Case Study: a large aromatic refinery organization increases revenue by 5% with KBC A Yokogawa Company’s digital twin profit improvement study

Integrated Refinery and Aromatic Complex Increases Revenue By 5% Yearly

KBC A Yokogawa Company worked with a large aromatic refinery organization in southern India that processes 15 million metric tons per year. The customer needed quick, low-CAPEX profit improvement ideas after a previous consulting effort produced disappointing recommendations that would take too long to deliver value in a fast-changing refining environment.

KBC A Yokogawa Company used its Petro-SIM digital twin and flow-sheeting approach to model the full integrated refinery and aromatics complex and identify practical, fast-payback improvements. The program helped optimize stream swaps and operating philosophy, delivering an immediate gain of 48 cents per barrel, with another 20 cents per barrel opportunity identified for the client to implement themselves, boosting yearly revenue by about 5%.