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Engineering Services
Engineering Services
Mission
Providing integral engineering solutions and services to the needs of the Oil & Gas Industry in the development of offshore and onshore projects throughout the life cycle of facilities.
Directory
Engineering Services DirectionRoberto Javier Ortega RamírezPh. (52) 55 [email protected]
Project Management OfficeErnesto Alfaro PastorPh. (52) 55 [email protected]
Conceptual & Basic Engineering OfficeAna Lilia Pérez GarcíaPh. (52) 55 [email protected]
Detailed Engineering OfficePedro Antonio Lemus AragónPh. (52) 55 [email protected]
Chemical Services OfficeRubén Leonardo Mancilla RamónPh. (52) 55 [email protected]
Engineering Services Office Central-Northern RegionMaría Teresa Pérez Carbajal y C.Ph. (52) 55 [email protected]
Engineering Services Office Southern RegionSergio Edgard Sánchez MorrillPh. (52) 993 310 [email protected]
Engineering Services OfficeOffshore RegionCarlos Rogaciano Gálvez RamírezPh. (52) 771 120 [email protected]
Commercial Strategies OfficeJosé Chávez GarcíaPh. (52) 55 9175 [email protected]
Engineering Services
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Project Management Office
• Special Studies • Specialized Services • Economic Engineering Studies • Project Management Consulting • Specialized Software Applications
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Special Studies
These solutions compile information for decision-making, considering information gathering, analysis of the situation, pro-posal of alternatives, and problem solution.
They include: Analysis of FEL methodology based options Business cases are identified and the analy-ses required for investment projects, and also for the visualization, conceptualization and definition stages.
Technical feasibilityMultidisciplinary solutions, using mathe-matical models to analyze solution options, especially those directed to modifications and changes during the facility operation stages.
ReliabilityVerification of the function of productive systems, within the limits of design and op-eration, meeting the quality, quantity, and timeliness required.
These solutions are based on the deter-mination of the probability of component failure, equipment, processes, and systems design, studying the historical frequency of occurrence. Actions may be integrated into inspection or maintenance programs.
Geotechnical characterization of deep water sitesTechnological support is provided to char-acterize deep water site soils, taking into account the characteristics of the site and the type of infrastructure to be developed, including the interpretation of the explo-ration seismics, geo-risk assessment, and definition of soil properties to design the foundations.
Probabilistic characterization of metocean variables for offshore facilitiesGeneration of metocean parameters for the selection, assessment, and operation of fixed platforms, marine pipelines, floating systems, and submarine systems for hydro-carbon production.
Development of metocean design crite-ria for floating production, storage and offloading systemsDevelopment of structural design criteria that responds to the meteorological and oceanographic conditions in the exploita-tion regions, with acceptable risk levels, and the levels of reliability required. The service includes an analysis of the risks as-sociated with structural failures, which can result from extreme metocean and operat-ing conditions.
Specialized Services
Technical support and assistance is pro-vided with expert personnel in the differ-ent areas of engineering, revision of engi-neering companies, CAD (Computer Aid Design) revision, procurement, inspection, manufacturing control, delivery of mate-rials and equipment, construction, instal-lation, testing, startup, operation, and inspection and maintenance of offshore and onshore facilities. These services in-clude the following:
Equipment diagnostic and assessmentFor the solution of specific problems arising with the different plants, equipment and systems involved in the production lines.
Procurement activities Support, through experienced profession-als, for the assessment, procurement and expediting of equipment and supplies, and also the inspection and control of manufac-turing.
Construction, installation and startup activitiesTechnical assistance during the following stages:
• Construction • Loading, securing and transportation • Testing and startup • Contract termination
Project management support Support is provided with specialized per-sonnel to ensure proper project manage-ment and control.
Inspection, operation and maintenance of facilities
Technical support for setting up inspection and maintenance programs, physical in-spections and reviews of operational con-siderations.
Revision of engineering companies
Engineering prepared by several compa-nies is reviewed to ensure the standards of quality laid out in the technical specifica-tions for the project are fulfilled.
Information gathering, storage and handling
Gathering, collection, classification, registry and systematization of the technical engi-neering information for facilities.
