EC Erdolchemie and BP ether technology - more scope for octane boost

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The recent lead phasedown programme in the USA has fueled rapid growth in demand for economically attractive alternatives to boost gasoline pool octane number. One such alternative is now being offered by BP through a complete family of commercially proven and cost effective processes developed by EC Erdolchemie and BP. The key to these processes is the production of high octane methyl ethers from the reaction of olefinic feedstocks and methanol. Application of one or a combination of the processes discussed in this paper provides the refiner with a wide variety of benefits: Chemically combines methanol into the gasoline pool; Increase in RON and MON of gasoline pool; Reduction in vapour pressure of gasoline pool; reduction in olefinicity of the gasoline pool; Increase in volume of high octane blendstock; Improvement in associated alkylation unit operation and product quality; Novel bifunctional catalyst to maximize olefin conversion and selectively reduce diolefinic compounds; Novel r

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