A PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY STUDY OF AROMATICS PRODUCTION IN UGANDA, A CASE STUDY OF UGANDA’S REFINERY EXTENSION PROJECT

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dc.contributor.advisorYong Hun Jung-
dc.contributor.authorKITIMBO MERCY-
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-29T02:32:28Z-
dc.date.available2022-11-29T02:32:28Z-
dc.date.issued2021-02-
dc.identifier.other30453-
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.ajou.ac.kr/handle/2018.oak/19995-
dc.description학위논문(석사)--Graduate School of International Studies Ajou University :융합에너지학과,2021. 2-
dc.description.tableofcontentsCHAPTER ONE 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Global Oil Industry Perspective 1 1.2.1 Market fundamentals 2 1.2.2 Policies and Events 2 1.2.3 Climate Change 2 1.3 Global Petrochemical industry 2 1.4 Motivation of study 3 1.5 Research Problem 4 1.6 Aim and Objectives of study 4 1.7 Scope of the Study 4 1.8 Justification 5 1.9 Limitations 5 CHAPTER TWO 6 2.0LITERATURE REVIEW 6 2.1 Introduction 6 2.2 An Overview of Refining- Uganda Refinery 6 2.3 REFINERY CONFIGURATION 9 2.3.1 Crude oil distillation 9 2.3.2 Hydrotreating 10 2.3.3 Isomerization 11 2.3.4 Catalytic reforming 12 2.3.5 Fluidized Catalytic Cracking 12 2.3.6 Hydrocracking 13 2.3.7 Alkylation 13 2.4 PETROCHEMICALS 14 2.4.1 Feedstocks in petrochemicals 14 2.5 AROMATICS 15 2.5.1 Demand 15 2.5.2 Supply 16 2.5.3 Applications 16 2.6 AROMATICS RECOVERY FACILITY 17 2.6.1 Description of the process 19 2.6.2 Extraction Processes for aromatics 21 2.7 Aromatics market survey 23 CHAPTER THREE 24 3.0 METHODOLOGY 24 3.1 Data collection 24 3.2 Technical evaluation of input and output flow of materials 25 3.3 Aromatics complex 26 3.4 ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF AROMATICS PRODUCTION 26 3.4.1 Estimation Details for Aromatic Production Costs 27 3.5 Economic Background 27 3.5.1 Capital Requirement 27 3.5.2 Estimation of Capital Cost 27 3.5.3 Operating expenditure 28 3.6 Economic indicators 29 3.6.1 Internal Rate of Return (IRR) 29 3.6.2 Payback Period (PBP) 29 3.6.3 Net Present Value (NPV) 29 3.6.4 Benefit- Cost analysis 29 3.4 Project sensitivity analysis 30 CHAPTER FOUR 31 4.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 31 4.1 Introduction 31 4.2 Aromatic complex configuration 31 4.3 Economic Indicators 33 4.4 Sensitivity analysis 33 CHAPTER FIVE 34 5.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 34 5.1 Pros and Cons of having an aromatics complex for the country 34 Bibliography 37-
dc.language.isoeng-
dc.publisherGraduate School of International Studies Ajou University-
dc.rights아주대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.-
dc.titleA PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY STUDY OF AROMATICS PRODUCTION IN UGANDA, A CASE STUDY OF UGANDA’S REFINERY EXTENSION PROJECT-
dc.typeThesis-
dc.contributor.affiliation아주대학교 국제대학원-
dc.contributor.department국제대학원 융합에너지학과-
dc.date.awarded2021. 2-
dc.description.degreeMaster-
dc.identifier.localId1202874-
dc.identifier.uciI804:41038-000000030453-
dc.identifier.urlhttp://dcoll.ajou.ac.kr:9080/dcollection/common/orgView/000000030453-
dc.subject.keywordAromatics-
dc.subject.keywordcrude oil-
dc.subject.keywordpetrochemicals-
dc.subject.keywordpetroleum-
dc.description.alternativeAbstractPetrochemicals play a very important role in the economy. The products of industry are the building blocks of many industries, including polymers, man-made fibers and basic chemicals. The industry uses aromatic derivatives for a wide range of its consumer products. This study therefore examines the reformate feedstock that will be coming from the refinery, to obtain benzene and para-xylene that will be produced in the aromatic’s facility. It provides an illustration of the aromatic’s feedstock process flow from one processing facility, Uganda’s refinery to produce aromatics in another unit, aromatics facility. Besides, it points out the economics to check the profitability that follows such a venture in Uganda, due to the importance of aromatics intermediates in the final stages of manufacturing consumer petrochemical products. The paper also identifies the strength Uganda has in pushing through with the project, as well as future challenges of penetrating into the sector.-
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