Upgrading Cracking Technology
CDT Technology

Upgrading Technology

The Upgrading Technology entrance to oilfield projects provides strategic environmental solutions, as this technology is a very vital industrial requirement for the next 20 years. After analysing the feed — Heavy Crude Oil, Waste Hydrocarbons, Slop Oil, Sludge, Residues, Pit oil, Petcoke or any and all type of waste oil and hydrocarbon feed — and studying the relative proportions of the original composition of the feed (PONA+S) which are the main components that make up the hydrocarbon.

The technology unit associated equipment are designed such as pre-heating, filtering, scraping or separating devices, a boiler unit and heat calibrators. Operating pressure, chemical additives and catalysts injection devices, automation and control system, as well as filtration units — designed according to the results of the analysis and provides specialized solutions for each project according to the nature of the project.

CDT upgrading process overview

Paraffin and Wax + Olafine + Naphthen + Aromatics + Asphaltene + Sulfur

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CDT Upgrading Technology – Advantages & Applications

Advantages

  • Upgrades Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), Fuel Oil (FO), Vacuum Residue (VR), and heavy crude into higher-value products.
  • Improves fuel characteristics, including density, viscosity, flash point, pour point, and sulfur content.
  • Supports heavy crude desulfurization and hydrocarbon upgrading.
  • Increases the recovery of valuable light hydrocarbon fractions.
  • Reduces sludge, free water, sediments, and other impurities.
  • Minimizes fuel losses associated with conventional filtration and centrifuge systems.
  • Enhances combustion efficiency and promotes more complete fuel utilization.
  • Helps reduce oxygen demand during combustion.
  • Contributes to lower emissions of NOx, SOx, CO, CO₂, smoke, and particulate matter, depending on operating conditions.

Typical Applications

  • Marine & Shipping
  • Oil Refineries
  • Power Plants
  • Petrochemical Facilities
  • Heavy Oil Processing
  • Upstream Production Facilities
  • Downstream Processing Plants
  • Industrial Boilers & Furnaces
  • Asphalt & Vacuum Residue Processing