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Economic Engineering Studies
Generation of fundamental elements for decision-making in the planning, formula-tion and economic assessment of invest-ment projects, providing technical-eco-nomic-financial and accounting feasibility studies, for the development of new fa-cilities and the expansion, optimization, modification and modernization of pro-cesses and facilities, such as: existing oil platforms and pipelines.
Regional and urban development studies Socioeconomic analyses for the areas of influence of the oil industry (base line diag-nostic, urban zoning, social impact analysis, civil protection, etc.), to detonate the devel-opment of communities and/or improve their living and safety conditions, business-community relations, ensuring orderly and sustainable growth, including:
• Economic-social-environmental impact analysis
• Base line diagnostic • Urban rezoning • Civil protection
Business economic planningConflict analysis and negotiations through decision support, simulation and optimiza-tion systems to provide negotiation strate-gies for decision-making to create econom-ic value for operating and administrative processes, including:
• Strategic decision analysis • Analysis and measurement uncertaint • Financial risk analysis • Probabilistic simulation of discreet
events, such as decision-making support • Preparation of control panels. • Analysis of the commercial trends of
hydrocarbons and the principal opera-tional variables for exportation.
Prospective studiesHistorical analysis and econometric projec-tions of energy sector variables in the short, medium, and long term, aimed at regional, national and sector demand, and supply-demand balances for products (Natural Gas, Liquid Gas, Petroleum, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, and Fuel Oil), including:
• Optimization models • Economic projections • Sector studies
Economic, financial and accounting assessment studiesPreparation and evaluation of projects in-vestment to determine their economic and financial and/or social feasibility through deterministic and probabilistic models.
Preparation of investment budgets, project budgets, benchmarking and market analy-sis, asset appraisal, including:
• Economic, financial and/or social fea-sibility of investment projects
• Investment cost estimate (Class V, IV, III)
• Estimate of maintenance, production and/or operating costs
• Market studies• Localization study• Calculation of transfer prices and pro-
duction costs
Project Management Consulting
The IMP has provided PMC (Project Manage-ment Consulting) services by complement-ing its capacities with international firms.
Key aspects in the execution of the Project through PMCOrganization
• Organization tailored to the Project • Client-IMP Project team • Involvement of the participants and in-
terface agreements (in person, confer-ence calls, videoconferencing)
• Comprehensive information manage-ment
Project development • Process analysis
• Facilities planning, plant FEED and inte-gration
• Review of basic engineering and align-ment of interfaces with value added practices
• Environmental studies and site develop-ment engineering
• Regulations
Execution • Constructability • Analysis of alternatives for project execu-
tion • Execution plans and risk analysis • Early procurement / MAC plan • Bases for an OBE or EPC strategy • Support for accreditation
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Specialized Software Applications
Development of products and services for the different segments in the oil industry value chain, constructing specialized tech-nical software services and solutions for efficient data, information and knowledge management, to aid in efficient and timely decision-making.
• Strengthening the integral data, infor-mation, and knowledge platform, for informed decision-making.
• Tools developed to the latest standards and methodologies, integrated into the hardware, software and communica-tions platform.
• Integral data, information and knowl-edge base to reduce search times, im-prove decision-making, and to safeguard technical memory and knowledge.
Management of technical dataTechnical information and data manage-ment solutions for integral database load-ing, extraction, and access processes, con-sidering the different roles and workflows involved in the generation, validation, transformation and exploitation of techni-cal information.
Internet-intranet applicationsDevelopment of web-based tools for more flexible data and information management for operational, administrative, and busi-ness processes, providing rapid access from any geographical location.
IT consultingConsulting with different levels of assis-tance for the management of specialized software, support and IT advice for data and information gathering, review, classifi-cation, integration, validation, certification, transformation, loading and safeguarding processes, resulting from the different pro-cesses in the client’s value chain, including specialized consulting in the preparation, installation, configuration and operation of software, applications, databases, techni-cal procedures and application strategies for software tools and specialized technical systems.
Software constructionIntegration of specialized technical infor-mation platforms, to optimize and align the operational processes with the client’s busi-ness strategy, intended to be executed in standalone or multi-user environments.
