maintenance teams
- Increase throughput 1-5%
Executive Brief
To hold global warming within the range of the Paris Agreement goals, the world needs to reduce emissions by unprecedented volume—and at unparalleled speed. Ensuring a green future while continuing to...
Report
This report, which was co-written with Robert Socolow, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University, addresses the findings of a recent survey conducted to better understand the strategies and actions...
On-Demand Webinar
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White Paper
Today, refineries face the difficult challenge of maintaining and improving their gross refinery margin while meeting increasingly stringent emissions regulations. Refineries need to work in...
White Paper
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Video
Energy and Chemical companies continue to look for new ways to reduce their carbon footprint and remain profitable. Advancements in digital optimization technology are helping industry leaders...
On-Demand Webinar
A breakthrough innovation, Aspen Hybrid Models™ help energy companies quickly develop comprehensive, accurate models to address the most complex operational challenges. With the release of aspenONE®...