Orlen Unipetrol SA subsidiary Orlen Unipetrol RPA SRO is building a grassroots heat recovery unit to improve energy efficiency and reduce operating costs at its 3.3-million tonne/year (tpy) refinery in Kralupy nad Vltavou as part of parent company Orlen SA’s broader strategy to achieve carbon neutrality across operations by 2050 the more than 500-billion crown ($122 million) project involves installation of a new unit—based on proprietary acid-resistant polymer heat exchanger technology developed and engineered by Orlen Unipetrol—designed to recover heat from flue gases generated in furnaces of the refinery’s crude distillation block that will be reused to reheat boiler feed water for production of steam at the site’s fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit Orlen and Orlen Unipetrol said in separate Dec the new heat recovery unit will eliminate the refinery’s current need of sourcing the entirety of its boiler feed water from a municipal gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant by enabling the refinery to produce about one third of its required boiler water in house using about 5 Mw of heat energy anticipated to be recovered from its own flue gases the new heat recovery unit will allow the refinery to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions related to obtaining boiler water by 15,000 tpy The Kralupy refinery upgrade comes as part of Orlen Unipetrol’s more than 35-billion crown ($1.6 billion) proposed spending program on a series of initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint of its operations in the Czech Republic by 25% by 2030 from 2020 levels Robert Brelsford joined Oil & Gas Journal in October 2013 as downstream technology editor after 8 years as a crude oil price and news reporter on spot crude transactions at the US Gulf Coast He holds a BA (2000) in English from Rice University and an MS (2003) in education and social policy from Northwestern University Polish manufacturer says unpredictable costs in Europe ‘forcing permanent ESBR capacity reduction’ Poland – Synthetic rubber major Synthos is closing the emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (ESBR) line at its Kralupy nad Vltavou site in the Czech Republic, the company has announced Synthos said an "unsustainable and unpredictable utility costs in Europe" had led to to an “unsustainable market environment” for ESBR The Kralupy plant has a capacity to produce 110 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) of ESBR and its permanent closure will reduce Synthos’ total ESBR capacity to 320ktpa In September last year, Synthos announced that it was cutting ESBR production by 100ktpa “until further notice” in the face of rising utility costs The latest decision to “indefinitely cease production of ESBR” at Kralupy was linked to predictions that gas price volatility will continue, according to the company's 2 March statement The closure move follows "careful consideration particularly in light of expert forecasts on the cost situation of the chemical industry in Europe,” said Matteo Marchisio "Our transition plan ensures a smooth transition for our customers whom we will supply from one of our other ESBR plants in Europe,” ,” the Synthos executive added Synthos said it remained “the largest producer of ESBR in Europe” with 190ktpa of ESBR manufacturing capacity at its site in Oswiecim ESBR is used primarily in tire applications as well as in conveyor belts Synthos said it will continue to "carefully monitor the development of utility and feedstock costs in the region." does not affect the production and development of other types of rubber across Synthos' facilities including the production of butadiene rubber in Kralupy A subscription to European Rubber Journal includes: Already a subscriber? 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Don’t miss our weekly town hall. 2 hurt in Czech chemical factory explosionby The Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — An explosion rocked a chemical factory Thursday in the Czech Republic killing six people and injuring two others a Czech oil processor and plastics producer said the blast took place inside one of the storage tank for fuels and additives in its refinery in the town of Kralupy nad Vltavou 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of the capital Prague It was not immediately clear what caused the blast said the explosion seemed to occur when workers were cleaning an empty tank Regional firefighters confirmed that six people were killed and that the two injured were sent to the hospital Spokesman Petr Svoboda said there was no danger of further explosions at the site according to police spokeswoman Marketa Jonova Acting Prime Minister Andrej Babis expressed his condolences to the relatives This version removes an incorrect earlier reference to the Synthos company By 2013-09-26T15:45:00+01:00 CZECH REPUBLIC: Zeleznice Desná's 22 km independently-owned line from Šumperk to Kouty nad Desnou and Sobotín is to be modernised and electrified at 3 kV DC in 2014-15 The aim is to cut journey times from 35 to 19 min and attract more tourists to holiday and sport resorts EUROPE: Transdev completed the sale of its Veolia Transport Central Europe subsidiary to DB Mobility on May 16 said the sale of VTCE GmbH for an undisclosed price was the first step in a financial restructuring which aims to re-focus its international activities on 'promising markets .. 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