FlexDS™ is a simple, cost effective chemical process that reduces or eliminates many contaminants, poisons, or environmental toxins found in crude oil before it hits the traditional refinery processes. The key to FlexDS™ performance is its patent pending titanium based catalyst molecule (MCP’s first new molecule) and the process design. Auterra’s patent portfolio covers the molecule, the manufacturing process and the application as a crude oil oxidative catalyst.

FlexDS™ Crude Oil Treatment:

• Sulfur Removal
• Nitrogen Removal
• Trace Metals Reduction
• Trace Acid Number (TAN) Reduction

FlexDS™ operating cost is a lower than current methods of contaminant removal and FlexDS™ capital equipment is a fraction of the cost of traditional HDT units. The benefits of FlexDS™ have far reaching benefits throughout the refinery:

• Overall Refinery Benefit:
  • Decrease throughput bottlenecks, increase capacity
  • Decrease corrosion,
  • Increase downstream catalyst life due to trace metals “clogging”
• H2 consumption reduced
  • H2 available for hydrogenation, not S treating
• Sulfur reduction upfront:
  • Reduced demand & consumption for H2 in HDT units
  • allows decommissioning of HDS units
  • reduces SOx emissions from FCC unit
• Reduction of Nitrogen upfront
  • impacts amine plant
  • reduces NOx emissions from FCC unit
• Metals reduction
  • Extends downstream catalyst life up to 5X
• FCC catalyst, alkylation catalyst, reformation catalyst
• Reduction of TAN reduces corrosion
  • Extends Heat exchanger tube life by 2X

Please contact Sales for more information: sales@auterrainc.com