The delayed coking project at the University of Tulsa began in 1999. We are currently in phase 9 of the project which started in June 2023 and will run until June 2026. We currently have an average budget of $2,000,000 per year with a leveraging of funds 20 to 1. Our studies include but are not limited to foaming, kinetics, and furnace tube studies. Members since inception include 42 industry partners and the U.S. DOE.
Our mission is to advance the upgrading of crude oils and heavy oils through in-depth targeted research using both bench level and pilot level facilities. We are also developing and testing novel concepts for enhancing liquid production, reducing sulfur in gasolines and diesels, and changing coke morphologies and densities.