Applications are used for operational activi-ties related to exploration, production, en-gineering, etc.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)Tools and solutions for hardware, software, and geo-referenced data platforms, capi-talizing on the link between traditional data and geographically referenced in-formation, conceptualizing solutions sup-ported by spatial databases, applying soft-ware tools and standards according to the
GIS technological platforms of the indus-try and the client.
Information integration systemsSolutions to consolidate the client’s tech-nological platform, considering hardware, software, data, information and knowledge, through the integration of databases, spe-cialized technical software, proprietary soft-ware and other available IT infrastructure, through different technological solutions (middleware) that perform connectivity functions that allow the applications and da-tabases to coexist on unified platforms.
Contact:Ernesto Alfaro PastorManager of Project Management OfficePh. (52) 55 9175- [email protected]
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Conceptual and Basic Engineering
• Conceptual Process Engineering • Basic Process Engineering • IMP own Technologies for Hydrotreating • Evaluation, Assimilation and/or Transfer of Technology • Environmental Assessment • Safety Instrumented Functions
Conceptual Process Engineering
The problems of planning, modernizing or reconfiguring industrial units or com-plexes, refineries or gas processing plants, petrochemical complexes, crude produc-tion facilities, etc., require decisions involv-ing: significant amounts of money, needing reliable information, both technical and economic, to help the decision-making process.
Conceptual process design engineering, in-cluding safety aspects and the environmen-tal impact assessment, identifies the need for additional infrastructure or the revamp or optimization of existing infrastructure, technical and economic analyses to select the best way to fulfill the requirement, the best technology, the optimal processing scheme, the preliminary equipment speci-fications, and the main systems required, as well as cost and investment analyses.
Process StudiesProcess Studies cover different categories, which include:
• Energy audits and comprehensive en-ergy analyses for industrial complexes
• Analysis, diagnostic, simulation and op-timization of auxiliary processes and auxiliary services
• Investigation, assessment, selection, as-similation and/or transfer of technolo-gies
• Planning of complex production and processing of hydrocarbons
• Technical and economic feasibility studies • Multiphase flow behavior studies, sta-
tionary and dynamic
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Basic Process Engineering
The IMP’s experience with Industrial Plants includes projects involving oil refining, gas processing, basic and secondary petro-chemical plants, general industry process-es, integration of industrial facilities, utility systems, and the storage and treatment of waste.
The Institute’s experience with oil exploi-tation projects includes both onshore and offshore facilities, such as drilling, produc-tion, gathering, compression, and accomo-
dation platforms; other offshore projects are related to two-phase flow pipelines and gas lift.
Additionally, basic engineering for dis-charge systems, including the sizing of safety valves, heads, liquid separator ves-sels, seals, height calculation for flare stack (considering the radiation and release of pollutants), sizing of pit burners, burners for marine platforms, etc., and also mass re-duction analysis for new or existing plants based on the latest technology, using spe-cialized software.
IMP own Technologies for Hydrotreating
Technological capabilities • Accredited tests and certified equip-
ment for the identification and specifica-tion of naphtha currents and intermedi-ate distillates
• Kinetic and specific reaction models • Study and validation of reaction systems
and their elements in experimental tests at all levels
• Synthesis and development of catalysts • Assessment of the behavior and perfor-
mance of catalysts at Microplants labs • Activation and deactivation of catalysts • Application of energy saving design
methodologie • Robust methodologies for equipment
design and process control
• Extensive experience in thermal-hydrau-lic and mechanical design for reactors and their internal elements. State-of-the-art technology in internal liquid dis-tribuitors
• Equipment design and Detailed Engi-neering with the incorporation of IMP methodologies for the mechanical struc-tural design of process equipment, heat exchangers, pressure vessels and heaters
• Ongoing improvement to offer state-of-the-art processes
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Evaluation, Assimilation and/or Transfer of Technologies
Technology evaluation is considered part of the technology acquisition process to mod-ernize or increase the capacity of existing processing plants or to build new process-ing plants, as an effective way of improving competitiveness and profitability.
The IMP has experts and its own methodol-ogy to select, evaluate and, when necessary, assimilate alternative technologies to fulfill the requirements for a project, providing elements of technical judgment, economic assessment, environmental impact, and risk factors; and also to define licensing terms, royalty payments, and technical consulting.
