Naphtha To Ethane/Propane (NEP)
A Bankable Investment for
Sustainable Petrochemicals
Honeywell UOP's Naphtha to Ethane/Propane (NEP) process efficiently converts light naphtha and butanes into ethane and propane, providing a flexible, cost-effective, and sustainable solution for ethylene and propylene production. NEP optimizes yields, reduces CO2 emissions, and addresses challenges in the dynamic olefins industry. With an inventive new Naphtha to Ethane and Propane process (NEP), Honeywell Technologies UOP has transformed ethylene production to help producers meet challenging market conditions and outperform competitors.
Increase Yield
of high-value light olefins
Increase Operating Profit
per MT Feed
Reduce Cash Cost of Production
per MT Light Olefin
Reduce CAPEX
per MT Light Olefin
5-50%² Lower CO2 Intensity
Per MT of Light Olefin
Improve Flexibility
Feedstock and products
Key Applications of NEP
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New Olefin Complexes
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Optimize Existing Crackers
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Feedstock Decoupling: Overcoming Limited Supply
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Enable PDH and/or Ethane Cracking: at difficult supply chain locations
WEBINAR
Petrochemical Transformation: Overcoming Challenges in the Olefins Industry with Naphtha to Ethane/Propane (NEP) Technology
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Whitepaper
Transformative Naphtha To Ethane/Propane (NEP)
With an inventive new Naphtha to Ethane and Propane process (NEP), Honeywell Technologies UOP has transformed ethylene production to help producers meet challenging market conditions and outperform competitors.
Learn more about our Olefin Solutions:
On-Purpose Propylene
The UOP C3 Oleflex™ process produces polymer grade propylene from a propane feedstock allowing you to participate in the growing propylene market, independent of a steam cracker or FCC unit. As the leading propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology in the world, Oleflex provides the lowest cash cost of production and highest return on investment when compared to competing PDH processes.
On-Purpose Propylene and Ethylene from Cost Advantaged Feedstocks
The UOP Advanced MTO™ process, which combines the UOP/Hydro MTO (Methanol to Olefins) Process with the Total Petrochemicals/UOP Olefin Cracking Process, converts cost advantaged alternative feedstocks such as coal, natural gas and petroleum coke to light olefins. The process offers increased yields and capacity and lowers catalyst consumption versus competing MTO processes.
On-Purpose Propylene and Ethylene from By-Products
The Total Petrochemicals/UOP Olefin Cracking Process™ (OCP) allows you to maximize production and recovery of light olefins from available feedstock sources by converting low-value olefins in mixed by-product streams to propylene and ethylene at high propylene-to-ethylene (P/E) ratios. The OCP technology can process a wide range of C4 -C8 olefins from steam crackers, refinery FCCs/Delayed Cokers and MTO plants.
On-Purpose Propylene from Refinery FCC
FCC units have long been a source of propylene as a valued by-product of gasoline production. As FCC technology has developed, specialized process designs and catalysts have been developed to increase propylene production. Integration of FCC units with the new UOP Catolene™ process enables full refinery / petrochemical integration.
Butylene Production
The UOP Oleflex™ process can be used for the catalytic dehydrogenation of isobutane, normal butane or mixed butanes to make iso, normal, or mixed butylenes. Traditionally, this process has been used throughout the world to enable the production of gasoline blending components such as MTBE, ETBE, Iso-Octene and Iso-Octane. The process can also be coupled with MTBE decompostion technology to allow for high-purity isobutylene production for applications like butyl rubber or other specialty applications.
On-purpose Butadiene
Traditionally, butadiene – critical to the production of synthetic rubber – has been produced as a byproduct of the naphtha cracking processes. But as refiners move to lighter feedstocks to make ethylene and propylene, less of the byproduct butadiene is produced, creating a growing gap between supply and demand. UOP has partnered with TPC Group to become the exclusive licensor of TPC Group OXO-D™ technology to produce on-purpose butadiene.
| Downloads | ||
| UOP MaxEne Process Datasheet | 0.23MB |  |
| UOP Advanced Methanol to Olefins MTO Process Datasheet | 0.40MB | |
| UOP Offerings for Ethylene Plants Datasheet Chinese | 0.95MB | |
| UOP Offerings for Ethylene Plants Datasheet | 0.81MB | |
| UOP Light Olefins Solutions for Propylene and Ethylene Production Datasheet | 0.70MB | |
| UOP Oleflex Process for Butylene Production Datasheet | 0.23MB | |
| UOP Oleflex Process for Propylene Production Datasheet | 0.28MB | |
| UOP Oleflex Process for Isobutylene and MTBE Production Datasheet | 0.28MB | |
2Based on UOP crude to petrochemical studies (ID#0033, ID#0034, ID#0035) using standard UOP simulations models and methodologies to estimate combined Scope 1-3 emissions
