Chinese oil refinery ExxonMobil has been granted a licence by ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing to use the latter's ExxonMobil technology for a new residuum upgrading facility. ExxonMobil 's reduced-emissions FLEXICOKING system combines fluid coking with air-steam gasification to convert heavy oils into lighter products. It will be deployed at Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Company ’s High-End Chemical Park in China 's Shandong Province , and is set to be operational in April .
Chinese oil refinery Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Company has been granted a licence by ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing to use the latter's FLEXICOKING technology for a new residuum upgrading facility. ExxonMobil's reduced-emissions FLEXICOKING system combines fluid coking with air-steam gasification to convert heavy oils into lighter products. It will be deployed at Sinochem Hongrun’s High-End Chemical Park in China's Shandong Province, and is set to be operational in 2020.