Tunca, O.
Ozan Tunca is a Process Engineer, responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting and optimizing Prime G+ and FCC units in Tupras’ Izmit refinery. Previously, he worked as a process safety engineer in the oil and gas and petrochemical industries. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from Yildiz Technical University.
Izmit FCCU revamp
Tüpraş utilizes proprietary fluid catalytic cracking units<sup>a</sup> (FCCUs) at its Izmit and Izmir refineries. The Izmit unit was designed in 1968 and started up in 1972 with a side-by-side style reactor/regenerator.
FCC and HDS feed flexibility and integration with the delayed coker in the Izmit refinery
Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Engineering & Design
/ Equipment
/ Gasoline
/ Hydrotreating
/ Loss Prevention
/ Naphtha
/ Natural Gas
/ Sulfur
/ Treating
/ Europe
Operational flexibility is one of the key parameters that leads to success and sustainability in refinery production.
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