IMP Diesel Hydrotreatment Technology • The latest international technology
(state-of-the-art) • Incorporation of ongoing improvement
into all designs (application of lessons learned), ensuring a successful design
• Experienced technical support with certified lab infrastructure, for the char-acterization, analysis and determination of physical and chemical properties, and also the identification of process cur-rents
• Various evaluation plants from 1-20 gram microreaction capacity to 900 ml catalyst capacity pilot plants, operating from 30-140 kg/cm2, to generate and support IMP hydrotreatment technolo-gies
Naphtha Coke Plant Hydrosulfuration TechnologyNaphtha coke overview
• Product of the retarded residue thermal coke process
• Particular chemical properties: • Contains diolefins (2- 6% vol.) and olefins
(35-40 % vol.) • Low octane number (RON<55) • High sulfur content (0.9-1.5 % weight),
nitrogenated compounds (250 ppm max.)
• Contains silica (7-15 ppm): antifoam degradation
• Cannot be used directly as fuel • IMP designs offer the flexibility to guar-
antee alternate operations (100% Prima-ry Naphtha -100% Coker Naphtha).
Licensed plants: 6; In operation: 3; in EPC: 1Processing of primary naphtha and coke mixtures
• U-400-2 (30% vol. Coke Naphtha), in op-eration: 25 MBPD
• U-600 (50% vol. Coke Naphtha), in op-eration: 12 MBPD
• HDS-04 (70% vol. Coke Naphtha), IPC: 10.0 MBPD
• 2 units (36% vol. Coke Naphtha), 44.0 MBPD
• Coke Naphtha Processing 100% vol. • U-12000 in Minatitlán, in operation: 7.4
MBPD
Environmental Assessment
The Mexican Petroleum Institute, based on 50 years experience in environmental protection, offers solutions to harmonize industrial activities with environmental conservation.
Our Air Quality, Fugitive and Evaporative Emissions, and Fuel Comparison Monitor-ing and Assessment services determine the effect of industrial activity on air quality. The benefits of these services include im-proved efficiency in productive processes, financial resources to move towards clean technologies through Emission Reduction Certificates, information for the Pollutant Transfer and Emissions Registry, the Single Environmental License, annual operating cell, and the voluntary environmental man-agement program, among others.
The services related to corporate respon-sibility support the incorporation and strengthening of criteria for social respon-sibility and environmental sustainability, for both existing and new projects throughout their lifecycle, encouraging the commit-ment of organizations to achieve the best results possible.
These services are: Assessment of the Ef-fects of Industrial Activities, Environmental Information Management Systems, Foren-sic Environmental Assessment, Installation Conformity and Environmental Assess-ment, Communication Strategies, Sustain-ability Indexes, Product or Process Lifecycle Analysis, Technical Assistance for Manage-ment Systems and Application of Geospa-tial Systems. The services with high tech-nological content can be applied to resolve a specific problem or for comprehensive projects.
The Environmental Risk and Health of Pol-luted Sites Assessment service applies deterministic and probabilistic analysis techniques, for both human and ecological receivers. This service helps to determine the specific levels of remediation for a site (according to the Mexican Law on Waste
Prevention and Comprehensive Manage-
ment and code).
IMP has also the experience to develop En-
vironmental Basis Lines for Offshore and
Onshore facilities.
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Safety Instrumented Functions
We have expert personnel, internation-ally certified in functional safety (CFSE), and also personnel certified in the application of risk analysis techniques for the first stage of the safety lifecycle.
Extensive knowledge of Mexican and inter-national regulations in Safety Instrumented Functions.
Methods and techniques to meet compli-ance with regulatory requirements to have safety instrumented designs that are con-sistent and effective in reducing risk.
This service may include: • Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP),
to issue a series of recommendations based on the dangers and their magni-tude so as to minimize the facility’s risk.
• Selection of the safety integrity level (SIL), through the application of the ACP (LOPA) methodology for ESD and Event Trees for fire and gas (F&G). Includes the simulation of F&G consequences under different scenarios and the correspond-ing analysis of consequences using spe-cialized software.
