The contract was signed with a clause stating that the company would take over the abandoned plant and its surrounding land in return for a 5% increase in oil refining efficiency.
“Then, shall we increase the purification efficiency?”
“Are you demonstrating yourself?”
“Absolutely. Ask the person in charge to bring the Plant PFD.”
“…to the PFD…”
PFD is an abbreviation of Process Flow Diagram,well this plant is not new, it’s established this year and constructed in just 4 months with capacity of approx 7000 bpd( barrels per day)with the technical knowledge that it can implement and get from foreign countries and start the operation of plant by July,So its PFD is also optimised with almost new technology of this era but that’s also old.
Well, you want to know what PFD is?
It’s the process flow chart.
It’s a top-secret document because it literally tells you how the plant distills crude oil.
“To do a demonstration, you need to know what kind of distillation tower and reactor to use.”
“… It’s obvious. You should.”
I don’t really like it, but I have no choice but to show it.
Maitra had already signed the contract, and it was only natural for the engineer to ask for a process flow diagram to demonstrate.
“Hey, bring the PFD blueprints to my room right away. No… You don’t have to explain it to me, bring it! hurry.”
Branch manager Maitra had the first person in charge bring a process flow chart.
Okay, now it was time to show the miracle.
***
“The distillation tower here would be suitable.”
I looked at the PFD and determined a suitable distillation column.
A distillation column is a large cylindrical structure in a refinery.
It is called a tower in the American style and a column in the British style, and it is a structure built for the purpose of distillation/extraction/absorption/cleaning.
On the surface, it is just a large stainless pipe standing vertically, but when heated crude oil is injected into the inside, it is separated into gasoline/diesel/naphtha/heavy oil, etc.
but now this plant doesn’t have many functions; it’s primitive.
Of course, the storage tanks containing each petroleum product are connected in a row.
A well-controlled storage tank and distillation tower can properly implement a continuous catalytic reaction.
The words are simple, but it is the realm of know-how.
“This is a distillation column for trial production. If possible, test it on the main distillation column.”
The practitioner who brought the process flow chart took a beating.
When I said I would increase the distillation efficiency by 5%, it was provocation.
If you are so confident, you can demonstrate it right away in the main distillation tower.
If I ruined the main distillation column, the amount of damage would not be a joke, so he threatened to end my life by paying damages.
“Look, I chose this distillation column because it is connected to a heavy oil tank. Don’t blush for no reason and manipulate it as I say.”
“Are you telling me to ask you to help me? I am the technical lead here.”
“I don’t know which valve goes where?”
“What are you talking about? I’m a factory manager. Someone who even knows where the rivets are!”
Were you a factory manager?
Somehow, just handing over the process flow chart hurt his pride.
Well, if I increase refinery efficiency by 5%, this guy will lose his title as the best expert here.
“Okay, help me or step aside. I’m going to ask Mr Maitra to call someone else.”
I was frightened by the sound of the machine and threatened the plant manager by pointing at the branch manager Maitra, who was far away.
“Call someone else? Do you know that words are sweet?”
“Hey, I have no intention of engaging in a petty pride battle with you.”
“Muh… what do you mean?”
“I mean, the place to play is completely different. No matter how much know-how I have, it is difficult to get a job in a British or American company and succeed. I have no choice but to succeed in India . But, what about you as a white male? If I knew my know-how, wouldn’t it be possible to go back to the British or US and become a vice president of big oil companies?”
The 1950s was a time of extreme racism in the west,especially in America.
Many Europeans dream is to get citizenship of the USA, well even if Europe is rebuilding but America is ushering in its golden period and obviously many Europeans dream land now.
Until now, Asians were not eligible to become US citizens due to the ‘Asian Exclusion Act’ in the US Immigration Act, and it was only after the mid-to-late 1960s that the Asian Exclusion Act was abolished.
If you enter the United States with a 21st century mindset, it will be fortunate if you do not get ridiculed or shot.
“!!! No,… No way… Are you saying you’re only going to tell me your know-how?”
Wow, the factory manager changed his face color in an instant.
After all, Europeans are capitalist from birth, otherwise there is no way that they have colonies all over the world..
When he became rich, he became polite at once.
“Of course. Shouldn’t you and me know how to handle this catalyst?”
I pointed to the sack in my hand and said.
