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Refining Industry Experience
DESCON has executed a wide range of projects for the petroleum refining industry. Our in-house technology ranges from vapor recovery to gasoline blending. Our Process Engineering group, Instrument & Electrical and Controls Engineering staffs each include senior engineers experienced at major west coast refineries including Exxon, Shell, Tosco, Unocal, and Valero refineries.

Process Engineering

Process Engineering is the largest group at DESCON and includes doctoral level degreed Chemical Engineers. The majority of DESCON's staff are degreed Chemical Engineers with experience in hydrocarbon processing and refinery process engineering.

Gasification

DESCON Engineering is at the forefront of the industry in cryogenic gas, high recovery NGL, gas-to-liquids (GTL) and compression processes. For 18 years, we have achieved a prominent position by maintaining a thorough knowledge of gasification technology. DESCON has worked on more than 100 gasification projects. Our expertise in cryogenics, air separation, liquefaction, and gas processing add value to each client's project. We can provide gasification plant process engineering, optimization studies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), PFDs, P&IDs, startup and commissioning services. DESCON is recognized worldwide as a leader in Process Engineering of cryogenics and gas-to-liquids processing.

Utility & Offsite Systems

DESCON's expertise in utility and offsite systems for grass roots and revamped facilities has generated cost savings for clients through enhanced pre-commissioning, modular pre-fabricated buildings and faster startup schedules. DESCON is a leading supplier of pre-fabricated buildings for control rooms, analyzer systems and electrical switchgear.

Instrumentation and Controls

DESCON's senior staff includes I&C engineers, each with over 10 years refining industry experience. They are experienced in engineering and project management for instrumentation, DCS and PLCs for refinery applications (for example, blending and distillation) and for projects up to $4 million. DESCON's staff is also experienced in telecommunications and emissions monitoring projects for refineries.

DESCON can provide complete instrumentation & controls design, procurement, installation and commissioning. Design services provided include Controls Systems, Process Control Computer systems, and Software Design and Development. DESCON can provide turnkey Distributed Control systems, PLCs, and Analyzer systems including programming & configuration, graphic displays, staging, testing, commissioning and start-up.

DESCON Projects include:

  • Vapor Recovery Systems
  • Marine Wharf Loading System
  • Reformer Controls
  • Controls and subsystems for the Largest Hydrogen Plant in North America

DESCON's Staff experience includes:

  • Cat-Cracker Controls Modernization
  • Advanced Controls RFG Blender
  • Gasoline and Mid-barrel Blenders
  • Hydrogen De-sulfurization Unit (HDS) Controls Modernization
  • Plant wireless data telemetry
  • Remote butane loading control facilities
  • Refinery Wide fiber optic backbone (~30,000 feet)
  • Refinery Fence line air quality monitoring facility
  • Process Hazards Analysis & documentation (PHA)
  • Vibration monitoring and lubricating oil analysis