Contact:Ana Lilia Pérez GarcíaConceptual and Basic Engineering ManagerPh. (52) 55 9175- [email protected]
Detailed Engineering Office
• FEED Engineering • Detailed Engineering • Special Engineering • Technical Consulting • Special Studies
Process Studies
VisualizationFEL I
ConceptualizationFEL II
DefinitionFEL III
Execution and follow-up
Operation and maintenance
Basic engineering
Complementary basic engineering
(FEED)
Procurement activities
Project management
Reliability studies
Inspection engineering and
maintenance
Integrity of systems and installations
Engineering for removal or reuse
Detailed engineering
Technical consulting
Project management
Construction, installation, and startup activities
Technical and economic feasibility
studies
Technology management
Conceptual engineering
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FEED Engineering
Development of detailed engineering to extend the design of the plant beyond the Conceptual and Basic Engineering, to de-termine with greater accuracy, the viability of an investment project. Includes the de-velopment of Extended Basic Engineering and a Class III Cost Estimate, prior to the Project execution stage.It establishes the following:
• Development of general arrangement plans for plant equipment and the Pipe and Instrumentation Diagrams in tradi-tional format or intelligent mode. The preparation of the main plans by engi-neering specialization, in the prelimi-nary stage, preliminary specifications for equipment and infrastructure in order to provide greater detail in the concepts, quantities, materials, and volumes, mak-ing the estimate for the project cost more accurate.
• Determine multidisciplinary solutions in order to analyze the different options, principally aimed at optimizing the modifications and estimating the impact of changes during the final design and facility construction stages
Detailed Engineering
Development of the engineering to com-plete the preparation of the deliverables as approved for construction, applying the current codes and standards in effect, re-quired for the construction of new or modi-fied facilities (modernization, adjustment, change of service, or change of capacity) and their integration, generating the volu-metrics and the internal budget for the project works.
Development of onshore and offshore oil exploitation, production, transporta-tion, storage and pumping, refining, or gas processing and petrochemical facilities.
The design and best practices in engineer-ing are supported with the use of advanced technological tools that consist of software and hardware resources, and highly trained, specialized personnel.
Laser recognition technology is relevant for transforming the digital information obtained from the point clouds, into Intelli-gent Three-Dimensional Electronic Models.
Detailed engineering applies to both the design of new facilities and to the integra-tion of new and existing plants, including facilities that should be revamped.
The different Annexes are developed con-taining the engineering specifications, the plans by specialization including the iso-metric pipe drawings, as Approved for con-struction, and also the Works Volume, all of which is added to the competition rules.
The “Constructability” and Industrial safety at plant studies are maximized, indicating the evacuation routes, all process equip-ment, and auxiliary services, including roadways, floors, foundations, pipes and pipe racks, platforms and stairs, drains, main routing for electrical trays and instru-ments, buildings, power substations, and control rooms, among others.
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Special Engineering
This service includes different aspects of engineering, for special situations such as developing the Facility Inspection and Maintenance Engineering needed to guar-antee the structural integrity and safe op-eration of the oil facility infrastructure and equipment. The service includes the devel-opment and/or the updating of inspection and maintenance philosophies, and also application for the development of inspec-
tion manuals and the corresponding report evaluation, to identify the areas that require preventive and/or maintenance actions.
This service also includes the engineer-ing and technical assistance necessary for dismantling, recovery, and relocation or abandonment works for onshore and off-shore facilities, either because they have reached the end of their useful service life or because they are not required at the original site.
Technical Consulting
Technical support and assistance is provid-ed, with expert personnel in the different areas of engineering, including basic and detailed engineering, emergency response, integrity of systems and facilities, regula-tions, critical line flexibility analysis, revision of engineering companies, revision of In-telligent Two and Three Dimensional Elec-tronic Models, inspections, manufacturing control and delivery of equipment and supplies, construction, installation, testing, startup, operation, inspection, and mainte-nance of onshore and offshore facilities.