When Bento, which has been surface-treated with sulfuric acid, is mixed with heavy oil, it is very difficult to analyze what the material is, and it is even more difficult to reproduce the catalytic reaction.
It’s like looking for a needle in the sand.
“It’s a win-win if you keep your know-how, right?”
“I can speak a little now. I monopolize the catalyst, and you monopolize the process recipe. How is it? Wouldn’t there be a possibility of betraying each other?”
In the petrochemical industry, it is common to maintain security with know-how rather than listing technology as a patent.
This is because petrochemical processes do not have correct answers like math or mechanical engineering, but depend on plant equipment and utilities. Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
In other words, it is very easy to evade a patent if you only know the technical concept, so registering a patent is the same as disclosing know-how.
This is the reason why oil refineries have strict security.
Oil refining facilities have a great impact on the national economy, and because of the risk of explosion accidents, they are treated as national first-class security facilities, so it is easy to maintain security.
You can understand that this facility is already treated that way as CISF officers are guiding this facility already.
“So the fair recipe is just the two of us.”
“Sure. So, I’m asking you to help me. Can’t you remember with your head alone? Do you want to call someone else?”
“No, no. I do. I!”
The factory manager hurriedly waved his hand.
“Then shall we begin?”
“Yes, Mr.Rohit.”
In an instant, my title went from you to Mr.
Rohit.
“Standby!”
“Standby!”
“Heavy oil chamber heater on! Rising 2 degrees per minute! Target temperature 90 degrees!”
“Two degrees per minute, target temperature 90 degrees!”
The factory manager adjusted various switches according to my words.
At this time, there was no control computer, so it had to be operated while looking at the gauge directly on site.
Judging by the skillful manipulation, it was a nobleman who knew the factory properly.
“Steam chamber on! Steam valve 12 psi (atmospheric pressure)!”
“Steam chamber on! Steam valve 12psi! master.”
Heavy oil is like hardened candy, so you have to heat it up and connect it to a steam chamber to mix hot steam.
“OK. Steam Chamber Hold On!”
“Steam chamber hold-on, Chief.”
Eventually, my title became Chief.
This is what an engineer calls a senior engineer with respect.
My control command was unusual even for the plant manager.
To be honest, my level is higher than Chief.
If you tell me all the requirements for chemical engineering that I have memorized, you will be able to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry of this era.
It’s just that it’s hundreds of times better to become a industrialist with that technology than a Nobel Prize.
Slurp.
I connected the sack of catalyst powder to the steam chamber inlet, and the powder was sucked in in an instant.
At 12 psi, it was like this because a weak vacuum was applied.
“Feeder open! Mixer open!”
“Feeder on! mix on! master.”
Kururureureung.
shoot aaa
“Gagging! Strange. Chief, the pressure is too high.”
Of course.
The catalyst reacts with the heavy oil, and gasoline and diesel are spewed out like crazy.
“calm down! Riser open! (Open the mixing passage!) Normal target pressure 30psi!”
“30 psi is too high a pressure. master!”
“Shut up, you madman. Look at Gage! Then it explodes!”
In my heart of urgency, I cursed without even realizing it.
In the 21st century, it was enough to control it with a computer, but now it is operated manually.
Of course, even in this era, during actual production, each valve will be semi automated by attaching a controller, but since it is a test operation now, there is no choice but to operate it manually.
“An old story!”
“Read the cyclotron pressure gauge by section!”
“Bottom section 17 psi, middle section 28 psi, top section 34 psi! master.”
“Top section extraction (outlet) open! Top section target pressure 25 psi!”
“Got it! Top Section Extraction Open! Top Section Pressure 33, 31, 30… 25! Gasoline! Gasoline explodes.”
The factory manager’s eyes widened.
It was natural.
At best, high-quality gasoline gushes out of the heavy oil used as ship fuel or asphalt material.
“Not yet. focus! Middle section open! Target pressure 20 psi!”
“Middle Section Extraction Open! Pressure 28, 27, 26… 20! Huh, crazy… crazy.”
Even light oil gushed out like tap water from the middle of the distillation column, and the factory manager was bewildered.
What are you so surprised about?
In the 21st century, there is an oil refining technology that is three times more efficient than this.
“Hehe, the heavy oil chamber pressure gauge is rising. 15, 18! 22 psi! Catalyst… The catalyst seems to be going over into the heavy oil chamber. How are you? Chief.”
“Don’t worry, that’s normal.”
“Is this normal?”
