REFINING GALP Energia reduces fuel costs by €2.1M/Year using Emerson’s SmartProcess TM Distillation Optimizer RESULTS ?Reduced fuel consumption by 20% (€2.1million/year) ?Real-time indication of quality parameters ?Improved control stability APPLICATION Implementation of Advanced Process Control (APC) on aromatics plant. CUSTOMER GALP Energia, Matosinhos Refinery, Portugal. CHALLENGE The Matosinhos refinery, located in Portugal currently has an annual refining capacity of approximately 110,000 barrels a day and includes crude distillation, aromatics, base oil, and lubricant units. The refinery is renowned for the production of specialty chemicals. It produces a large variety of derivatives or aromatic products which are important raw materials for the chemical, petrochemical, plastic, tex

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