Special Studies
Development of Design RegulationsAbility to develop regulations for the de-sign of offshore infrastructure based on risk studies and structural reliability taking into account the meteorological, oceano-graphic and seismic hazards, and the con-sequences of fault in the event of the total loss of the facility, such as the loss of human lives, structure, systems and wells, debris removal costs or the abandonment of a col-lapsed platform, production costs, environ-mental damages, etc.
Contact:Pedro Antonio Lemus AragónDetailed Engineering ManagerPh. (52) 55 9175- [email protected]
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Chemical Services Office
• Electromagnetic Surface Inspection Technology • Catalysts • Chemical Treatments • Identification of Crude and Hydrocarbon Currents
Electromagnetic Surface Inspection Technology (ESIT)
This is a quantitative, preventive, non-de-structive technology to evaluate the status of pipeline coatings without interrupting operation, which includes: field operations methodology, electronic systems and pro-cessing, and interpretation software, all de-veloped at the IMP. ESIT helps to:
• Quantitatively evaluate the status of the coating, identify and classify zones for one or more pipelines that are nearby and interconnected
• Determine the geometric trajectory of the pipeline and at depth (up to 20 me-ters)
• Estimate the performance of the cathod-ic protection system
• Detect operating pipeline connections with other metallic structures
• Estimate the aggressiveness level of the subsoil
• Accurately mark (25 cm) the zones of the pipeline that are damaged, regardless of the surrounding environment: sand, wa-ter, clay, or whether it is scuttled or not
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Catalysts
IMP technology catalyst supply and techni-cal consulting services, related to the per-formance analysis, operational diagnostic, assessment, and use of catalysts, to support the operation of oil refining, petrochemi-cal, and gas processing catalytic processes, with the following capacities:
• Basic research • Technology development • Industrial scaling • Technical assistance for handling cata-
lysts • Development of technological packages • Specialized characterization, assess-
ment, and selection services
Assessment of catalysts at pilot plantsComparative assessment of commercial and prototype catalysts, catalytic materials, catalytic systems and processes, through lab and pilot plant testing, and also using process simulators, which permit the diag-nostic and/or projection of industrial per-formance of commercial catalysts.
Catalyst supplyVerification and validation of the manu-facturing quality of the catalyst, providing technical advice and follow-up, and the in-dustrial application of IMP technology cata-lysts or those the client requests.
Technical consulting on catalytic systems Technical consulting on catalytic process industrial units during their startup and operation, and also for the handling, use, performance evaluation, and final disposal of the catalysts used and on the tender pro-cess to purchase formulations, providing:
• Technical diagnostic of the catalytic pro-cess and operational recommendations
• Technical assistance during the startup and operation of the industrial unit
• Support in the drafting of the technical guidelines for catalyst tenders
• Operational diagnostic of the status of the catalyst evaluated
Catalyst to convert heavy crude loads to FCCCatalyst for the catalytic cracking process (FCC), formulated with a proprietary ma-trix that helps convert loads with high fuel oil content derived from Maya crude, hy-drotreated loads or mixtures of both.
Additive to reduce emissions of sulfur ox-ides at FCC plantsHighly active additive to reduce sulfur ox-ide emissions in combustion gases from catalytic cracking (FCC) regenerator units. Ecologically friendly, with a vanadium-based proprietary formulation.
Chemical Treatments
Technology is developed through research programs, offering specialized services to inhibit corrosion and the fouling of in-dustrial facilities through the application of comprehensive chemical treatments, by supplying chemical products, dosing equipment, and monitoring, chemical con-trol lab, supervision of the application of additives, evaluation of results, and delivery of reports.
Also, technology licensing for the formula-tion of chemical products and for the syn-thesis of new chemical species required for these formulations.
Studies are performed to ensure the qual-ity of the fuels, as well as lab and industrial evaluations for formulated chemical prod-ucts and raw materials.
Hydrocarbon quality monitoringQuality control studies during the prepara-tion, transportation, storage, and commer-cialization of fuels, ensuring compliance with specifications according to NOM-086-SEMARNAT-SENER-SECOFI-2005.
Assessments are also performed to select chemical products (demulsifiers, flow en-hancers, anti-foamers, etc.) to meet the quality specifications set for crude oil.