“Yes, the know-how of this process is that heavy oil and catalyst are mixed and circulated automatically. Now get your hands off the valve and enjoy.”
“… automatic… automatic circulation… I can’t believe it…”
This is the characteristic and greatest advantage of this process.
Gasoline and diesel come out of the distillation tower, and heavy oil residues are passed back to the initial heavy oil chamber due to the increased pressure, and that is distilled again.
In a word, once oiled sesame seeds are mixed with new sesame seeds and oiled again.
It also cycles automatically.
“What do you think? Will it be difficult for others to follow?”
“Haha, if you blindly imitate it, you’ll end up eating the whole facility.”
“Can you do it alone?”
“Sure. If you turn it once, it cycles automatically. Of course, if the Chief delivers the catalyst.”
“Cheap. For $10,00 a ton.”
Catalysts can be recycled, so they can be sold at a high price.
It’s something technicians take for granted.
“Thank you, Chief.”
The plant manager will treat this process condition like a treasure until he is promoted to a certain extent.
Maintaining security would not be too difficult if Nayara Corporation would mix the catalyst with heavy oil as soon as it was delivered.
Over time, the information will eventually leak, but it will be safe for at least 4-5 years.
“Oh, Mr. Rohit. Is it true that this only raised the refinery’s efficiency by 5%?”
“It could be over 5%. It’s a process that guarantees a minimum of 5%.”
As the distillation column, which had been humming anxiously, stabilized, Branch Manager Maitra approached with a smile on his face.
While talking to me with her mouth, his eyes were busy scanning the green lights that flashed everywhere.
At this time, refineries were not computer-controlled, so when gasoline and diesel were poured, the gauges mounted on the corresponding valves were visualized by flashing green lights.
In other words, a flashing green light meant money was pouring out of the factory.
“At this level of efficiency, I should have included the catalyst in the contract.”
“Maitra! You have already signed.”
I smiled and tapped the top pocket containing the contract.
5% oil refining efficiency doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it’s amazing when you see it with your own eyes.
No matter how much I received the investment and the abandoned plant with it surrounding land, I can’t even tell you the catalyst.
The more ONGC uses this technology, the more catalyst I will sell and become richer.
And when this technology leaks out, I’ll switch to a more efficient catalyst.
And I hear ONGC also holds substantial Equity swap bonds in British petroleum companies so those Britishers can also be my customer.
“Ha ha ha, just kidding. We will obviously buy the catalyst.”
“Director, I can’t buy catalysts anywhere else even if I want to. This heavy oil reprocessing technology is our top secret. It’s a secret that only me and the boss know.”
The factory manager intervened.
“… Yes, plant manager. Surely this is a super-special skill, right?”
“It’s not just super-special technology. You won’t be able to imitate anyone but me. Right, Chief?”
“Absolutely. Only when I become an expert like the plant manager can I apply my skills to actual plants.”
“Nice. Technology experts, equipment experts, and management experts have gathered, so all that remains is to scrape together money. And fuck those 9”
Branch Manager Maitra suddenly trembled in excitement.
Because the 10 facilities ONGC operates now are almost the same, these 10 are standalone and small, not even 1/20 of future giant petrochemical complexes.
In modern terms, but for now it already holds a substantial capacity of 68,000-70,000 bpd, with dibrugarh and other existing oil refinery included in those 10, well those plant’s are constructed in a spreed like that of wartime.
It’s constructed in just 4 months.
If this is modern petrochemical complex it will atleast needs 2-3 years
I took a seat in the middle and grabbed the factory manager’s hand and shook it.
You are the center of this work, this is it.
“I will contact you when the pipes of plant is ready to connect with here.”
“Of course. Mr.Rohit.”
“I have to get on a plane to Delhi right away. I think I need to talk to the board of directors at headquarters.”
Yes, you must want to do politics at the Delhi headquarters.
Feel free to do it.
Because I got wings with this deal.
“I will change the main process. Please wear the catalyst immediately.”
“We deliver 10 tons right away. It’s only worth $100,000 after all we signed a multi year contract”
“Haha, that’s right.. we selling naptha, so we also have to buy…$100,000, deposit right away.”
Everyone laughed happily.
I traded 270 times in one day today.
I bought 10 tons of bento for 1200₹ and sold it for 100,000 dollars, or 331000₹.
At best, I just poured water and sulfuric acid into the bento and brought it to a boil.