Tailoring NiMo-Based Catalysts for Production of Low-Viscosity Sustainable Hydrocarbon Bases for Drilling Muds from Secondary Gas Oils

Aleksei Iusovskii, Roman Boldushevskii, Aleksandr Mozhaev, Olga Shmelkova, Elizaveta Pavlycheva, Aleksandr Koklyukhin and Pavel Nikulshin ()
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Aleksei Iusovskii: All-Russia Research Institute of Oil Refining, 6/1 Aviamotornaya St., 111116 Moscow, Russia
Roman Boldushevskii: All-Russia Research Institute of Oil Refining, 6/1 Aviamotornaya St., 111116 Moscow, Russia
Aleksandr Mozhaev: All-Russia Research Institute of Oil Refining, 6/1 Aviamotornaya St., 111116 Moscow, Russia
Olga Shmelkova: All-Russia Research Institute of Oil Refining, 6/1 Aviamotornaya St., 111116 Moscow, Russia
Elizaveta Pavlycheva: All-Russia Research Institute of Oil Refining, 6/1 Aviamotornaya St., 111116 Moscow, Russia
Aleksandr Koklyukhin: All-Russia Research Institute of Oil Refining, 6/1 Aviamotornaya St., 111116 Moscow, Russia
Pavel Nikulshin: All-Russia Research Institute of Oil Refining, 6/1 Aviamotornaya St., 111116 Moscow, Russia

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 16, 1-15

Abstract: This article presents the prospect of using the process of deep hydrodesulfurization and hydrodearomatization of secondary gas oils using highly active NiMo catalysts to obtain hydrocarbon bases for drilling fluids. Catalysts were synthesized using PMo heteropolyanions, citric acid, and diethylene glycol on alumina carriers with different pore volumes. This study showed that the concentration of the impregnating solution affects the composition and morphology of the active phase particles of the prepared catalyst, while the textural characteristics of the carrier influence the physicochemical properties and catalytic activity of the NiMo/Al 2 O 3 catalysts. The catalyst that was synthesized using a carrier with the largest pore volume and an effective diameter of more than 7 nm exhibited the highest activity. It was demonstrated that the use of such a catalyst allows for the procurement of hydrocarbon bases for drilling fluids from mixtures of secondary gas oils at a hydrogen pressure of 15–20 MPa. This study has practical significance for the development of sustainable and economically efficient methods for the utilization of low-quality petroleum gas oils to produce high-margin environmentally friendly non-fuel petroleum products, as well as contributes to the development of economically efficient technologies for the utilization of petroleum raw materials.

Keywords: hydrocarbon base oils; non-aqueous base fluids; oil based drilling mud; NiMo catalysts; Pt-Pd catalyst; hydrodesulfurization; hydrodearomatization; hydrogenation; secondary gas oils; Light Cycle Oil; Light Coker Gas Oil; alumina support; textural characteristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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