Application of chemical treatments Use of chemical products such as: demul-sifiers, corrosion inhibitors, cleaners, scale inhibitors, anti-foamers, paraffin and as-phaltene deposit inhibitors, and flow en-hancers, among others. Comprehensive chemical treatments are provided to con-trol corrosion and dirtying in the process-ing equipment at different industrial facili-ties (refinery and petrochemical processing units, marine platforms, pipelines, storage terminals).
Evaluation of chemical productsTo ensure timely and reliable support for different evaluation and performance tests for chemical products and/or substances, using physical, chemical, microbiological, and functional analyses of the raw materi-als that constitute the components of the chemical products prepared using IMP technology, and also lab and pilot plant performance evaluation tests for finished chemical products, either with IMP technol-ogy or commercial products.
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Demulsifiers for heavy and light crudeManufacturing technology for demulsi-fiers and/or the supply of additives, and also technical assistance services to adjust formulas to the changing conditions of the quality of the crude to be treated, ensuring the greatest efficiency in terms of desalini-zation to meet the specifications contract-ed for salt and water content.
Asphaltene dispersant inhibitorsIMPDAIM-1000 asphaltene dispersant-inhibitor manufacturing technology and/or additive supply, and also technical as-sistance services to prepare designs for the particular conditions of wells, helping to maintain or improve the production of hydrocarbons affected by the formation of organic deposits in wells, reducing their rate of decline and substantially decreasing the deferred production and frequency of cleaning needed.
Multi-functional additives for gasolineWe offer a line of the latest dispersing de-tergent agents for gasoline that help meet
the standard NOM-086-SEMARNAT-SEN-ERSECOFI-2005, ensuring the intake valves and gas injection systems are clean, help-ing to lower pollutant gas emission levels and increase fuel performance in automo-tive vehicles.
Rock wetness enhancer foaming agents New foam-based chemical products have been developed to improve the recovery of hydrocarbons in carbonated deposits, which have the characteristic of controlling the channeling of gas and favorably enhancing the wetness of the mineral surface in natu-rally fractured deposits. IMP-ESAT series prod-ucts are formulated with an IMP-ESAT-1000 foaming component and a rock wetness en-hancer agent, IMP-MOAT-1000, which have been developed following lab testing, pilot plant testing, and industrial tests at wells, with excellent results compared with other com-mercial additives.
Characterization of Crude and Hydrocarbon Currents (Assay)
Determination of the properties and per-formance of crude oil products and their cuts obtained by distillation, and also the quantification and evaluation of their be-havior at pilot plants, under processing schemes of low, medium, and high refin-ing complexity.
CharacteristicsIt reports on the physicochemical proper-ties of hydrocarbons for use in the trans-portation, storage, processing, and design of new treatment, refining and petrochemi-cal facilities, or the adaptation of existing facilities.
Studies • Classification of crude oils by chemical
makeup • Basic characterization • Basic characterization with fractioning • Assessment of crude oils and commer-
cial trends • Comprehensive assessment of crude oils
by minicuts • Assay assessment of crude oils for trans-
fer pricing • Assessment of crude oils with lubricant
fraction localization • Crude oil mixes • Stability of crude oils • Characterization of gases and conden-
sates
Contact:Rubén Leonardo Mancilla RamónChemical Services ManagerPh. (52) 55 9175-8577Email: [email protected]
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Relevant projects
• Licence and Basic Engineering at seven Units for UBA diesel production (new and revamp) and six coke naphtha hy-drosulfuration units.
• Basic Engineering for fractionation plant revamp to produce ethane for the Ethyl-ene XXI project.
• PMC for FEED stage and development of the FEED Engineering for the Residual Conversion Project at the “Ing. Antonio M. Amor” refinery in Salamanca, Guana-juato.
• Conceptual engineering, development of the basic engineering, detailed engineer-
ing and EPC package for the construction of supply and distribution lines at the re-finery in Tula.
• Collaboration on the conceptualization, engineering, procurement, construction and startup of the Hydrocarbon Produc-tion Facilities for the Tsimin-Xux Project.
• Restoration of the Operating Conditions of the Km 19 Measuring Unit.
• Morelos Ethylene oxide engineering. De-velopment of the basic engineering for the integration of auxiliary services and process for the storage system
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