KBC has provided best practice solutions to the refining industry for 33 years. Most of the major international, national and independent oil and energy companies have engaged KBC to help them formulate and execute corporate strategy, develop superior return on capital investment and improve the effectiveness and profitability of existing assets.

KBC's refining consultancy solutions include:

KBC Software:
 

Based upon decades of development and proven by hundreds of refinery simulation worldwide, KBC Software is the first choice software for the refining industry.

KBC's SIM Suite models consist of detailed, kinetic and equilibrium-based reactor models. They have been the market leader for decades, used for unit optimisation, LP vector generation, unit monitoring, and capital project studies. SIM models are available for the complex refinery conversion units of FCC, Catalytic Reforming, Hydrotreating and Hydrocracking, Delayed Coking, Isomerisation, and Alkylation.

Petro-SIM and Petro-SIM Express process simulators expand the use of models to include detailed fractionation for upstream and downstream processes. They are the only process simulators to include detailed crude assay management technology, and provide the best methods for crude unit monitoring and LP data generation. The stream characterisation methods for Petro-SIM and Petro-SIM Express manages and calculates refinery-specific properties, such as octane, pour point, asphaltene content plus dozens of thermodynamic and physical properties. Petro-SIM includes a product blending module that produces on-spec products and minimises give-away. With Petro-SIM and the appropriate SIM models for your refinery, Petro-SIM can produce a detailed model of refineries from feed to products like no other commercial software, giving true valuation of operations with actual feed and product pricing.

KBC's Energyand UtilitiesSoftware is also perfectly suited for refiners needs. ProSteam allows you to monitor and optimise the numerous users and producers in complex refinery steam systems. The steam needs for the entire refinery can be easily managed through an intuitive Excel or Web-based interface. Similarly, KBC CarbonManager and WaterTarget perform plant-wide analysis to manage emissions and water use.

SuperTarget, the original Pinch technology software, focuses on energy optimisation by matching heat sources and sinks and determining optimimum heat exchanger interchange for revamps or new designs. For existing crude preheat trains, Persimmon lets refiners determine the benefits of exchanger cleaning through fouling analysis and cleaning schedule valuation.