The potential to co-process biogenic feedstocks in commercial oil refineries

To decarbonise, the participation of the oil industry is key. Rather than process crude oils, refineries are able to co-process biogenic feedstocks alongside their fossil fuel to reduce the carbon intensities of the fuels they produced. Our project will evaluate what’s the impact of adding these biogenic feedstocks to the existing refining units by long term operations and what we can expect from the future more challenging biocrudes when they are available. The result of the work can be used by the refinery to further improve their process. The success of the co-processing would also motivate other refineries in Canada or other part of the world to start to co-process and reduce their environmental impacts.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jack Saddler

Student:

Jianping Su

Partner:

Parkland Refining (BC) Ltd

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of British Columbia